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SoctaticMethod1 7 points ago +7 / -0

Dude was nearly deaf and made music so great that when the masterminds plan comes to fruition, he's on their playlist.

You ain't EVER going to have the boss, as every one of his enemies is snuffed out, he now rules supreme start playing 'Anaconda'...

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SoctaticMethod1 -2 points ago +2 / -4

Listen I'll maximise my chances! Even if I have to pray to Pele or Geb I want that cancer of an area GONE!

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SoctaticMethod1 15 points ago +15 / -0

They got away with it the first time, why try your luck a second time?

Feels like while the first book got away with being niche, the film got away with not just nostalgia baiting and visual effects but also because everyone could imagine the main bad as EA when they were hated the most.

This feels like it'll flop as there isn't the same connection, most gamers have abandoned the big studios, most people are becoming VERY aware of SBI and companies like it and people really dislike the Mary Sue trope.

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SoctaticMethod1 17 points ago +17 / -0

Is there a god I can pray to so the big quake happens this year?

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SoctaticMethod1 12 points ago +12 / -0

Remembering every native getting dumpstered by European empires...

Remembering South Americans being 'owned' by CIA trickery...

Remembering that recent 'colonisation' of the third world to the west was only enabled by globalist actors and how quickly they were deported from Martha's Vineyard...

To be honest, only ones who could say anything like this are the Nepalese as they fought so well against the British, they were straight up recruited with benefits!

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SoctaticMethod1 4 points ago +4 / -0

Remembers that one Japanese soldier that kept fighting DECADES after WW2

Shit, the winner might takeover Venezuela...

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SoctaticMethod1 7 points ago +7 / -0

Dump them on the same island too! I want a new version of Battle Royale!

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SoctaticMethod1 16 points ago +16 / -0

The before pics: overwhelming urge to protect in a fatherly role

The after pics: 177013 vibes...

Disney fucking RUINS the teens it uses! Hollywood in general does but with Disney they have a 90% ratio to turn a girl that would one day be happy in a family setting into a complete wreak.

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SoctaticMethod1 11 points ago +11 / -0

No, can't really remember under the 'Woke' brand, especially after the censorship. I do remember one but not woke:

Ubisoft was going to censor details in the map and game for Rainbow Six Siege GLOBALLY to ensure they could sell it to China. After backlash they didn't do it and made a seperate China version.

I can only think of one other example personally but it was before it released to customers:

Warframe one of the characters ass wasn't as good as advertised, gamers complained and an update just to improve her ass was done. I am being 100% serious!

The key part with these examples was it was BEFORE launch to the public so they were responding to feedback before launch. The censorship AFTER the release and just done in an update doesn't seem to get the same results, maybe because they have your money already.

It just means their future games might suffer because customers are cautious of them essentially taking back content.

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SoctaticMethod1 10 points ago +10 / -0

Hmm (looks up the party)

As of 2020, had 270,000 members which is significant, how is that in actual power?

10 representatives......out of 465 seats

11 councillors...out of 248 seats

139 prefectual assembly members.... out of 2614

2473 municipal assembly members...out of 30,101

I'm not saying they can just be ignored, I'm just saying it'd be easy to ship them to one of the MANY islands Japan has and see if left to themselves completely it becomes the next cannibal island like under Stalin..

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SoctaticMethod1 3 points ago +3 / -0

At this point, it's probably because Amazon is supporting them that they are still relevant along with 'drops' and habits from when they were the main game in town with streaming.

They didn't develop past that though and have been overtaken functionally by a lot of sites. If Amazon shows signs of wavering support they're fucked.

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SoctaticMethod1 10 points ago +10 / -0

Pretty much, Vtubers should just make their OWN streaming service given Twitch's horrible management and YouTube being meh.

No need for blackjack or hookers as that's just making another Twitch.

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SoctaticMethod1 10 points ago +10 / -0

If I was to be a snide motherfucker, I bet it was only implemented now because Vtubers were copying the ethots in a mocking way doing a 'well they can do it so why can't we?'. Twitch has a VERY heavy handed approach to fictional adult oriented content compared to just being a whore.

