shanie

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The comments section here is pretty funny.

This isn't "The Director from L4D", this is the human touch of direct influence of game balance globally without the need to release a patch or even a hotfix, and way beyond just how many bots drop at a time. If you want to compare it to something, it might be The Wizard from Oz, pulling the cranks to drive the facade.

If The Director wasn't dumping enough zombies in general, Valve would have to patch The Director to make it do so because it's restricted to its coding limitations. A human Game Master can run it only limited to the variables the devs give him. Open new planets for plundering, change the weather, accuracy of your calldowns, the options are as limited as imagination and time.

Saying this, I don't know why they would leave this all up to Joel, you'd think there'd be a team of 3 to bounce ideas off or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Y’all chomping at the bit to direct your hate at the Jewish community and using Israel as an excuse. No different from MAGA.

Ah yes, let's put to paper that anyone who could oppose Israeli occupation and seige on ANY group of people are actually anti-Jew, and then paint those same people as far-right fascists.

That'll win over people and influence them to your cause. Nice work.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

12,000 Gaza civilians... so far.

And just to add, Israel could have used this event to strengthen themselves on the world stage, to instead use covert systems to do their work (since they appear to have had been doing zero of that) instead of flattening city blocks and be internationally recognized as being under attack, worthy of those Stars they so brazenly wore, and Hamas being denounced worldwide. Instead they have become the bad guys, falling right into Hamas' hands.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Are you just saying "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" with more words?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In other countries, Japan for example, gift giving is almost automated in their society to the point of being able to pick up simple gifts nearly anywhere, fancy fruit or what have you. When you get the easy gifts out of the way you can focus on those 1-4 people that are significant to you. But that wouldn't work in the West, gotta buy all the expensive stuff to take that red into black.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yep, if you buy the music you actually like, yeah that CD you bought at FYE in 2013 was $12, but that's $12 literally 10 years ago, water under the bridge, and you can still use it however you want to use it.

Meawhile Deezer nuts is making you pay for a CD-worth of content every month. That's 12 CDs a year.

Now That's What I Call a LOT of Music.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I know exactly what I was replying to.

If it doesn't matter who we vote for, who would you vote for? Who has the balls?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I mean this is a pretty specific definition. Israel has a record of generally only genociding during the reign of a Democrat president (Battle of Gaza, Operation Cast Lead).

How about the defense of Ukraine which literally helped prevent genocide of Ukranians from Russian aggression? There's value there.

Saying this, I agree, funds for Israel should stop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's probably because Israel literally wears the Star of David on their suit jacket while they perform their genocide, wearing their "oppression" on their sleeve with a need to be "sensitive" to their "plight". It definitely takes balls and commitment, and the US hasn't had balls in the office for 30 years. Who do you think would have the balls?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If you compare to the Mexican border during Trump which has direct involvement under him. Or COVID, also direct involvement, Biden is doing alright genocide-wise. You'll have to be more specific - pick a genocide and a definition. This is an Israel/Hamas war, not a United States one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I mean if "both candidates support the genocide" you have to look at "how badly do they", because jokes on you if you think the next president is going to be someone other than them.

One is at least making an attempt to minimize the casualties by diplomacy with the other suggesting that Hezbollah involvement would be a good idea. The choice is clear.

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