He's getting more active again, doing the media rounds and the like. How's everyone feeling about the dude?
I will say, despite his bumbling retard routine, I find him ridiculously charismatic if nothing else. Even if I don't agree with him on something, I can often appreciate how he says it. I've criticized him for it for years, but I just wish he'd be a bit more clear, so people who aren't in the know actually understand what he's talking about, but perhaps it's part of his act. Say something true, but in such a way that it just seems stupid, get the media to focus on it. Seems to have worked for him for many years.
Did people listen to his recent interview with Kristen Welker? She did the standard "get Trump" routine and, as per tradition, largely just got Trumped.
I wish we had better options, but I personally think Trump is far from the worst.
So, yeah, how are people feeling about Trump?
I haven't followed this game, the drama actually just showed up from related threads of people freaking out over other fictional characters' heights. So I don't know too much about the range of drama, but people are absolutely pissed that, among other things, Amazon localized away an entire body height. Also removed jiggle physics for the remaining female characters heights. Probably more, but that's what most of the current drama seems centered around.
Yeah, Amazon deleted short characters from their localization of the game.
Funny thing is, I'm thinking the removed character height is still represented on the Steam page, in the very first screenshot, in fact. Also down below, where it tells you:
Deep Customization
Become your ideal self: choose your facial appearance, hairstyle, clothes, accessories, weapons, and mounts for a combination that's uniquely your personal style.
Apparently unless you're short, or want a short character.
Steam forums are, as per usual, having a fit. As is Reddit.
I saw a very amusing thread, here. I think that's a liberal woman, based on some of the language (Usually I keep to my small Discord server which is the safe haven for around 40 women of all age that enjoy gaming...I'm just going to start by saying one thing: Women comes in all size and shape.) But I could be wrong, apologies to her if she's actually based or whatever.
Anyway, assuming she is a liberal, it amuses me how she takes offense to all that shit that was done specifically to pander to people like her. She correctly calls out the uglification of women, and the plague on Western entertainment. I can't help but take some satisfaction from it. "I'm just a disgruntled woman who is simply tired of seeing western game treating their female characters like it's almost a sin to have boobs." That's exactly it, and it was done to appeal to people probably much like you.
Also, it being Reddit, the comments are "you go girl" levels of cringe. Apparently having an opinion while female on the internet is some amazing accomplishment, and she should probably be given a Medal of Valor or something.
Here's an archive of Steam forums from months back, I think after Amazon was involved. People were already unhappy. And here's today. Very displeased now.
Oh, and some are pretty based:
"GUYS PROTECT THE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS GUYS!!!! BUT LET'S NOT GIVE A CARE ABOUT THE REAL CHILDREN BEING GROOMED BY MAPS!!!"
And apparently 50% of female avatars during Japanese playtests were the removed Small body type. But Amazon said no.
Oh, and u/Bruvazz/ predicted this back in the day, as well as had a thread detailing more of the changes from last week.
Sorry if this is a bit rambly, I just saw all this and was both annoyed at the censorship, and amused by (presumed) libs being pissed that the fucked up culture is messing with the stuff they care about. NIMBY.
The cowardly police force who did jack shit in Uvalde are now claiming the shooter had a "battle rifle," and the libs can't decide what retarded angle to take. They seem split between a few choices. Ironically, "ACAB" is the least objectionable when it comes to gun rights.
The other options are "hahaha, myth of good guy with gun busted," which ignores that at least these cops were bastards, and my favorite "hahaha, and they said there was no such thing as a battle rifle!" which ignores that...well, it ignores a fuckton.
There is a battle rifle. But the shooter didn't have one. The cops are just absolute retards. Everyone is spinning up over a comment by, and giving credence to, the people who fucked up in every way imaginable.
For a few examples:
"AR-15s" is trending on Twitter. Always a good time.
My favorite Reddit comments are the idiots saying they know a lot about guns, but all of them get it wrong. Calling M16s battle rifles. Talking about 5.56 vs 9mm penetration while ignoring tumbling. Acting like anyone ever claimed that there was no such thing as a battle rifle. The whole thing is amazing. The biggest mistake aside from their general ignorance, is taking the lying Uvalde cops at their word about 'battle rifles' and armor piercing capabilities, or that the existence of rifle could sensibly result in the tactical holdoff of a freaking army of (allegedly) trained law enforcement officers.
Here's a good one:
The gunnit line for years has been "AR-15 isn't an assault rifle, it isn't a military weapon, it's chambered for the same rounds as a handgun, it's a peashooter, it's harmless" apparently they don't believe that bullshit themselves and boy howdy am I not surprised.
For the first part, it's not an assault rifle, it's not military, and I've never heard the other load of nonsense. And then they finish by, once again, giving credence to a bunch of losers who stood around while kids were murdered. Yeah, I'll take their opinion on anything with a grain of salt.
Basically, Uvalde cops are shit, anti-gunners know they're shit, but will still believe their lies wholesale if it means they can hate on guns. Disgusting. And stupid, very stupid.
We've done anime, TV, movies, games...probably also music but, regardless...
What's everyone listening to?
You may have seen this thread about the upcoming Twitch tags rollout. Well, they're out now, and it's a hoot! Pretty much what I expected.
For those that want to, you can search the full list here (Search by just "Stream"), but I'll pick out a few. Also, there wasn't much there from what I saw, but for those curious Twitch livestreamed a Q and A and discussion, which can be found here.
Anyway, first, yes, "Black" is a tag. Secondly, no, "White" is not a tag. Neither is "Jewish."
More tags: Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgender, Asexual, Pansexual, Aromantic, Demisexual, and more. No Straight, of course.
There's also: Gender Variant, Genderfluid, Genderqueer.
Tons of countries/communities, including a "Seychellois" tag for Seychelles, an island chain off East Africa, with a population of under a hundred thousand people. As well as Saint Helenian, for Saint Helena which, while not a country, has a population of around four thousand.
No, there is no "United States," there is no "North American."
Now here's where it gets even more fun...: ADD, ADHD, Amputee, Anxiety (For streams and content featuring the anxiety community), Autism, Bipolar, Blind, Borderline Personality, Chronic Illness, Depression, Spinal Cord Injury, and many, many more.
There is no Male or Female, but there is Masculine and Feminine, as well as Man and Woman. I'm just amazed Masculine and Man made the cut, although I'm sure it will be a shitshow regardless.
And then a few more assorted ones: Androgynous, Body Positive, Drag, Furry, Latinx.
I also saw that there are tags for both Palestinian (and yes, Israeli is also a tag), and Taiwanese. They treat all country-related tags as "communities" and not explicitly countries, but I'd imagine this could still piss off certain groups, which could be funny. Although, there is no "Chinese" tag, but instead a "Chinese Nationality" tag. Some "communities" are listed as explicitly nationality, while most are not.
Anyway, thought I'd share some of the weirdest findings. It's amazing some of the things they included, and some of the things they didn't. What an absolute clown fiesta.