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Post by Patriot on Jun 15, 2022 17:52:25 GMT -6
www.pwinsider.com/article/159984/vince-mcmahon-under-investigation-by-wwe-board-of-directors.html?p=1The Wall Street Journal reported today that the WWE Board of Directors are investigating an alleged $3 Million payment made by Vince McMahon in January 2022 to a former WWE Employee who he allegedly had a sexual relationship with him. The WSJ report states that the "January 2022 separation agreement bars the now-former employee, who was hired as a paralegal in 2019, from discussing her relationship with Mr. McMahon or disparaging him." The article also noted: "The board’s investigation, which began in April, has unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon and one of his top executives, John Laurinaitis, the head of talent relations at WWE, the people said. The Journal couldn’t determine how many previous agreements were being scrutinized. The board’s outside counsel was still collecting information about the other NDAs this week but has determined that the payments totaled in the millions of dollars, the people said." A WWE spokesperson told WSJ they are cooperating with the investigation and that the relationship with McMahon and the former employee was consensual. The spokesperson also stated, "the company takes the allegations seriously and is dealing with them appropriately." Neither McMahon nor Laurinaitis returned requests for comments. WWE's longtime attorney Jerry McDevitt stated, according to the article, "that the former paralegal hadn’t made any claims of harassment against Mr. McMahon and that “WWE did not pay any monies” to the ex-employee “on her departure.” The article states that the Board of Directors learned of the allegations when they received an email from a friend of the former employee in March. The email claimed the employee was hired with a $100,000 salary that doubled once she began a relationship with McMahon. The WSJ report notes, "The email to the board also alleged that Mr. McMahon “gave her like a toy” to Mr. Laurinaitis. The board is investigating the allegations in the email, the people familiar with the inquiry said." “My friend was so scared so she quit after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerry paid her millions of dollars to shut up,” the initial email to the board stated. The Jerry would obviously be in reference to Jerry McDevitt.
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USFL
Jun 14, 2022 14:22:11 GMT -6
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Post by Patriot on Jun 14, 2022 14:22:11 GMT -6
USFL Playoffs are coming up.
I've enjoyed the season. I 've always liked these non-NFL pro leagues. I liked both previous versions of XFL and the UFL. Next year, we'll have all three going and that might be overkill.
Bummer that the Stallions couldn't go undefeated, but hopefully they don't choke in the playoffs.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 14, 2022 14:16:58 GMT -6
So Jeff Hardy got arrested yesterday for DUI.
That means no Hardy Boys in the ladder match tomorrow on Dynamite, which is both a shame and kind of a blessing.
Jeff Hardy absolutely shouldn't be doing crazy matches like that. That's one thing I think Tony Khan needs to do a better job of restricting. I don't think Bryan Danielson should go balls to the wall every single time he's there. Jeff has already done more crazy spots in his short AEW career than he did the entirety of his last WWE run.
Some of these guys need to be restrained for their own benefit.
Of course, while he may have been in quite a bit of pain and used booze to numb it some, that doesn't excuse or place blame on anyone else for his decision to drive. That's all on him, and now he's suspended without pay and can't come back to AEW without completing treatment and being sober. That's good.
When he does come back though, maybe don't have him wrestling almost every week and doing high spot after high spot. Certainly not ladder matches on free TV.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 14, 2022 14:10:43 GMT -6
Like the Plus Extra.
Finally tried out Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, and I'm liking it. I know it's not the same people and just Natsume doing what they can, but it's enjoyable and pretty faithful to the franchise. Like the simplified control scheme they went with it.
Although, downloading that did reveal to me that somehow I missed Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town AND Rune Factory 4 Special were released on PS4 late last year. And now I'll have to buy both at some point, even though between Plus Premium and Game Pass Ultimate, I feel like an idiot for buying a game when I've got access to more than I will ever play.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 12, 2022 21:49:26 GMT -6
New PS+ tiers should start rolling out soon.
My PS Now would be running out soon, but because I had Plus and Now I'll get Premium until the end of January. We'll see how it is, but if it's just PS3 streaming stuff, probably will just stick with Extra after that point.
Will say that Sony needs to get with the program. I don't think first party titles need to be Day 1 on Plus like Xbox with Game Pass, but trying to sell the first The Last of US for $70 is a joke. Literally nothing wrong with the PS4 remastered version that runs at 60fps and looks amazing.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 8, 2022 20:54:28 GMT -6
Right now I'm playing Destiny 2 some on Tuesday only.
Then I'm working in Crusader Kings 3 on the weekend some.
Rest of the time, I'm mainly bouncing between Assassin's Creed Origins on PS and Red Dead Redemption on Xbox. A nice balance. Did finally snag the Origins Season Pass since it's on sale for $12.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 5, 2022 15:16:55 GMT -6
Been playing Crusader Kings 3 on Xbox, it's been a lot of fun.
Still clueless about a lot of things, and will definitely need to watch some videos because it has a steep learning curve, but I'm enjoying it so far.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 5, 2022 15:15:23 GMT -6
Gotta say, the thing I'm liking most about Xbox is the Microsoft Rewards. I've long used Edge and Bing specifically for the rewards, just an easy way to build up Amazon gift cards.
I had no idea that so many points were offered just for doing stuff on Xbox. Here's 2000, here's 500, and another 500. And there 20:1 makes me want to buy games on Xbox instead of PS.