I won't be surprised if they only give out day bans to the main thots so they can try their next slut scheme later.

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SoctaticMethod1 1 point ago +1 / -0

Wait, weren't they the ones introducing AI translation instead of using localisers or was it someone else?

Because that might mean it's more her as that move indicates they don't like people messing with their work and rather train a machine to do it than use them. And eventually it'd be cheaper too but not initially.

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SoctaticMethod1 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yeah some of them have REALLY parasocial fans that need to back off and this is hopefully a way to end the delusion at least.

...or you could go the Pipkin Pippa route of saying you have so many guns you have a bathroom gun and firmly believe in castle doctrine

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SoctaticMethod1 4 points ago +4 / -0

I'm just glad it's Christianity people are returning to than other faiths or even cults.

Keep saying, while secularism in the state isn't bad (Founding Fathers of America understood this), applying that or even atheism is BAD to those who do not do the due diligence to think about it philosophically. Most people NEED the rigid structure of religion to not go astray.

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SoctaticMethod1 14 points ago +14 / -0

I swear the format made me feel a decade younger...

Some good points over some of the failures of the original but the key point of because we weren't a fully coordinated united front, they couldn't just remove us.

They had a plan and we didn't which is why SBI and companies like it are a thing. If I was to have a plan, probably letting the big studios burn, apply the mark of Satan to any SBI like companies projects like the Steam group does and let the Indies just take over. A lot of these studios are too infested to waste the effort to 'save'.

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SoctaticMethod1 3 points ago +3 / -0

Some sure, I think there's some where there's conditions that mean they'll probably NEVER do IRL (Ironmouse for example thanks to her medical condition), while for others it might be because they enjoy the separation between them and their audience more because of parasocial relationships.

I think a key thing is some USED to be IRL streamers before being Vtubers so it's more a 're-reveal' than anything new. Also noticed compared to ethots, the majority of them are a lot more moderately dressed in IRL streams unless they are cosplaying.

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SoctaticMethod1 3 points ago +3 / -0

Pretty much, their biggest controversies was when they TRIED to be a standard agency. Since they stopped and their more....'marmite/vegemite' members left, they actually have a much better reputation especially with the former Nijisanji talents joining as they had NO support with Nijisanji.

Yeah it was funny all the slut streamers mad at Melody, because she uses an Avatar but main reason she's popular is she actually ENGAGES with her audience that some of the clips are on YouTube. Was funny her being teased for it by a HEAVILY medicated Ironmouse..

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SoctaticMethod1 4 points ago +4 / -0

(With this energy) Welcome to the rabbit hole motherfucker! /s

Nice breakdown though I'd say it's not universal as there are exceptions to the rule to not knowing their IRL identity but a weird phenomena where the audience will play along being ignorant. A big example of this is Calliope from Hololive where the audience KNOWS she's Demondice but will never say it and go along with them being 'seperate'. Then there's the 'it was a secret?' of someone like Hime Hajime where that one was outed day one....by the talent herself..that the audience just calls her IRL identity 'grandma'

I don't think AI Vtubers would work baring notable exceptions. I do believe, however, there will be a HUGE rise in them not from the entertainment side but corporate side as now they can have a AI cute Vtuber apologise for their fuck ups and that doesn't have any baggage itself compared to their current PR teams. Expect a cute Vtuber to apologise for why there's an oil spill in a sea soon.

In terms of ones that showed themselves IRL, they all tend to be quite attractive as a lot of them aren't that far from their models. Hell some have cosplayed as them I remember Kson cosplaying as herself when she announced joining. I've noticed with the Indies and to some extent Vshojo they are not shy to do IRL maybe as a way to differentiate themselves from other corporate agencies? Hard to say.

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SoctaticMethod1 14 points ago +14 / -0

Anyone who genuinely believes this should forfeit the right to vote.

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SoctaticMethod1 8 points ago +8 / -0

Unrelated slightly, has the rates of people falling for scams increased?

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