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Post by Patriot on Jul 25, 2022 8:04:13 GMT -6
So Bruce Prichard is still with the company, but Triple H is now in charge of creative in addition to talent relations.
His NXT was excellent, one has to assume the main roster can be as well.
I don't normally wish people to lose their job, but Kevin Dunn is a multi-millionaire who won't be hurt to lose it... get him out of there and put Jeremy Borash in his place. His camera cuts and zooms have been, by far, the worst thing about WWE television for years.
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Post by Patriot on Jul 22, 2022 20:24:20 GMT -6
So Vince has retired from WWE. No longer chairman, CEO, or involved in creative (officially anyway).
Stephanie and Nick Khan are now co-CEO's and Triple H is back as the EVP of Talent Relations (replacing Johnny Ace).
Given that Trips and Stephanie both reportedly dislike Kevin Dunn, I can't imagine he'll be around much longer.
We're finally going to get to see a WWE without Vince McMahon in charge, and without him dying. I never thought it would happen.
I'm sure the commentators are the happiest people in the world since they'll no longer have McMahon in their yelling at them for hours at a time.
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Post by Patriot on Jul 20, 2022 23:41:09 GMT -6
Solstice is such a crap event. No way in the world would I do all of those challenges on three characters. That's 75 games of crucible (or worse, gambit), No thanks. Hell 25 is a chore.
I miss D1, even early D2.
I hate everything about the seasonal approach. The season pass grind, the seasonal challenges and dragging everything out over the course of 9-10 weeks or so. I hate the pinnacle power grind.
Game feels like more of a chore or job rather than the fun it used to be.
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Post by Patriot on Jul 11, 2022 13:55:01 GMT -6
I'm about half way through the story in Rogue Remastered, and I'm glad I had never played it until now.
It's a brand new game to me, and I'm loving it. The story so far has been great. It's like an even better Black Flag. Mainly because of some gameplay improvements, but also because I like the locations better than Black Flag. North America instead of the Caribbean islands.
Love how they incorporated the Wanted multiplayer style into the single player, with the Assassin stalkers/captains hiding and the whispers letting you know they're nearby.
In short, this is awesome.
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Post by Patriot on Jul 8, 2022 10:53:20 GMT -6
www.wsj.com/articles/wwes-vince-mcmahon-agreed-to-pay-12-million-in-hush-money-to-four-women-11657289742The previously unreported settlements include a $7.5 million pact with a former wrestler who alleged that Mr. McMahon coerced her into giving him oral sex and then demoted her and, ultimately, declined to renew her contract in 2005 after she resisted further sexual encounters, according to people familiar with the matter. The wrestler and her attorney approached Mr. McMahon in 2018 and negotiated the payment in return for her silence, the people said. In another previously unreported deal, a WWE contractor presented the company with unsolicited nude photos of Mr. McMahon she reported receiving from him and alleged that he had sexually harassed her on the job, according to people familiar with the woman’s 2008 nondisclosure agreement. Mr. McMahon agreed to pay her roughly $1 million, these people said. While I'm not on the Vince is a predator and these women are victims train, he definitely needs to fully step aside and be done with the company. It's one thing if the company were private, but he took it public, so gotta do what is right for the shareholders here. For the record, I think Vince is definitely a slimy POS, but he didn't force these women do anything. And "power over them" doesn't mean anything to me, they chose to do it because they didn't want to get fired and that's on them. And then took a bride to not say anything. So they're just as bad in that regard. Already seeing people try to put it on the same level as rape, and that's absurd and demeaning to actual rape victims. EDIT: Now, for the wrestler, it happened in 2005. And "The wrestler and her attorney approached Mr. McMahon in 2018 and negotiated the payment in return for her silence..." How is that not basically blackmail? Pay me money and I won't talk about something that happened 13 years ago. Isn't that roughly around the same time as the whole MeToo thing? Imagine if people cared more about actual problems and issues, and not this BS. Who did Epstein and Maxwell traffic underage girls too? How about the current POTUS molesting his own daughter (and who knows how many other kids)?
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Post by Patriot on Jun 30, 2022 18:16:42 GMT -6
That's actually a buff for Ghally in PvE.
Now that's it impact damage, it'll do more damage to targets. Plus, will longer have it detonate early because a dreg or something got close.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 24, 2022 20:08:20 GMT -6
So got the AC2 plat and half way through the story of Brotherhood.
I remember loving Brotherhood when it came out, but man I had forgotten just how good it was. I love Origins and Odyssey, and Valhalla is good too, but I really miss this kind of Assassin's Creed game.
The execution streak stuff may make combat super easy, but it also feels awesome and makes for a more fun experience.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 21, 2022 11:51:38 GMT -6
Getting close to getting the Platinum for AC2 (Ezio Collection). Will be my second time getting the plat for this game. Will then move on to Brotherhood and Revelations.
I got the Brotherhood plat on PS3, but never finished the multiplayer stuff to get it for Revelations.
Once Ezio trilogy is finished up, I'll be hitting Black Flag then Rogue Remastered then AC3 Remastered. Doing it that way for story purposes, since that's the order they take place. I never played Rogue, so excited to finally get to it.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 20, 2022 10:23:05 GMT -6
lootplex.com/2022/06/20/wwe-raw-6-20-22-preview/Tonight: - Elias returns to hold a concert and stand with his brother Ezekiel
- Becky Lynch faces Asuka in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
I’m interested in seeing exactly what they have planned for the Elias’ return. They’re promising he’ll stand in the ring, side-by-side with Ezekiel. Do they get realistic, or go over the top with someone who doesn’t look remotely like Elias to really send Kevin Owens over the edge? Asuka/Lynch should be good. Really hope Asuka wins.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 20, 2022 10:19:54 GMT -6
Great PPV from start to finish. Some great video packages in there as well.
