Prefix: This has NOTHING to do with the US elections or Trump directly, this is about the principle in general.

Have one of my friends in London (pray for them) recently chatting to me over some games, talking about how they recently got their voting ballots mailed to them. It's slim pickings to say the least but for one of the positions they only had the option of Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem, Greens snd Reform.

They're looking into the Reform candidate as they MASSIVELY went down in their opinion due to recent capitulations so they told me they'd spoil their ballot like last time when they only had 4 options and Reform wasn't even a choice than endorse ANY of these parties.

I personally think this is the right choice. Everyone SHOULD vote but if none of the candidates match up to your morality or standards, you should be given the right to put none of the above or straight up spoil your ballot in refusal to endorse. The UK ballots apparently don't have a 'none of the above' option even though it is perfectly legal to spoil your ballot and is in fact counted as a spoiled ballot on election day.

I'm just thinking back on how humiliated Haley was when she lost a primary to 'none of the above' and relating it to the poor voter turnout numbers of the UK and other Western countries. Imagine if all those didn't vote turned into refuse to endorse votes, might be enough to show how much the emperor is without clothes.

If you want a detailed explanation of the Amazon show, I did it in this post here but the short answer is it's actually good and not really woke at all.

This post is more discussing a something that looks to be the future of the franchise in terms of lore so there will be spoilers for the show.

Basically in the show, ALL lore related to Fallout New Vegas has been erased. The fractions are either not mentioned at all or severely diminished in terms of the NCR, some things in 1 and 2 have been changed (like Vault 15 which Shady Sands was built around is not mentioned at all) and it looks like they are only using the setting of New Vegas in a season 2 as they show the strip at the end of the season.

This is one thing, but I also recently heard of a Fallout 4 update and DLC planned where the update is optimising for 'next gen' consoles and the free DLC will introduce a new fraction to the commonwealth to stop...

..the fucking Enclave...

They seem to be only keeping lore cannon completely in Fallout 3 and 4 so does the Legion exist any more? Are the Followers of the Apocalypse still around or they gone too? Does any of the characters we liked from New Vegas exist either like Boone, Veronica or Cass?

The other thing that urks me is Fallout New Vegas was the best written and world built game in the franchise in competition with 1 and 2. The fact they are bringing back the Enclave for 4 just makes me think the writing staff at Bethesda aren't that creative at all and they're just rehashing old plots again and again than try some other direction or a new take on an old fraction. It's REALLY not giving me hope for Elder Scrolls 6...

TDLR: Bethesda may be doing what Disney did to Star Wars Extended Universe and erasing lore not made directly with Bethesda

So I watched the whole thing, I had a day off today (didn't time it like that) and I thought I'd share my opinions on it. I took a few notes thoughout but I'll give a TDLR then I'll go for spoilers to discuss it. As a prefix, I went in with low expectations.

TDLR: it's actually alright, the one thing that might bother me most is a few lore issues

Spoilers: To set this out, three things I have to state:

Fallout 2: 2241

Fallout New Vegas: 2281

This TV show Fallout: 2296

Ok now the timeline is set up I can state this, THEY NUKED SHADY SANDS AFTER 2277. NCR are practically gone, they either joined the Brotherhood, joined Vault 4 which is a Amazon made Vault along with 33, 32 and 31 or exist as a remnant faction. They were the raiders in the first episode that infiltrated 32 to get to the MC's Vault 33 to get her dad who turns out, an ORIGINAL vault tec employee and HE was the one that nuked Shady Sands...because his wife (MC's mom) found out NCR existed so they don't need to be in the vaults anymore. This was the BIG thing that stuck out to me as a "WTF they did this? This can't be cannon!?' moment. Oh and the show confirmed Vault-Tec started the great war, they arranged it in co-operation with Robco, Big MT, REPCONN and West-Tek. And the end of this show (which is setting up for a season 2) implied a House Wins ending for Fallout New Vegas

The good: Set design was on point, I can't really complain about that as they portrayed power Armour well. One of the main characters, the ghoul Cooper (best character) because he fought in them during the battle for anchorage KNEW their weakpoint so in the last episode took out several Brotherhood. The OST is still good and enjoyed seeing before the war and the action scenes were good and very gory.

