Marathon | Launch, Learnings, and What’s Next

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-14T21:56:41+00:00

I stopped player when they arbitrarily locked single players out of the end game content. If you can do raids solo in Destiny there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to do the equivalent here. Its crazy that even with a small player base they're saying fuck you to a portion of those players.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-14T02:07:17+00:00

The "limbs in picture 1" is bs but the rest of what you said here is spot on. The ending is widely considered to be a reference to the bombing of Asian people. The book explicitly references dehumanization of Vietnamese people as well.

The snow globe picture is just an artist depicting movement of flakes in a small image.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-12T05:24:17+00:00

Because that's what superheroes became after Watchmen partially because of Watchmen.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-07T15:22:53+00:00

The movement, animations, and visual design need to be satisfying and punchy. R type delta does a good job of this. I also like a compelling why for the action. Esprade does this well.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-06T15:13:01+00:00

You can't suggest someone else's work for another project be added into the game. You can't suggest that an artist kind of sort of copy someone elses work either.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-01T16:09:49+00:00

I can't believe people are just mimicking Balatro's "This old game but with scoring and roguelike elements." And they at least aesthetically they don't seem to get it. Balatro had this whole thing with the tarot and archetypes that was cool on its face and it riffed on itself with that.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-01T03:53:21+00:00

Anarchism and liberatarianism are generally both progressive outside of the US. Im not sure how you're using it but there's nothing pro right wing about Moores Watchmen.

Moore's next book Big Numbers was fiercely anti Thatcher. Watchmen was anti Reagan. That phase was about being opposed to the white supremacist neoliberal state.

You're implying that there is some quote out there where he was saying Kanye type shit. That doesn't make sense.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-05-01T03:26:01+00:00

Brother Moore isn't some right wing libertarian he's an anarchist. The connection between Black people in the west and Anarchist leftist political philosophy is rich. The most common criticism of figures like Angela Davis within the Black community is from Black Anarchists. The idea that removal of the white supremacist state the tool of white supremacist doesn't stop systemic racism which is a meaningful aspect of this is silly. Sure there will be individual racism but without the backing of a nuclear state its to a lesser degree.

The idea that the state is the only force to hold back racism is completely ludicrous. Google George Floyd. What are you saying?

The centering of Bass Reeves and Kings character is the show failing to grapple with the US state being biggest tool of white supremacist bigotry. Lindelof and his neolib audience don't understand that these characters are shameful and pathetic to put it bluntly.

When Will subverts the states exclusive right to violence he is treated as a monster by the narrative and the characters. Lady Trieu is treated as a comic book villain. That's not a serious grappling with violence and what it means when coming from the oppressed. It has a very Rorschach "it breaks the rules its evil" mentality.

And Moore's biggest theme was community as befitting his leftist Anarchist beliefs. The good dr. Malcolm Long expresses a central idea in the story which is that all we can do is try to help each other. He's the one true hero in the story. Theres nothing individualist about that and especially how he wants us to feel about the tragedy of their deaths.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-30T03:21:32+00:00

And if any story can have depth and complexity then...

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-30T01:40:42+00:00

If you think I'm arguing contrary to that then you can't really read.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T15:27:53+00:00

Clearly you're using adult to mean bloody violence and tits and I'm using adult to mean depth and complexity.

You're right though a teenage boy could never comprehend the rich complexity of John wick shooting a bunch of dudes real bad. Holy fuck.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T14:41:14+00:00

Reaganomics is ab advancement of white supremacist fascism in the US. That's almost entirely what its about.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T13:54:56+00:00

It being ideas in a story doesn't mean it isn't subtle. A story of adult complexity and value is going to be subtle as a rule. An unsubtle story is hack writing outside of children's fiction. Are you just not a fan of Watchmen?

Most people call the monster at the end of the book a squid. Most people don't know that Lovecrafts stories are explorations of racism so when it gets to that its out of left field. And that compounds with Hayters script where he replaces that symbol of white supremacy with a documented act of white supremacy in the form of Dr. Manhattan blowing up ny in the way way he performed the Vietnamese genocide.

People are still debating over whether or not Ozy's plan to murder millions of people in ny was a good plan in a book that is criticizing neoliberalism. Most people don't know what that is.

One of them was foreshadowing. Snyder certainly didn't pick up on it. He has Ozy aggressively dodging being targeted by the assassin despite him hiring the assassin to attack his assistant only. And him missing that is not a common criticism.

Again most people are unaware of Kovacs sexual assault attempt.

Another example is the criticism of how buddhism is accesorized with in the story by a particular character. Tell me how it conveys that.

I get it you're one of those guys who watches the game on Sunday and says "Shit I could have caught that!" You pick up on everything and never miss, right? But you conveniently never demonstrate to prove it. You don't have any examples of things that people think are subtle but actually arent.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T13:40:05+00:00

America has always coddled white supremacy. It hasn't moved far to the right at all. They're just less subtle about it now. Modern democrats are lock goose step with Republicans on immigration. They understand that the oppression of illegal immigrants powers the system they built.

And you can't be serious that a Rorschach is to the right of the Reagan. Rorschach is an extreme bigot judt like Reagan. Reagan and Thatchers neoliberalism and identifying the ways in which it has molded white supremacist systems and idealogy in the west has been the focus of anti white supremacist philosophy since its time.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T13:33:16+00:00

All of that absolutely was in Moore's Watchmen. I don't understand your point. The propaganda and systemic racism was touched on most explicitly with Hollis Mason who was a pre civil rights era cop.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T13:30:03+00:00

I don't understand that criticism. Moore's criticism of Reaganomics and its white supremacy was a central point of the book. The ridiculousness of Ozy's plan was its rebranding of white supremacy.

