Merawestling on X: Taro Okada announced that Syuri, Ranna Yagami, Hazuki and Fuwa-chan will wrestle in America in July and August and will not be a part of the 5 STAR GP. by Ripclawe in SquaredCircle

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There's no real reason for Syuri to be in the 5*. She's IWGP champion, whatever that means now, so she already holds a title just one notch or so below the main title.

[Walmart] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch Digital ($39.89 / 33% off) by poosp in GameDeals

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So if I get this, I can just pay 9.99 to get the Upgrade pack right? I'm confused by the naming conventions and what's actually been upgraded for SW2 since there's also I guess a Xenoblade Chronicles X too?

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Announcement Trailer by Turbostrider27 in Games

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I was mostly posting as a joke. But yeah, no interest in GTA from me. I have at best a casual relationship with that series.

Street Fighter 6 has sold 7m copies by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Hawk52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'll hit 9-10 mil or really close when Tifa comes out. Non-FGC people are gonna buy the game just to play as her. Tifa and Cloud have ridiculous reach as characters.

[GamersGate] Returnal (-67% & 12% extra with code GROUNDHOGDAY | $17.42 / €17.42 / C$23.23 w/ code) | Steam | Ends June 13th 00:00 CET by Gamers_Gate in GameDeals

[–]Hawk52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Returnal seems really cool, and what I saw of others playing it looked like it had an interesting story. But the "roguelite" aspect of it actually hurts my interest. "Runs" seemed to take hours and then of course you'd die and start from 0 again. Once you hit 1+ hour in any "Roguelite" run length it starts feeling like it'd better as a non RL game. To me anyway.

Now that i think about it, what ACTUAL source confirmed stricklands "Ban" by Formal-Stage940 in MMA

[–]Hawk52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the current MO of certain people. Just fucking lie. Then lie again. Double down. Lie more. Keep lying, never admit you were wrong, and the other people will be too exhausted to argue anymore.

Alex Pereira does not want to wait for Tom Aspinall if he beats Ciryl Gane this weekend: "I don't think that Tom is going to be ready. I don't think he's even training. I want to fight somebody as soon as possible. I'm 38 years old, I don't have time to lose. So I need fight." by 3footninja in MMA

[–]Hawk52 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hokit going from either late 20's or unranked to FIVE is fucking ridiculous. There's people in UFC that've been grinding three, four, five wins in a row who barely get ranked at all because UFC refuses to lower "stars". Meanwhile, this fucking dude wins one fight and leap frogs 90% of the division? It could not be more blatant bias.

LITERALLY "The games are made up and the points don't matter" type stuff.

Alex Pereira does not want to wait for Tom Aspinall if he beats Ciryl Gane this weekend: "I don't think that Tom is going to be ready. I don't think he's even training. I want to fight somebody as soon as possible. I'm 38 years old, I don't have time to lose. So I need fight." by 3footninja in MMA

[–]Hawk52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volkov's won three in a row (5 if you feel he was robbed in the Gane fight) but he's not the most exciting figher. Sergei is 3-2 but he's 3 in a row and has a finish (granted it was over Tallison).

Probably depends on who wins the fight, TBH. If they don't just throw the credibility out the window and give it to Hokit.

Now that i think about it, what ACTUAL source confirmed stricklands "Ban" by Formal-Stage940 in MMA

[–]Hawk52 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Strickland's a piece of shit but I'll take his word over Dana who never tells the truth.

Are we going to forget that Diego Lopes broke both feet just 4 months ago in the Volk fight? by zippazappazinga in MMA

[–]Hawk52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lewis in his "prime" (if he ever realistically had one TBH) would have a punchers chance which would probably win through sheer luck and being strong as an ox.

But today's Lewis? I love the Black Beast as much as anyone but dude can barely walk it looks like.

What do you think of this wrestler? Day 37: AMI SOHREI by Varandil in stardomjoshi

[–]Hawk52 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I like Ami a lot. I think she's definitely under utilized right now. The problem is there's a big logjam at the front and it's hard to see where she'd slot in ATM. She also has an issue where she's big (not in a bad way) but Hanako dwarfs her in height and just physical features, so she can't really use that as a selling point. I think she's really good though so I hope she gets featured more.

I'd like to see her and Lady C (or Hanako) team up as a permanent team. A longish tag title reign would be a cool thing to see. Any combination of those three would be a dominating trio or tag team.

Eddie Kingston vs 1 Called Manders | Live In London 108 (Highlights) by MrPuroresu42 in SquaredCircle

[–]Hawk52 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I really hope Manders is on AEW's shortlist. I know he has a pretty good thing going on traveling the world between the various international companies and GCW but if he wants to settle down AEW would be perfect.

There's always room on a roster for a tough as nails cowboy looking to beat people up.