The bad: Lore wise, it's a mess. Not just the whole 'a bad dad nuked Shady Sands' and no explanation for it other than 'he's a Vault-Tec employee', a lot of things were inconsistent. The West Coast Brotherhood having the same Vertibirds as the East coast and an airship not to mention the West Coast recruiting openly. The main 'bad woman' is over 200 years old but no explanation for it really, oh and shes the original creatir of Cold Fusion, that's the Macguffin everyone is working around (it was on an Enclave scientist which also Enclave exist on the MAINLAND WEST both Brotherhood and NCR wiped them out) and in the end, the Brotherhood now have access to cold fusion. The lore is such a mess to a long term gamer. Also apparently there's a serum now that halts Ghouls going feral, that's new. And no mention of any other vaults most critically Vault 15 which Shady Sands was built around.

The ugly: let's talk about how woke it is, to be honest it isn't that woke. The biggest woke character might be the 'main villain' who made to be the sympathetic villian as it was actually the MC's father fault. You might say the evil capitalists colluding with Vault-Tec not just to start the Great War (which goes against House's lore in Fallout NV) but the experiments in the vaults but that's a stretch as Cooper's wife who's Black, she's the cunt that proposes that idea in the meeting, so not painting diversity in a good light as the new villain in Vault 33 is also diverse. Maybe Knight Titus who was such an unlikeable dick was hating on white guys but he barely lasted one scene so meh.

Honestly, the best people were the white guys, the MC's brother using his own intellect investigates the truth behind their vault on their own and it's heavily implied either him or Betty the new Black overseer posioned all the raiders in revenge. Cooper as it showed prewar him discovering the truth behind Vault-Tec and as a Ghoul the guy everyone is scared to fuck with as he demonstrates his skills.

The main two, Lucy the Vault dweller and Maximus the Scribe are pretty incompetent. Lucy is just TOO naive for the wastelands and suffers everytime for it and Maximus is more aware of his surroundings but isn't the most competent or making the best decisions.

So that's my notes for Fallout series, I know it's weird, it ain't too woke, is actually alright but the one part it doesn't make sense is the lore timeline. This has to be a seperate TV universe is my only conclusion. Feel free to ask about any aspects of the show and I'll try answer as best I can.

TDLR of my answer: yes because they're a shortsighted death cult

Was watching this latest video from Sargon (which sidenote glad he's back to these short form videos) and was going over how the left tried to use the recent strike in Israel that killed aid workers including 3 Brits to get a heavy response but there was no call for action, just a lackluster 'that's bad, shame they died' than the gunboat response they PROCLAIM the West still does.

I say this many times, the left live SO LONG as the West protects them and rather than forming a symbiotic relationship with this knowledge, they're a parasite that drained the strength of the West and are now surprised that the protection is disappearing. Especially on the LGBTwhatever side as I have warned only 14% (probably less) of the Earth even TOLERATE gays, and you introduced the 86% to your safe zone.

This will probably end up in a purge, either the Muslims/Latins/Africans do it because they tried to target THEIR kids or they complete the death cult and essentially kill themselves by their own idiocy. What I will warn though is we are approaching the point where there will be NONE that can realise reality and there will be only the zealots remaining in the left. In these circumstances, we can only purge and no second chances, remove from any kind of power and put your own protection first, we may be approaching the final act on this cult.

I knew I liked them for a reason other than they fit a criteria of women I'd like to date, they get attacked from both right and left like the gamers, men and autists..

Going on from this video from Dev, there seems to a weird attack on them from the more 'manosphere' right where they are saying it's gay to like tomboys (because it's emasculating going out with a woman that works out or likes to help in men roles)

This is weird as on the flip side we have the very known left angle where they basically see tomboys and to a degree femboys as not fully transed and we need to cut their tits off to make them men

Both sides are equally retarded..

It's weird as on the one side, I think they're attacked by the left because tomboys prefer the company of men beyond a purely sexual relationship so are more inclined to be on their side and on the right I'm guessing it's because they aren't the submissive trophy wives they're supposed to be??

It's a weird horseshoe, just let the tomboys hang out with men and quit trying to doll them up or maim them..

