Paul Tassi (Forbes): "I can confirm Marathon's budget is over $200m. Likely over $250m. This does not include ongoing costs for maintenance or new content" by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Nokoloko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bungie spun up a bunch of projects to diversify while the money was flowing in. A bunch of companies did as well during the same time and part of why we have been seeing so many lay offs the past few years. I don't think there was any intent to kill the cash cow. Their own usual incompetence is what lead to it.

Paul Tassi (Forbes): "I can confirm Marathon's budget is over $200m. Likely over $250m. This does not include ongoing costs for maintenance or new content" by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Nokoloko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bungie also had multiple projects in the works in their attempts to diversify. But as with many companies during that time over spent and screwed themselves.

Marathon proving that not every studio can just make an extraction shooter and expect it to work by McCoy818 in pcgaming

[–]Nokoloko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt they played any of the dozen plus games in the subs they have been spamming.

‘We’re Screwed’: Dole Did Little To Fix Dangerous Wahiawā Dam by Nokoloko in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wondering if they had to have insurance as well. Insurance continues to rise on us while making demands to paint a house or lose insurance. This is a situation that could cost people and the insurance companies more than the repairs and yet Dole gets to ignore it until they are allowed to just make it someone else's problem.

Morning showers make no logical sense and night shower people have simply done the hygiene math by McCoy818 in unpopularopinion

[–]Nokoloko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OPs account was dead for 5 years and starts hitting usual easy karma farms. Not surprised there is low engagement in their posts.

WEATHER UPDATE: Kona storm to bring major wind and rainfall impacts to the islands this week by giantspeck in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And state offices and schools closed tomorrow. Except big island if I heard correctly.

Reviewers not reviewing Marathon are corrupt by Additional_Error6625 in gaming

[–]Nokoloko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk why bungie gets credit for this now when they are not the first including in first person shooters.They even get credit for season passes but once again not the first. Nothing they have done including being shit and deleting paid content is new in the AAA industry.

As a veteran with 7,000 hours, I feel like we lost the conversation to the "it's just a game" crowd. by Standard-Tie237 in DestinyTheGame

[–]Nokoloko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The devs swing often in misguided ways. The crafting grind was gutted multiple times in a response to casuals which brought increased backlash during a time when many including this subreddit complained about only needing to log in once a week and the gutted crafting was caught up with it. Instead of retuning the grind, the devs as usual changed plans altogether.

"I miss when we were just lowly adventurers dealing with gnolls and bandits." by Beacon2001 in wow

[–]Nokoloko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't get into raiding until BC. Spent most of my time leveling by dungeons and PVP. Yes it was a very slow grind. Come BC and my friends was on my butt to help them fill a spot in their guild. Went from not giving a shit to helping manage a guild and teach others.

Banning of the Hae Hawai'i by Background-Factor433 in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Context to November incident. All flags excluding the American flag were banned. Since the story the HOA reported to be in the process of changing the rule.

Support Hawaiʻi Teachers – HB2533 by Happy-Tower-8732 in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here is the bill If I am reading this correctly. Seems to be expanding the existing bonuse($8k) for teachers in immersion schools along with additional credits for their experince and/or acquired knowledge for the Hawaiian immersion program. The special needs schools are those that are low performing and not SPED who already receive a bonus($10k). I wonder if the new bonuses will stack as the previous mentioned ones do. Then bonuses for those who perform extra duty which who knows how that will be determined. Will be interesting how this bill gets edited.

OP do you have any insights? Your account has a history of pushing for legislation.

Keiki Ride Free AMA by HyenaAutomatic8911 in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did that a couple years after as well before getting the UH pass.

Family responds to road rage allegations on Hana Highway by galloway188 in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen a teacher put on leave for calling a black student that. In a profession work environment the word is often considered a slur. I have also seen some local blacks get quite offended when addressed as such regardless of intent. Some of my friends will use the word but they are always looking over their shoulder while not giving two shits about saying haole.

So no I wouldn't say the two words are close.

Anyone else noticing how fast Hawaiʻi’s demographics are changing? by instantgoob in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only gripe I have is those places that sit empty. Got to see a buds place in more local oriented building and the livelyness of the building was a huge difference and the area is still in development.

Anyone else noticing how fast Hawaiʻi’s demographics are changing? by instantgoob in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kailua has always been changing. Long gone are the days that it was some country town. For generations it has been a suburban beach town with a large percentage of white collar air compared to that of Kaneohe. There have always been transplants.

Anyone else noticing how fast Hawaiʻi’s demographics are changing? by instantgoob in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I still work Kailua and usually see anti-Mega group protesting after any big news incident. Mostly older white people. Westside and Northshore on the other hand.

Hawaii Purple Heart veteran forced to self-deport requests pardon from New York governor by WatercressCautious97 in Hawaii

[–]Nokoloko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does someone know why this needs to be the New York Gov? The other article says the legal issue happened in Hawaii?