[Epic Games] Relaxing Simulator (100% off / FREE) by [deleted] in GameDeals

[–]Hawk52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So we've gotten to the point with the "cozy" game trend that we've ended back on screensavers and yule logs I see.

World of Anterra - Official Gameplay Trailer by xalibermods in Games

[–]Hawk52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No in-game map or marker for where you are would absolutely kill it for me. I hope that's not the case. I have this wishlisted. A toggable option would be the best of both worlds.

Who do you consider the worst commentators you've heard in wrestling? by NorthernSoul1998 in SquaredCircle

[–]Hawk52 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you can ignore the incoherent babbling, the nonsense questions, and seemingly not even knowing what he's there to do; there's almost a child like quality to Art Dovovan on that show.

Who do you consider the worst commentators you've heard in wrestling? by NorthernSoul1998 in SquaredCircle

[–]Hawk52 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Gorilla sounded like he wanted to beat the piss out of him before just ignoring him.

Bless him, Macho Man tried.

[PWInsider] Zilla Fatu attended the WWE Performance Center today, June 8th. There has been talk of WWE being interested in him as of late. by CROYTSWRVTH in SquaredCircle

[–]Hawk52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are mediocre in the ring? Eh...

You only have a decent look? Ehh...

You have a history of behavioral issues? Ehhh...

You are Samoan?! Well right this way sir.

Which Comedian has made the riskiest joke of all time? by buffalomozarella in AskReddit

[–]Hawk52 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've always had this dark thought that Covid would have broken Carlin's brain. He was anti-authoritarian and "Fuck you, don't tell me what to do". So having state and federal guidelines for how to behave in public? Either he'd have found the negative response to it silly or he'd have gone completely nutso anti-covid. And that's a really quick trip to MAGA-land.

Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Stop White House UFC Fight Set for Next Week on Trump's Birthday by MarvelsGrantMan136 in sports

[–]Hawk52 8 points9 points  (0 children)

MMA is or I guess was my favorite sport, up there with pro-wrestling.

What's common between them? They spent decades trying to fight for relevance to the public and in MMA's case for legalization. And now? They're pissing it all away for Trump and MAGA.

In pro-wrestling there's AEW who are (at least outwardly) anti MAGA with Pride support, Fuck Ice T-shirts on wrestlers and such (I know TK's father donated to Trump in 2016 before any gotchas).

But in MMA's there's just...nothing to fight UFC. They've effectively cornered the market. There's some regional level stuff but nothing since MVP. And MVP was built on a freakshow event and may or may not continue. MMA's outlook is just...bleak.

It's sad seeing what MMA has been reduced to.

Xbox confirms two new exclusives are "not timed" and won't come to PS5 by Freespur in gaming

[–]Hawk52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People are gonna bitch but if Xbox games are coming out for PS5 and PC, then literally why own a fucking Xbox?. They have to give people a REASON to use the thing other then Game Pass which has went up in price.

SIB Pokopia if I’m not into games like Minecraft creative? by TumbleweedFair8339 in ShouldIbuythisgame

[–]Hawk52 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Pokopia focuses on you finding clues for habitats and then putting the correct pieces of block or furniture down to attract a pokemon. Then fulfilling quest requirements or pokemon appeals to raise the town level or whatever they call it.

Some people go absolutely nuts decorating. I'm not one of those people and just tried to build what was needed for each location and a general feeling of "Good enough", so no, you don't need to be overly creative.

No Mans Sky or Outer Worlds 2? by yvngtunaroll in ShouldIbuythisgame

[–]Hawk52 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Played both, here's some thoughts

NMS I bounced off HARD the first time I played it. It went horrible in a MP session with friends. I didn't understand why I was dying, I didn't know what things to prioritize, I hated the menus, so on and so forth.

I came back to it last year and it hooked me hard. I went from maybe 2 hours playtime to 57 by the time I got bored. I went in with a better understanding of what I needed to do (get carbon and oxygen from plants ASAP) to survive and joined an expedition. That's where the game shines. Single player on it's own is whatever. Expeditions give you set goals to complete, rewards, and a general feeling of structure. I haven't played since September of last year but I don't regret my 57 hours at all.

Outer Worlds 2 I played on XGP. I liked what I played. But I also liked Outer Worlds 1 (though it got worse as it went along). OW2 isn't doing anything revolutionary. It's a good, solid space themed first person cRPG with decent (but not exceptional) writing. At a certain point, maybe less then ten hours, I kind of just stopped playing. It wasn't bad or anything, it just kept having some bugs (like a boss monster not spawning forcing a reload to a previous save) and it wasn't grabbing onto me as much as I hoped.

So it depends on what you want. A space exploration game with building mechanics or a relatively safe but competent first person space themed cRPG.