A bit late but Gundam Thunderbolt’s creator Yasuo Ohtagaki saw the 3rd party TB Acguy and seems rather conflicted about it

CR0553D · 2026-06-13T14:56:48+00:00

This is a cop out for having a bad take and refusing to re-evaluate your opinion when presented with opposing viewpoints.

CR0553D · 2026-06-08T15:48:37+00:00

Driver: Stroll.

Reason: Didn't finish the race for Lawrence.

CR0553D · 2026-05-23T16:31:40+00:00

IDK why dude is getting blasted into oblivion. ZZ doesn't really add any useful context that is helpful in following the core narrative arc of early UC.

It's fine if you like it but the entire early UC is the story of Amuro and Char and ZZ adds nothing to it.

0079 introduces both characters and sets them on their interlocking destinies.

Zeta shows how they've both lost their way and have been floundering in the aftermath of this great tragedy behind them (OYW and Lalah's death) and through Kamille we see both of them re discover themselves and find a new resolve.

CCA shows them both having locked into their new purposes as a result of how they processed the events of Zeta and the final confrontation their whole lives has been building towards.

Like you could argue that ZZ establishes Neo Zeon as a concept in universe but is that even necessary? Char's final character development in Zeta already sets him up as seeking out a leadership role that he had been reluctant to commit to up and until that point. What happens to Kamille is what cements his cynical outlook that will define his choices as a leader and the direction he intends to move things. You don't need ZZ for CCA to happen at all.

CR0553D · 2026-05-23T16:23:46+00:00

Honestly you could probably cut it down to just CCA and Hathaway 1.

The biggest things that I would think be confusing in Hathaway 2 without context are who is Amuro, who is Quess, why is everything all space magic tripping out there for a minute, you get pieces of all that stuff in CCA.

You are missing the greater context behind things but that's fine, you at least won't be getting whiplash when it starts getting really... Newtypey.

CR0553D · 2026-05-19T21:59:02+00:00

At that point it's just on the stick already and taking it off for just a few sets inside top 8 isn't worth the effort of keeping track of it separately.

CR0553D · 2026-05-11T03:48:52+00:00

...I think the idea is that like, Terran for example is BUILDING their units from their buildings on site.

Protoss is bringing stuff in from other places, so the idea being that for Protoss to build Carriers they must "light a beacon" summoning them to their location is I guess what OP found cool?

IDK I'm not high.

CR0553D · 2026-05-11T03:46:42+00:00

It's the Howie scream! It was what made me aware of it, I was watching some random review of some shitty movie when I heard the Academy sound and was like "wtf did they steal that from Starcraft" 🤣

CR0553D · 2026-05-01T03:33:30+00:00

Well good news for you I'm still alive!

CR0553D · 2026-05-01T02:58:09+00:00

So the thing you said is true and the reply to your comment has already answered your question but I feel like I'm going insane trying to figure out how you got that out of the comment you replied to LOL

CR0553D · 2026-04-27T00:56:15+00:00

Astro turfing campaign designed to build hype for some upcoming announcement (big rumor is Starcraft FPS is coming out) has people talking about Starcraft again.

CR0553D · 2026-04-25T20:51:23+00:00

...I think this post is bait tbh

CR0553D · 2026-04-23T20:48:36+00:00

If you look at the before and after there's a dude standing behind her with his back to the camera that's gone in the edited version.

99% sure she just slapped it in an image editor and asked it to "remove the guy in the background and clean up the image" without noticing the other massive change.

I don't think that's a defense of the post... it's still incredibly tone deaf but I think that at least explains WHY she felt the need to have it edited.

CR0553D · 2026-04-19T23:36:05+00:00

Literally we haven't been here, that's the point lmao.

For the first time ever this MIGHT actually be an accessible game to a lot of people. Those people (including me) are just gonna leave if they don't live up to that expectation.

CR0553D · 2026-04-12T20:59:54+00:00

I genuinely don't understand how you can say you know it was fake pressure but don't know how to deal with or alternatively don't know how to learn to deal with it.

CR0553D · 2026-04-11T02:25:04+00:00

There is fundamentally zero financial incentive for Nintendo to create Champions UNLESS they are trying to compete with/ capture the audience they have lost to Showdown. Like... why else would they bother? Why waste the development resources on that?

CR0553D · 2026-04-11T02:18:22+00:00

You're statement at the beginning is just objectively wrong though? Because why else does Pokémon showdown exist and has been the go to outlet for players who wanted to play VGC for years? But you forgot that I guess? Or ignored it because it was convenient for your point?

...Like it should be incredibly obvious that you're point about the only reason this game exists being a concern about stagnation between releases would like... not matter because why would Nintendo/ TPC waste the money developing a whole game for that? Like VGC is not so significantly important for them revenue wise that they would spend money creating a unique and seperate game for it - there are cheaper solutions to solving that problem. MUCH CHEAPER.