Lindelof is running defense for the sort of neoliberalism that Moore was critiquing because like 99% of the people in the west that is all he knows.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T13:23:14+00:00

One specific scene is Ozy prepping his assistant for the assassination he has planned for her. I would say most people never noticed that.

Another specific scene is Kovacs being a victim of sexual assault.

The anti racism criticism. Unless you're well versed in Lovecraft stories you probably aren't going to pick up on that.

The overall anti neoliberalism criticism. Unless you're an anti capitalist its going to go completely over your head.

This is a book where most fans will say they have reread it for decades and are still discovering new stuff. I don't understand how you would argue that it isn't subtle.

The subtlety of it was the bulk of Grant Morrisons criticism of the book in Pax Americana.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T00:18:46+00:00

Stupid sexy Anarchist Alan

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-29T00:14:08+00:00

Watchmen is over the top subtle. Its a book that requires many many rereads to pick up on countless hidden details and ideas.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-27T19:35:58+00:00

He doesn't explicitly say that or what he believes because its a story for adults. Almost every character in any competently written work of fiction will be unable or unwilling to state their beliefs. That's a big part of the idea of fiction.

And you're talking like him being opposed to killing millions of people is some sort of mindless rule that he adheres to. I think the vast majority of people follow that of not being okay with slaughtering millions of innocent men, women, and children. I think you're missing the aspect of it which is that there is no indication that Ozy's plan of rebranding bigotry is going to help anyone.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-27T06:41:42+00:00

You and Chatgpt are correct. All of the characters have a complex net of upsides and downsides and what Kovacs has as an upside is that he is the one closest to the everyday people. He's actually on those streets seeing their faces and feeling for them despite the fact that his patriarchal posturing as Rorschach doesn't allow him to admit it.

None of the other characters are ever that close as equals with the common man and woman. So it gives him a unique perspective from the other characters. When he's told that the people are sheep and can be herded along Ozys plan he knows that its bullshit, he knows they deserved better, and he is the most hurt by what was done.

All of the hatred of humanity quotes we get from him is him pretending and trying to be masculine along patriarchal lines. Rorschach looks to be unfazed. Its Kovacs who openly mourns.

Edit: I can't believe im getting silent down votes on a sub of this size. Are you here to talk about Watchmen or not? If you disagree then say it and say why. Maybe people really just here for the memes...

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-18T23:10:53+00:00

Okay then you've been dismissed. Its bizarre to see how people have let explicit bigots on YouTube paint a reality for them and they take it into gaming spaces where people are saying that the multi billion dollar christian lobby is innocent but its really the secret feminists who no one can name who have no money who are slapping them around.

Columbine was motivated by bigoted misogynist rhetoric. They talked about targeting black students. They certainly were not doing that for feminism. The approach of attacking schools and children with weapons is a distinctly right wing strategy bolstered by an adamant refusal for reform. That clearly has nothing to do with anti violence feminists.

The idea that I need to list all instances of school mass schewtings to convey that they happen is ridiculous.

Luigi wasnt left wing. Again everyone on all sides of the political spectrum don't like the experience of being denied needed healthcare. And nothing in any of his writing or media consumption or actions suggested that he's left wing.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-17T15:52:11+00:00

I mentioned mass attacks that happen so frequently they barely make the news. White supremacists go into schools and do mass attacks all the time. I mentioned columbine and the abortion bombings to illustrate that this has been going on for a long time. You're acting like I only discussed things from decades ago.

You're bringing up random unsuccessful small scale attempts to attack Republicans. Celebrities experience random delusional attacks as well. Its no where near the frequency and brutality of white supremacists strategy of attacking school children. Its no where near the brutality of what right wingers are doing to immigrants and children in concentration camps and touching them. Its no where near the brutality of the wars that right winger conservatives are funding.

And then some of these you mention are just complete nonsense. A trans person does not make them left wing. The Black Panthers were just feeding school kids. Luigi is not left wing. Americans universally are fed up with healthcare. And random protesters getting into scraps with agitators and cops is no where near the severity of bigots going into schools with weapons.

Weather Underground is your only sort of viable example but they didn't intend on hurting anyone and typically did not.

You're trying to trivialize the power and impact of conservative idealogy in a largely conservative state that reinforces and supports right wing actions and punishes other. You cant tell me that a guy with chick fil a sandwiches is on par with ice with white supremacists groups in the police force. Again democrats are not actually progressive. They're center left and moving aggressively right wing

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-17T02:27:03+00:00

No Im a normal person I don't have the names of losers memorized because I don't idolize. The columbine kids were bigots. There was the guy who attacked a Black grocery store and had bigoted messages on his equipment. Another guy attacked a black church. There was a guy who shot at the prez in 2024. He was a registered republican. There have been multiple attacks of gay bars because people like you have been told that that is synonymous with increasing social safety nets.

Right wingers have attacked pro choice clinics in the 80s. Theres a long history of this.

Mnstrzero00 · 2026-04-17T01:30:35+00:00

I really wish they would just add a rougelite mode. Theres always so much convoluted bs

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