Yep that time of the year, you know how it goes, I'm one guy so haven't watched everything and some things just aren't for me so feel free to mention ones I miss, go into detail about the ones I mention or if you think Disney and DC do it better currently, without futher adou:

Actually I read the Manga

My Instant death ability is overpowered: I'd actually stick to the manga for this one. The anime isn't bad but they've skipped A LOT that misses out how truly broken he is like killing an interdimensional monster that can ear realities or literally killing judgement day that heaven surrendered.

The good shit

Shangri-la Frontier season 2: Holy shit do FZMZ know how to make a good intro. The majority of this season is just ONE boss fight but fucking hell does this boss make a FromSoftware look nice! Still highly recommended

Mashle Season 2: so happy this is back, especially with an MC who's solution is basically apply punching till the problem is solved. While the outro is good I DARE YOU not to not to bop to the intro!

Solo Levelling: THEY DIDN'T FUCK IT UP! In fact they seem to be adding here and there to improve it, similar to Bleach TYBW. I would add the intro to your gaming playlist if you gotta get your grind on.

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: this one caught me by surprise, fantasy in a world of magic and labyrinths, a low ranked adventurer finds a secret path, runs into a dragon, dies but comes back as an undead. It's really good, got great pacing, character development and a solid intro and a very somber, melodic outro

Classroom of the Elite S3: welcome back to a series with more head games than an ex with schizophrenia. Even the intro tries to put you in your place!

Aquired taste

Tsukimichi Moonlit fantasy S2: the goddess in this makes me appreciate Aqua more... not only did she ditch our boy on his looks, she then kidnapped a girl with a princess complex and a bully victim now thanks to his power rapist tyrant to be heroes instead! Fortunately our MC is getting more powerful naturally he might be able to bitch slap her personally soon..

Villainess level 99: I may be the hidden boss but I'm not the demon lord: another villianess story but told if WE were there as you know we'd power gain the SHIT out of an isekai world!

Banished from the Hero's Party S2: I liked this series for it's slow pace but deep character development and in season 2 we see how Ruti COULD have ended up if she didn't have her brother!

First impressions, didn't really have time to consistently watch but gave episode 1 a view

Gushing over magical Girls: Our girl lives in a world with magical girls protecting her city, dreams to be one, when a magical mascot offers her powers she accepts only to turn out it was for the bad guys and she has some S&M/bondage kinda powrs! There is an uncensored verson...

Brave Bang Braven: I'm kinda annoyed I DIDN'T watch this consistently, its like if JoJo went mecha! Over the top bravado, over the top fights, a soundtrack the CHARACTERS hear playing constantly, it's just fun.

That's my list as already did over 3000 words lol, Honorable mention to Blue Exorcist and The wrong way to use healing magic, just ran out of time so on watch later list.

On the it's alright side, The Strongest tank's labyrinth Raids and Hokkaido Gald are super adorable. They aren't bad, but it's something you can watch in the background than dedicated viewing.

Anyway, enjoy discussing your favourites or any I missed, I'm going to catch up on Brave Bang Braven as I feel like I did it a disservice putting it off!

Making this mostly because I saw this trailer which is the third game this year I'd actually WANT to play and this video from Arch on how because the games being made are all grey goo (sorry, 'quadruple A') they are losing not just to indies but DECADE old evergreen games like GTA V.

Between the constant woke stories and characters, the piss poor game mechanics and the insistence to be 'live service games' I can't tell if it's deliberate sabotage or they were so reliant on ESG that they forgot how to make a game FOR PROFIT.

And a lot of these games COULD be fixed with mods but thanks to the war on non-narrative modders, a lot of them remain a pile of shit. It's why Fallout 4 still has an active playerbase and Starfield is largely forgotten.

I think 2024, we will see at least ONE major studio fall and a ton of cope articles saying 'gaming isn't as popular' while these guys might make the next hit allowing us to drive a Toyota into medieval knights..

I got inspiration for the title from this as given the structural issues within companies due to mismanagement, DEI and ESG pandering this might become a series in 2024..