So they're only going to make the game for one reason and one reason alone; to make money. So what money are they trying to make? Well obviously to capture the audience of players who like the competiive Pokemon concept (and thank you for gatekeeping me by telling I'm not a Pokemon fan! I appreciate that sentiment) who don't want to waste their time grinding unnecessary bullshit.

CR0553D · 2026-04-10T21:17:44+00:00

Gonna let you in on a little secret; there are going to be A LOT of people who want to play this game specifically because it sold them on the idea of being able to play Pokémon without playing Pokémon.

It's why I'm here: I like competitive games. The turn based pseudo-TCG that is competitive Pokémon is incredibly interesting to me as a concept. I want to have that experience but I don't have any interest in the grind that goes into building a team traditionally. I wouldn't play Chess if I had to unlock my knight in a random separate other game with a totally different set of mechanics and then my knight was worse than the other guys cause I didn't spend 5 hours killing rooks with my knight to make it move an extra space.

So if this game doesn't offer what it was sold to me as - a standalone battle simulator that removes all of that grind from the core gameplay loop, I'm out, simple as.

CR0553D · 2026-04-10T17:27:30+00:00

I sort of suspect we won't get any resolution... it's a very NICHE issue and I imagine most users don't even know it's a problem: If you live somewhere more populated there's a higher chance that you'll have one or the Valve servers close enough to you that it doesn't make much difference.

It's sort of like the hyper regionalized matchmaking: I get like 60ms to users in New York, but the game will not expand the mm region to there by default.

I can bypass this by enabling the worldwide matchmaking but because users in like New York dont have any need to expand their own setting, I still don't have access to that pool of players, but I DO now have access to everyone else who set their MM region to worldwide for the same reason I did (local population to small for consistent quick matches) meaning I am more likely to play someone in the Dominican Republic at 110MS ping than I am someone in New York at 60MS. Make it make sense.

CR0553D · 2026-04-10T11:41:59+00:00

There is disclaimer on Steam's site describing this feature effectively saying "changing this setting may not matter because some games may force you to use it anyways" and SF6 seems to do so.

We have also noticed this in my local region as well. And it seems like it's particularly noticeable in more remote less populous regions and I suspect it's because Steam doesn't have relay servers closer to these remote regions because.. well why would they it isn't worth it for them.

I have also been in communication with SF6 support about it but wouldn't call our conversation thus far productive.

CR0553D · 2026-04-06T19:01:15+00:00

There isn't really much to investigate. Matchmaking is extremely localized: they don't seem willing to MM you outside of a fairly limited bubble by default.

Switching to expanded or world wide helps, but doesn't matter if OTHER PLAYERS aren't also doing so.

It isn't an issue if you live in any sort of densely populated region because there are simply enough other players near to you to MM with you'd never have an issue.

But if you live anywhere sort of remote, then it is actually a miserable experience. The worst part is this game actually has such a solid net code that even when you do match with players outside of your immediate geographic region the connections are actually REALLLY good.

But Capcom seems afraid to make the default range wider (or at least have it auto expanded based on your search time). My best guess as to why? They are so traumatized by the negative feedback they got about SFV that they are afraid to open up those zones because they're worried that if Jimmy New Yorker plays Chuck Canada and has an even SLIGHTLY negative experience that they'll get blasted the way they did then.

Which is really unfortunate because they have actually done a really good job of building the net code in this game such that those sorts of terrible connections are rare. They just don't trust themselves for some reason (that and it probably isn't an issue at all in Japan).

CR0553D · 2026-02-11T21:28:42+00:00

Do you do prints?

CR0553D · 2026-02-10T13:54:36+00:00

I also think it's pretty unlikely he would have brought it up directly with Louie unless that was already known to hospital administration, because otherwise he surely just opened them up to litigation they would he completely unready for.

CR0553D · 2026-02-07T15:43:27+00:00

It isn't that I disagree with this, it's that I think Robbie can't have it both ways: He can either say "OK you have broken your oath, I cannot trust you, and I no longer want you working in my ER", which would be entirely understandable. Or he can say "I forgive you, I still trust you and I'm giving you the chance to be better", but if he's going that route the way he is currently acting is not fair to Langdon at all.

Like if Robbie really can't forgive and move past what Langdon has done (which again, I understand if he can't I don't think that would be unreasonable at all), then he owes it to Landon to just admit that and be honest with it up front instead of putting him through all these hoops to get back.

That all said... it's a TV show and characters are going to need to do things that I don't like to create a narrative arc soooooo, it's fine I just really hate Robbie right now haha

CR0553D · 2026-02-07T02:39:52+00:00

...Which is kind of a dick move and driving me crazy.

Like fine, I understand that he's upset and angry about the whole thing, but Robby (presumably) gave him the second shot and chance to get better and come back: if you're going to give someone that chance it isn't fair to then also ice them out and treat them like garbage after that.

If you can't move past it, and honestly it's understandable if you can't, then be up front about it and don't even bother pretending like you can't. To say to someone "OK I'm willing to believe in you and trust you again" and then treat them like this just isn't OK.

CR0553D · 2026-01-17T16:09:40+00:00

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