Considering Rivals has already fallen into a GOATS meta and NetEase seems poised to repeat literally every one of Blizzard's mistakes...I wouldn't be so sure. I'll keep giving Valve the edge because Deadlock is a fundamentally good competitive game, and it's backed by the guy responsible for making DOTA 2 the best balanced competitive game. Maybe it won't stay at the top, but 10 years from now it's going to be trundling on and Rivals will not.
Honestly insane show. It jumps between some of the best and most critical Star Wars media ever made to a fucking Jar Jar and droids episode without batting an eye. Asajj Ventress especially might be the greatest girlboss in the galaxy.
This doesn't really surprise me. Overwatch 2 is basically a momument to the rot at the core of Blizzard. Its biggest saving grace is that there hasn't been a serious challenger in the hero brawler space (sorry Concord) until now.
For my money, I still think Deadlock is going to be the game that comes out on top, but it probably needs another full year to cook.
There are no laws for them. It has been made abundantly clear, time and time again, that the rich and powerful do not need to follow the same laws that us plebs need to. There is no court that will prosecute their crimes, no politician that will fight to defend us from them. The only option left is violence.
I'd argue it's worse, and that they're a controlled opposition party. The Republicans fight to drag America backward, and then Dems call that the new status quo they must defend.
That's kinda the most insane part about tankies supporting Putin to me. Russia is basically Reagan's wet dream right now, their entire government and economic system was built in the image American capitalists wanted. To support Putin is to support the Western hegemony, but since Russia was the Soviet Union once, Tankies just give it a free pass? Wtf?
Are the implications really that staggering? Are you unable to believe the DNC would lie? They do it all the time, this is hardly news. It just confirms what we already knew at the time, which is that Biden had no chance and all polling supported that conclusion.
So why did they actually ignore working people? Because while you're right that Harris' platform was very progressive, and Walz would have been the most left-wing VP in recent history, the Harris/Walz campaign didn't care about any of that. They campaigned on being tough on immigration, protecting Israel, being pro-billionaire, and reaching across the isle to Republicans. When asked about the economy, they deflected or talked down. When asked about change, they promised there would be none. You can't be surprised that working class folks would feel left out in the cold when they were explicitly ignored.
Don't feel even an ounce of sympathy for these assholes. As someone who works adjacent to academia, we've been talking about the "enrollment cliff" for a few years now. The solution universities have come to is that they should cut admissions requirements to make sure anyone with money can enter their institution, and then do as much creative accounting as necessary to cover up students' failing grades. They'd rather become degree mills than look at the real problem; their tuition costs.
We already live in a culture that glorifies constant violence. Roughly one person gets murdered every day in New York City, and dozens have been killed across the U.S. since the CEO's death. We wait with bated breath for the next school shooting, or episode of police brutality, to fill the news with more poor bodies. I've even been personally affected, having to dive out of the way of a fleeing gunman to avoid stray bullets from his automatic.
The only thing that has happened is equality. The billionaire class that has fostered and profited from the culture of violence has had a taste of what we get to go through every day. If there is any slippery slope to slide down, it has been sloped by the bourgeoise.
Imagine what happens if they fail, and they can't even produce a fall guy?
The thing is, Americans know their police force is lazy and useless. We're all joking about all the murders that will go unsolved that have occurred since the CEO's death. Now, there's a real chance that their incompetence will be on full display. Is it really out of the question to think that they have become so impotent that someone could carefully plan and execute an assassination?
No, I think he should escape into myth. I hope that he had a planned exit strategy for the end of this, and that he manages to flee the U.S. If he is caught, I believe he will be made an example, a metaphorical head on a pike to scare people off.
The one and only time I phone police is after a car accident, and only because insurance claims require a police report to go anywhere. Even then, most cops fuck up the report or leave out important details, so it's out of legal obligation and not actually wanting the service.
I've no idea why anyone would willingly call the police of their own accord. They will not help you. If you've been robbed, it's already gone. If you've been stabbed or shot, you want an ambulance. If your spouse is abusing you, they'll side with your spouse. Statistically speaking, U.S. cops do less than nothing for the communities they pretend to serve. It's the equivalent of calling a motorcycle gang to solve your problems, except a motorcycle gang would probably be motivated to achieve better results.
It's so unattainable that it's become something even normies understand. There are rules for us, and there are none for them. Think about how ingrained that has become in U.S. culture recently, and you'll come to the same conclusion the vigilante did.
Just glad to know it's still kicking around. Ape managed to kickstart an entire generation of cozy games, while remaining the best among them. As long as its still cooking, I'm sure it'll be great when it comes out.
Considering Rivals has already fallen into a GOATS meta and NetEase seems poised to repeat literally every one of Blizzard's mistakes...I wouldn't be so sure. I'll keep giving Valve the edge because Deadlock is a fundamentally good competitive game, and it's backed by the guy responsible for making DOTA 2 the best balanced competitive game. Maybe it won't stay at the top, but 10 years from now it's going to be trundling on and Rivals will not.