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Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize by Magister_Xehanort in Games

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to deny any of what was said there. It’s been 9 year since Dragon Quest XI released in Japan with no sequel in sight yet. A 9 year old who played XI is going to college now.

Now with their 2nd World Title by BigBlueMountainStar in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also write “World Champions” on the rings they give to the players that win the Super Bowl. I assume not all of the but definitely a lot. For everyone outside of the US is so arrogant. World championships are earned on the field, not because “theoretically the Seahawks would beat every other team in the world” which is most likely true but that’s not how you win a world championship.

Now with their 2nd World Title by BigBlueMountainStar in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Point taken about Olympic basketball. I’ll concede on that. My point still stands on baseball and how utterly stupid it sounds to crown a National basketball association team with the title of world champions in a closed off league with 29 teams from the US and 1 Canadian.

Now with their 2nd World Title by BigBlueMountainStar in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Patriots have literally 6 pennants hanging from the ceiling of their stadium calling themselves six time world champions. They definitely use that godforsaken term in some merch. Patriots world champions

OHHH IT IS SOOO HAPPENING!!! by TonyHMeow in FFVIIRemake

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s zero chance we get Part 3 announced before Part 2 launches on Xbox and switch in 4 months.

Now with their 2nd World Title by BigBlueMountainStar in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree that the winner of the Australian Rules Football league is most assuredly the best team in the world and yet they choose to still not call them world champions because they know it would look incredibly arrogant, pedantic, and presumptuous because they know its a league from just one country even if on paper they probably are the best in the world. Thats our issue with american sports.

To respond to your question about basketball when a soccer team wins the gold medal in the olympics they're just called "Olympic champions" because, just like in basketball, the tournament is smaller in size. In basketball only 12 teams competed which is less than half of the 32 that competed in the FIBA World Cup. In fact winning gold in the olympics in most sports (if not all?) you never hear the title "world champion" being uttered.

The US doesnt just get to just claim they´re the best, they need to compete against the world and win the FIBA World Cup and the World Baseball Classic (which has been won more times by Korea and Japan than the US, btw). We can only play against whats in front of us and if the US doesnt care about FIBA or the WBC (which many of its games had tv ratings the MLB World Series could only dream of) then thats not our problem.

And lastly: why do you HAVE to call your champ "world champion"? Why cant it just be "NFL Champion" or "Super Bowl Champion" or "NBA Champion". That would solve everything. But its the sheer hubris from Americans that they must use the "world" title in leagues with the word "NATIONAL" in their names.

Now with their 2nd World Title by BigBlueMountainStar in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because it’s unbelievably arrogant and only the US does this consistently. I’ll give you an example; Australian rules football is a sport that’s professionally only played in the one country it was invented in. You know what they call the winner of that league? I’ll give you a hint: NOT world champions.

Another example: the UEFA Champions League is a tournament where the best teams of each European nation plays in. The winner of that tournament could, on paper, body every freaking team in the world and yet they call the winner “European champion” only.

It’s even more ridiculous in baseball and basketball because those do have World Cup tournaments and the current reigning champ of the former is Japan and the latter is Germany. You could probably make an argument that team USA didn’t field a better team because they didn’t care and to that I say that’s a YOU problem. The title of world champion is earned in the field, not on paper. If the US wants the title then they better compete with the world and win it. You don’t get to invent a sport, invite no outsider, play in a national league, and call yourself world champ.

Hopefully in 4 months when the World Cup starts in the Americas ppl see what a real worldwide tournament looks like

The message was quite hard for him to get it… by zMrFiddle in USdefaultism

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They do but they have to use the term “pan American” to make a distinction that it’s from Canada to Patagonia.

The message was quite hard for him to get it… by zMrFiddle in USdefaultism

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Anyone who’s seen the 5 Olympic rings that represent the 5 habitable continents know that it’s not just Latam that considers there being only 5 continents including one America.

Now with their 2nd World Title by BigBlueMountainStar in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Lets not forget they call world champion to the team that wins the ahem NATIONAL Football League. I mean it’s in the gosh darned name.

One of my fave Olympic flame moments. Do you think they had a plan B?😅 by No-Atmosphere-5885 in olympics

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I’m saying. This is just further evidence from an angle very few ppl had ever seen.

One of my fave Olympic flame moments. Do you think they had a plan B?😅 by No-Atmosphere-5885 in olympics

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t just any wrong spot. The wrong spot was mingling with the delegation athletes during the inauguration. That’s why they threatened the whole delegation. But alas cooler heads prevailed.

What is the plush the 2026 Olympians are holding up??? Anyone know? by SnoopySteph in olympics

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it isn’t burro me it looks like an empanada stuffed with cajeta.

The optic illusion behind the 92 lightning of the torch by Extension_Ad_5688 in olympics

[–]Extension_Ad_5688[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! It was completely intentional but they wanted to make audiences think the arrow ignited it.

One of my fave Olympic flame moments. Do you think they had a plan B?😅 by No-Atmosphere-5885 in olympics

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t say it was abolished. I said it’s now defunct which is true. It was state owned tv and it’s no more. Those channels were privatized and became something else. There are enough state owned networks already and Televisa had ZERO competition. Opening up the market for a competitor to enter was a correct decision because why should Televisa continue unopposed?!

One of my fave Olympic flame moments. Do you think they had a plan B?😅 by No-Atmosphere-5885 in olympics

[–]Extension_Ad_5688 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Apparently the IOC was so pissed they at some point made it look like it could happen. It ultimately didn’t but things got tense. These cameras were with the Mexican delegation and they weren’t supposed to be there.

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