There was a post preciously on this but in the past 2 days even more shit has happened that this train wreck deserves to be looked at more. To save the word limit I'll give 3 types of breakdowns to choose from for the current situation:

The more outsider friendly explanation of Critikal

The more indepth and updating videos of FalseeyeD, Rev says desu and Khyo

The spastic and autistic yelling of 4chan narrated by a parrot

That out of the way the latest dealings seem to be that there are third party sycophants attacking Doki to defend Nijisanji. It's hard to know if they're doing it for free like Reddit jannies or if they are paid actors in some respects whether literally or figuratively (by access). They're getting destroyed by community notes alone so not a big deal. But something that made this blow up again is that Doki had TWO suicide attempts with the second stopped after her parents spent hours searching for her along with her termination came 2 hours after her lawyer contacted them regarding the 'infamous' document.

I think minimum, Nijisanji EN branch might go, collectively they've lost over 200,000 subs, their stock price is down by more than 15% while Doki is over 550,000 subs in just a week! The more damming statement was from their CEO himself where he admitted they haven't managed the EN branch at all. I don't know how much this'll affect the Japanese branch which is their main money maker but they'll not be able to rival Hololive again after this (unless it turns out Hololive does human trafficking).

The biggest surprise is how many sponsors, game makers and merchandise companies have left contracts or refused to work with Nijisanji after this, some even hinting at future collaboration with Doki instead.

We've heard A LOT this year (and it's only been a month!), we may need to conscript for a war with Russia! Not enough people are joining the military so we may need to look at conscription! If you don't give your mortgage to Ukraine we may need to conscript you and those you love...

In my opinion, it's all bullshit fear mongering. The last time America did conscription during Vietnam, It caused a LOT of 'friendly fire' incidents against officers or those in higher ranks above the conscripted while the loss of Vietnam basically made conscripting unwilling Americans political suicide. Since then the normies are either too jaded to be patriotic to the elites under the guise of 'national defense' to be conscripted or too weak that they'll likely turn on anyone trying to force them to fight so send them to war against Russia....they'll just mass surrender to the Russians giving them all their equipment too.

Just feels like an extremely desperate play by wielding conscription as a threat as then everyone realises there currently isn't enough military TO conscript the current populations and even then how many of them are loyal enough to the elites to conscript civilians?

3 episodes into Solo Levelling and looks like they haven't screwed up the adaptation (unlike Crunchyroll's webtoon attempt) and the rumours that Omniscient Reader may be getting an anime too, seems it's the new goldmine for source materials (as reference, Manga=Japanese, Manwha=Korean)

Thought it'd be something light plus it's good to know unlike Hollywood, Anime doesn't need constant reboots to make new media.

Starting with most likely to get an anime:

Mercenary enrollment/Teenage Mercenary: this one seems like an easy choice, popular, got great characters and lots of action scenes to work with.

Solo farming in the Tower: with success of campfire cooking and Isekai Nonbiri Nouka people really seem to love chill stories like this.

Reincarnation of the Suicidal Battle God: this one also seems a good choice for all the action and the edgy story

Reality Quest: I can see this being picked up for the wish fulfillment angle of bullied gamer becomes badass through a gamer quest mechanic similar to Solo levelling.

Manwha I'd like to see get an anime:

The Knight King Who Returned With a God: I'd like this as it's actually a positive take on faith plus the main character is a cross between King Arthur and Doom Slayer.

Devil Returns to School Days: this one is more for how fucked up the mc is and story can get, kid is put into a coma for years thanks to bullying attack, listens all that time to the his world crumbling around him and regresses to just as the bullying starts to get revenge. Would love to see this animated especially what happens to the person that instigated the bullying on him.

Return of the Mad Demon: as before, would love to see this animated just for how crazy the MC is and how funny his actions can be.

Ones I have reservations being turned into anime:

Lookism: it's a great fucked up story that is just getting more fucked up, wait let me check......yeah it's cults again and a suicide, still fucked up but i don't think it'll translate well in an anime.

The Greatest Estate Developer: this one is for two reasons, 1. Is there is a difference between the original web noval and the Manwha adaptation which i think is WAY funnier and 2. I don't know if they'll capture the emotions as well in animation between the funnier parts and the more somber parts, if it were to be done I think they'd have to approach it a little like Stein's Gate.

unOrdinary: set in a world where many have powers, it's a good story but I worry they'll have to skip the character developments that take A LONG time to adapt it.

So that's a few I'd like to see in the future, hopefully Solo Levelling is such a success we see more of these adaptations done justice, we now just need the Japanese to fuck more so we can get more animators!

