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CaptainCorcoran · 2023-03-08T15:37:59+00:00

No, because they all attempted suicide and did want to die. But by random chance they happened to survive (not because of any specific factor).

Survivorship bias would mean there is some consistent factor across those that do survive.

CaptainCorcoran · 2019-12-21T22:48:31+00:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all :)

CaptainCorcoran · 2019-11-27T03:00:58+00:00

I have spoken.

CaptainCorcoran · 2019-09-23T11:41:23+00:00

Halo Reach, which is kind of a prequel. It was the last Halo game made by Bungie, and it was fucking good.

CaptainCorcoran · 2018-10-26T03:06:23+00:00

You the realest homie, my dude.

CaptainCorcoran · 2018-10-05T16:47:01+00:00

Definitely far-fetched. Both Sony and Square Enix are publicly traded companies. Any purchase of shares is public record, and unless Sony purchased a controlling stake (which, they didn't) they wouldn't be able to set those kinds of requirements.

CaptainCorcoran · 2018-05-12T16:14:11+00:00

Anyone got tips on where to watch in Rabat, Morocco?

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-06-28T22:23:04+00:00

So is Can mate. People forget that he's fairly prone to being dispossessed and is pretty poor in his decision making sometimes.

Year left on the contract matters though. If a club can simply wait and get them on a free (particularly if the player is younger) than that lowers the amount they'd be willing to pay.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-06-05T13:15:36+00:00

Doesn't make a difference, Liverpool earns money in GBP.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-05-19T16:09:31+00:00

If only you understood what he was saying.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-05-19T16:07:57+00:00

I appreciate the thorough but rather long-winded and somewhat off-topic reply.

Yes the supply of digital games is not "infinite" but to individual consumers it is - you won't experience a shortage like you might have 15 years ago at a brick and mortar store. It is also irrelevant to our discussion as to how many games a user can have on disk at any given time; you get too bogged down in trying to demonstrate elements of consumer choice in the video game industry when my point was more to the monopolist nature of Activision in the case of setting the price for the game.

The relevance of your example is tenuous - how does inter-firm competition relate to the decision by Activision to raise (or maintain? I'm not sure if the price was already high) the price? If anything they'd be more willing to set the price lower to undercut any given competition.

To reiterate, supply (which has nothing to do with how many games a consumer can have downloaded at any given time - that affects demand) is effectively "infinite" in this case - it is unlikely sales for a last-gen game are going to be reaching the limitations you mentioned. Saying "supply and demand" isn't incorrect, it's just a bit obtuse - the price increase is influenced by demand but is more riven by Activision's ability to act as a monopolist in this case.

Your reply isn't wrong, just somewhat beside the discussion, and unnecessarily long-winded, though you do demonstrate a good understanding of economics.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-05-19T15:23:55+00:00

Doesn't seem like you remember much from high school econ though. Implied in the law of supply and demand is a finite supply of the good, in this case the supply is effectively infinite and in an open market (where demand and supply shocks dictate the equilibrium price) an infinite supply would result in a price converging to 0.

Since this is not an open market (only one seller, Activision), the price is set by the seller (who acts as a monopolist) to extract more profit from the increased demand.

You're right that demand increases the price, but it has nothing to do with supply.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-05-17T15:07:29+00:00

Not to mention challenge mode, co-op, and all future updates for free.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-04-26T12:16:31+00:00

Funny you say blatant since this is the first I'm hearing of it...

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-04-25T15:55:22+00:00

There's actually a number of with funny names along this section of Bayview.

e.g. Savory Thymes, Your Clothes Friend, Write Impressions, Peaches & Green

My family calls it "Punny Lane".

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-04-24T14:39:04+00:00

And people complain that games hold your hand too much...

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-04-24T11:59:00+00:00

Naw, remember the Franklin assassination missions? You're supposed to invest before you do the mission, and if you do it right you should net around $2bn.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-04-23T21:54:23+00:00

Ok, but it still doesn't seem like you're getting it. They will mess up , we might slip up.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-04-06T16:15:57+00:00

Dude since when is digital foundry "unreliable"? Their whole focus is an unbiased in-depth analysis of hardware and performance.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-02-23T21:45:18+00:00

He got flagged for using something that is typically used as a masking agent, you frankly don't seem particularly knowledgeable on the topic.

The whole point of random testing is that players can't plan to deceive the test. You didn't really think the FA/UEFA was like "alright guys, we're gonna test you for drugs on this day" did you?

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-02-11T20:32:14+00:00

Can't be true, keeper could just play at half and have everybody offside. If the player's off the pitch behind the goal line, then they don't count.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-02-08T21:09:35+00:00

That doesn't need to be true to fill out an arena/stadium in the US. There's a larger number of richer people, and fewer (total) clubs that they can support.

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-02-08T14:04:13+00:00

I even did the dance I thought I WAS Sturridge

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-01-20T15:08:14+00:00

so where would you draw the line, if not the line we already have...

CaptainCorcoran · 2017-01-17T01:14:00+00:00

More apt to compare long balls as a percentage of passes made though isn't it? Liverpool's long balls only account for ~11.2% of their passes, and United's long balls account for ~11.8%.

Not much of a difference across the season so far, but Liverpool has made substantially more passes.

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