Still hard to believe it's been 20 years since TNA/Impact started.
I certainly never thought they'd still be around by this point, but more power to them. Also, really like the commentary team of Tom Hannifan (Tom Philips) and Matthew Rehwoldt (Aiden English). Of course, I always enjoyed Tom Philips a lot in WWE, especially on NXT and Smackdown. Rehwoldt is pretty solid as a commentator, which isn't surprising since he's always been a pretty good talker.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 19, 2022 20:00:59 GMT -6
Gotta say this Slammiversary has been fantastic, and I really need to give Impact a chance again.
Nice of WWE to allow AJ Styles to do a video message.
Has been a really fun PPV thus far.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 18, 2022 14:55:18 GMT -6
So the Vince thing was a big nothingburger. I guess he wanted to signal business as usual.
Not a fan of continuing to drag out the Dupri reveal. After all this, it better be someone good.
Of course they're going back to Brock/Roman. Sure, Cody and Orton are both out, but that there isn't anyone else shows the kind of problems they have.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 18, 2022 10:14:26 GMT -6
I was going to buy this on PlayStation until it got announced for Game Pass.
Completed the story with Raphel. So good.
Used to love to play the arcade game. Pretty much when I went to arcades, I played Turtles, WrestleFest, and whatever Cruisin game they had.
Tribute Games did an excellent job with this. Been a long time since I've seen anything TMNT, so was a fun bit of nostalgia.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 18, 2022 10:10:28 GMT -6
I am absolutely all over this day one. Have been looking forward to it for a long time.
Loved the first one. For me, most fun combat in any RPG ever.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 17, 2022 9:22:06 GMT -6
lootplex.com/2022/06/17/wwe-smackdown-6-17-22-preview/– Roman Reigns defends the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Riddle – Max Dupri reveals his first Maximum Male Model client – Vince McMahon appears live – Madcap Moss battles Happy Corbin in a Last Laugh Match Should be interesting to see what Vince has to say. The most carny person alive. It's a longshot, but I really want Durpi's client to be a returning Cesaro. Smackdown could use right now, and with Max Dupri talking for him there wouldn't be anything to hold him back. Actually, if they could get Cesaro in it and later add Tyler Breeze, it'd be perfect. If it's Mace or Mansoor, dead on arrival.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 17, 2022 8:58:22 GMT -6
Agreed.
I'm excited to see what Infinity actually is, but I really hope it isn't the Assassin's Creed version of Destiny.
I would however like to get multiplayer back at some point. I think Ubisoft is missing out. They could've put one of their teams on a free-to-play Assassins multiplayer title and a made a lot of money on cosmetic items. I'm talking the old PvP from Brotherhood with some co-op missions like in Unity. Would've been a fun side game that wouldn't take away from the larger, main line single player experiences.
Instead they spend resources on stuff like XDefiant and that battle royale no one played and already shut down (Hyper Scape).
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Post by Patriot on Jun 17, 2022 8:14:46 GMT -6
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Post by Patriot on Jun 16, 2022 20:31:06 GMT -6
Last night's Dynamite had 761,000 viewers.
Yes, there's no Punk, Omega, MJF or Danielson at the moment. Wouldn't matter anyway.
Forbidden Door will be a great in-ring PPV. However, I think Tony has to be learning that not nearly as many Americans care about NJPW as he seems to think they do. And you can't keep booking a show for Internet fans.
The announcers can sell Will Ospreay as a major player all they want, but the majority of American fans don't know him nor have a reason to care about him or anything he's involved with.
Tony likes to think himself a visionary and pretend that his so-called forbidden door is original and innovative, but fact is people didn't care when WCW did it either. It's not a draw. It sold tickets, so it'll have a good gate and that's great. But it's not going to sell a lot of PPV's.
Besides that, I thought Dynamite was pretty weak last night (and has been for the past few weeks). Build to Forbidden Door has been bad. Ospreay/Harwood was great, the main event and turn was fun, but the rest of the show sucked.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 16, 2022 12:02:28 GMT -6
Next Assassin's Creed game(s) will be revealed in September.
I think they'll talk a little bit about of Infinity, but I doubt it releases until 2024. So more free Valhalla content this year (new Rogue-lite mode, final story chapter, likely a new Crossover story) and then early 2023 (probably March) should get Rift.
I really hope Rift, or whatever it ends up being named, is how it has been described. Hasn't been announced yet of course, but all the leaks suggest it's a more traditional Assassin's Creed game and not like the modern ones. Play as Basmin in Baghdad and other Middle Eastern cities doing Assassin stuff. I'd love a good throwback game and to get back to Assassin's and their creed.
Also couldn't help myself, picked up the OG game on Xbox for $6. Only because it's enhanced resolution and 60fps, looks and feels amazing, and there's no way to play it on PS5/PS4 at the moment. It's the only game in the series that you can't play on PS5 and that sucks, hope it gets a remaster. Well that and Syndicate, which has a weird flickering light problem.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 15, 2022 17:53:59 GMT -6
Well, this is certainly going to be interesting.
I suspect this will be the end for Johnny Ace. As for McMahon, we'll see.
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