What a way to start the New Year, hopefully this isn't a repeat of 2011 but looks like they had 30 earthquakes in quick succession, a tsunami has already hit the northern areas but seems lessons have been learned and people got out quick. And props to the engineers as this is the footage in my feed right now, they really know how to build to resist earthquakes.

Update: as of now around 60 quakes have been recorded, the largest being 7.6 magnitude.

Update 2: had this video from Hero Hei showcasing more footage including a scary one of the effect on rivers. One thing that is disturbing is people are posting fake or non existent addresses hampering rescue attempts. It's unknown if this is malicious, panic of the event or people getting mixed up as there are apparently people just reposting clips of old events like 2011 but should be taken note of.

Take the time today to enjoy yourselves, whether that's with family, friends, pets or just watching some classic Christmas films if the above not an option.

I know this is low hanging fruit (like the assests of many of the women causing the issue) but thought it would be a light subject to bring attention to and wait for the incoming train...

I was watching this video about the current state if Twitch after the TOS debacle. It's so bad that they are naked with literal black bars covering them and the just chatting page is full of thots.

So I did an experiment with my own Twitch account, went onto just chatting and sure enough, lots of topless thots on display and twerking streams BUT a significant thing to mention, this was it filtered to Recommended for you and their viewer figures are abysmal being on average 700 viewers. Sargon gets more viewers than that when he streams. There does seem to be a higher viewership with the Asian thots but then they also seem to not just stare at the camera like a cow chewing grass all day.

I then switched the filters to view count only and bam! All topless and twerking thots erased, it actually became more male dominated with podcasts, IRL streaming at a certain location and Vtubers.

So this is the part that puzzles me, why PUSH the thot content when it isn't as popular as someone just walking around, is drawing the attention of app stores (since you're meant to be 13+), advertisers and more troubling payment processors like Mastercard and Paypal for Chaterbate rejects? This WILL eventually cause some kind of withdrawal by advertisers maybe even app stores which will draw in Amazon who wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice Twitch to ensure THEY aren't affected.

Do the want Kick and Youtube to surpass them in streaming or are they all grossly incompetent to manage anything? I don't really care as I'm preparing popcorn for the car crash but it's was funny finding out that sex DOESN'T ALWAYS sell, depends on the source a lot of the time.

I just finished watching the 3 episodes of Reacher and the final season of Jack Ryan. Which leaves me more confused at the state of show production at Amazon.

Reacher so far has been great, he's not ever belittled or sidelined for a woman to take the spotlight (in fact his nickname is 'the big guy' and a running joke is not to mess with him as he'll hit you like a freight train)

Jack Ryan was more questionable in the beginning, first season was good in proof of concept though that UAV pilot sidestory was unnecessary, 2nd season was weakest with Venezuela. 3rd season really improved from secret Soviet Union plots, using NATO to bait WW3, coup and false flag nukes. 4th season that I just watched would probably be something everyone here would like since the bad guys are NGOs using their fame as cover to run drug, exploitation and terrorist operations with the help of corrupt US officials in Government and CIA. Then we have something like Invincible too which haven't caught the second season yet but heard it's good.

Now I try to counter that with something like Rings of Power or the Wheel of Time and now you get where I'm confused. How can a company that can bring an audience to niche franchises flop SO hard with established well known franchises? The reason I'm MORE concerned than ever is because of this that there finally seems to be movement on a 40k production with Cavill as a producer but if the same people that did Rings of Power are involved, this might be used to bring in the worst thing imaginable: Female space marines..

Is it just which team is working on it as it sounds like after Rings of Power, that team has been largely demoted or how the contracts for adaptation are in place? I've not watched Netflix ever since Cuties was on there but they seem to be sticking a lot closer to the author's intentions with things like One Piece and Quiet on the Western front and been more successful for it so is that the main thing to look out for?

Sorry for long post just TDLR; trying to know how Amazon makes stuff so I know if 40k gets Rings of Power treatment or is actually good.

Well it's the end of the year, as everything else in Western media crashes and burns, Anime really is hitting it's stride. There was SO much quality this season that I don't have any to say were awful because I didn't have enough time to watch everything I WANTED to watch.