And for the first time, I'm excited for the Xbox/Bethesda showcase event coming up in one week.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 3, 2022 20:58:39 GMT -6
So the 60fps patch for this on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S came out yesterday, and man is it amazing.
A couple of months back I had started to revisit it, and was loving it again, but stopped because I knew this patch was coming eventually.
Buttery smooth.
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Post by Patriot on Jun 1, 2022 9:31:54 GMT -6
Will probably attempt to solo the dungeon.
Gota to say I'm enjoying Solar 3.0 quite a bit. Have each class built out pretty well, and they're all a blast to play. They'll all be a lot better once I unlock some of the class item mods from the artifact.
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Post by Patriot on May 28, 2022 21:26:49 GMT -6
Well, I'm gonna lean towards work until it's not, but... seems MJF no-showed a fanfest meet and greet today. And now has booked a flight for tonight out of Las Vegas to Newark, NJ.
Now whether or not he actually gets on the flight will be the question.
Crazy times in wrestling. Between the Sasha/Naomi situation in WWE, Ibushi's claims in NJPW, and now MJF in AEW, things are getting wild.
Wonder how long it's going to take CM Punk to tweet in his defense if it isn't a work. After all, it is perfectly ok to walk out on your job responsibilities if you aren't happy and, whether you like them or not, you should always back your co-workers over management.
But, there's no way it isn't a work. He surely can't be stupid enough to think WWE would touch him if he's willing to walk out of a huge match on a PPV the night before. Not when they're currently going scorched earth on Sasha and Naomi for doing the same thing (but for a dumber reason).
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Post by Patriot on May 25, 2022 23:57:07 GMT -6
First Xbox game I bought is...
Red Dead Redemption for Xbox 360.
I had been playing it via PSNow on PS5, and it looked terrible. 720p, streaming sort of blurry. Still fun.
The 360 version got Xbox One X enhanced to 4K (though don't care about that, playing on a 1080p monitor for now). Looks amazing. Don't even need a remaster of it. Easily worth the $10.
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Post by Patriot on May 25, 2022 14:45:35 GMT -6
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Post by Patriot on May 25, 2022 8:47:13 GMT -6
Some of the grind will get taken out when you upgrade the Crown of Sorrow.
Opulent Deepsight makes it so the first Opulent chest each week is guaranteed to be Deepsight opulent weapon. Sever Deepsight does the same for the haunted weapons. Focusing does the same for whichever weapon type you focus first during a week.
Not perfect of course, but still better than having to rely purely on RNG.
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Post by Patriot on May 24, 2022 20:49:49 GMT -6
All the weapons are craftable, just going to be a grind to unlock their patterns.
Having a lot of fun with this, and I've done nothing but Leviathan stuff all day.
Got a Drang with my first Opulent key, and it was my PvP god roll (at least perk wise). Outlaw/Rampage. Still want to craft an enhanced one, but at least I got a great one first thing.
I'd say best looking weapons they've made yet (and the dungeon weapons look awesome). The season pass ornaments are also fantastic.
EDIT: Trespasser is great as well. Great in PvE, going to be awesome in PvP too. The catalyst will make it even better, as it adds Tunnel Vision to it.
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Post by Patriot on May 24, 2022 13:53:41 GMT -6
This might be my favorite season yet, right up there with Arrivals.
And that's simply because the seasonal activity isn't some recycled six-man matchmade activity. They gave us back The Leviathan as a true patrol zone, and made the seasonal activity a tiered Public Event there. Like Arrivals had a public event, but I like this one better.
The Sever mission is also pretty cool.
The loot looks great, and Drang is craftable which is awesome.
There are still aspects of the seasonal stuff I don't care for, but as far as seasonal content goes, this one is great. Already love having Levithan as an endgame patrol zone, and the containment event is pretty fun (at least better than the usual seasonal activities).
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Post by Patriot on May 23, 2022 22:20:21 GMT -6
lootplex.com/2022/05/23/bungie-reveals-destiny-2s-season-of-the-haunted/Seems interesting. I liked the Leviathan as a setting. Drang is one of my all time favorite weapons, especially in PvP, and so I'm excited to have it back with random rolls again. Hopefully it's craftable. Excited to get back into it. I'm hoping crucible is better simply because of the special ammo nerf. That was my biggest complaint with PvP, people using shotguns as primary weapons. With only getting one ammo from a brick, I hope it won't be such an issue now. Ideally, more folks will use double primary and starve the few hold outs from any special. Of course more than likely, most folks will continue to run with a shotgun out and die so that one ape on the opposing team can still have unlimited ammo.
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Post by Patriot on May 23, 2022 22:15:46 GMT -6
Glad I found out about that, because I was just going to grab the $1 month and then later snag a 3-month from Amazon.
I'm liking it, but definitely going to take some getting used to. I prefer the Dualshock, and frankly the PS5 dashboard/interface much more.
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Post by Patriot on May 22, 2022 20:38:02 GMT -6
Actually, just found out that you can buy a Gold membership, and then snag the month trial of Game Pass Ultimate for $1 and it'll convert your Gold into GPU.
So just going to go ahead and do that and pick up a year of Gold from Amazon for $54.99.
That should be 13 months of Game Pass Ultimate for $56.
Might grab two years.
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Post by Patriot on May 21, 2022 20:04:02 GMT -6
Ordered it, will be here Monday.
Probably going to hold off on grabbing GamePass. Only because I know I'll be on D2 fairly regularly the first week or two of the season, so no reason to cheat myself out of a solid two weeks of GamePass by having it and not using it.
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