Quick disclaimer from that, this is only of things I've watched, so if it's not mentioned I haven't caught up or watched it like Jujitsu Kaisen, I'm far behind on it that I only mention it here. Without further ado:

The 'Actually I read the Manga list':

My Daughter left the nest and returned an S-Rank Adventurer: comparing this to what I read, it's a very well done adaptation. A former adventurer who loses his leg to a demon, finds a baby in the woods and raises her as his own. NO usagi drop, completely wholesome daughter/father relationship with lots of positive male role model vibes. Great intro too

Returner's Magic Should be Special: a regression story not an isekai, at the point of losing our MC regresses in time to change events. I'm slightly disappointed with this adaptation, not for the slow story as there's A LOT to cover, 12 episodes not enough but some of the animation and especially CGI is VERY budget.

I'm in love with the Villainess: starts off standard isekai villianess trope, only the mc who's getting picked on has two qualities, she's gay (she says so herself in ep3) and has masochistic tendencies so bullying turns her on! Would recommend as not your average yuri and the intro is a great duet of the two main leads

The standouts for me this season:

Shangri-la Frontier: GOD THIS ANIME IS GOOD! From the op that goes HARD, the comedy, action, all of it. A trash gamer addict decides to play a 'god game' MMO and gets accidentally wrapped up in a hidden quest line. Just watch it especially if you're a gamer!

Eminence in Shadow S2: such a good return to form, comedy and action on point and Delta is my waifu this season, for her personality.....and MASSIVE 'plot'

Frieren Beyond Journey's End: this one is fantastic but heavy, a party finishes their quest against the demon lord and we follow the elf and how fleeting things can be when you naturally live a longer life. Recommend if you have a partner or pet to have them close to cuddle for the first episode alone.

Dr Stone: New World cour 2: They REALLY hit it out of the park this cour, fantastic villain, great character moments, Senku being a mastermind badass and some good terrifying reveals, highly recommend.

100 girlfriends that really (x5) love me: this took the place of Girlfriend, Girlfriend of my dumb comedy for the season, guy who's been rejected 100 times prays to god for love, unfortunately, God's an idiot and he's been soulmated with 100 girls and if any are rejected, they might die early. Funny moments and we even have Oyakodon already!

Goblin Slayer S2: great opening it's NEVER going to be as brutal as the first episode but it's still quite up there, plus Priestess commits her first War Crime!

Death Mount Dead Play cour 2: It's unfortunate but I feel like this dropped off for many watching this wgen we have more reveals and action, recommend it if you've forgotten about it.

Spy Family season 2: it starts slow, more slice of life but kicks up to form with the Ship arc, highly recommend it still

The Faraway Paladin: Lord of Rust Mountain: REALLY good especially if you are into D&D for how their magic system works, highly recommend it just be aware it likes to build suspense a lot so slow paced.

The Rising of the Shield Hero S3: It improved A LOT over season 2 and we now have new reasons to hate Bitch/Slut again

That'll be it for the list, Honorable mention for The Apothecary Diaries as I want to watch it but never got round to it. Feel free to add any Anime I missed below, at least I got plenty of time over Christmas vacation to catch up on a few!

December isn't just about Christmas or if you're in the upper hemisphere freezing your balls off because you forgot to wear gloves and a thicker coat, also looking back at the year and taking stock.

Starting from the least woke and more extremely bad management, we have Chinese vtuber agency AuroraliveVR that operated like gangsters (so typical Chinese company) and they've lost 41 English vtubers leaving them only 2 which seem out the door too.

Then there is Project Veritas this year where I'd say less woke more corporate in that they didn't want to go against Pfizer same as Fox with ditching Tucker Carlson because he was digging too close to the truth.

Now to the wokies, the big highlight is Budweiser for just how publicly they failed and actually got the conservatives to act effectively in boycott, Target also deserves a mention. Disney for how they seem to be constantly slipping down the hill into obscurity. WB that owns DC might be close but ironically the Hogwarts Legacy drama seems to have given them a life raft when they needed one. Another mention is Creative Assembly that seems to have summoned their Sega masters to bitch slap them after their waste of money on woke projects.

There's too many to list from OpenAI, Unity, Amazon and the disaster that was Rings of Power, which notable ones do you think did the most self inflicted harm this year?