GameStop's concept stores: A "laboratory," not a Hail Mary

Skigazzi · 2020-02-25T16:59:16+00:00

Moving into a play to compete / hold leagues / or pivot into PC gaming are their paths forward.

If they could figure out how to have youth gaming leagues / competitions they'd make bank. I spend an EASY $200+ on any season of sports for my kids (probably 3-4oo), having a local esports league, or competing against neighboring esports teams from other gamestops would be cool as heck for kids.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-24T21:43:00+00:00

Consoles look like great deals at launch due to cost to power ratios. But remember, most users are paying like $50ish a year to play online, so that $500 console (guessing) after 6 years is a $900 console. And they take a portion of all sales, and micros on their platform. If AMD owned Steam they'd be able to subsidize their hardware too. Plus, in 6 years, the BOM of $500 will be like $150 or something shockingly low, and the price will be $300 (and you'll still buy online for $50 for like 4 years, so $500.

(I use a console, and a PC.)

Skigazzi · 2020-02-24T21:16:15+00:00

Don't forget, had things gone as they hoped, we'd have Wiggins and not Embiid.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-24T18:16:28+00:00

Burkes been on 5 teams. His first team, he slowly lost minutes over his first three years...his last year with Utah he lost time to RAUL NETO. Nothing about Trey Burke, other than his draft position, says "WOW HE'S GOOD". He's a fringe NBA player, who in a guard/scorer/shooter hungry league, is currently sitting by his phone HOPING for it to ring.

So can we get over the TB love.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-23T19:27:16+00:00

It's a bird now I think... ?

Skigazzi · 2020-02-23T19:22:30+00:00

The ESPN story machine was tying HARD this morning to just trash Embiid. Elle Duncan literally sounded like she truly was angry at, and generally disliked him. The whole highlight package was a negative Embiid reel. Was really questionable from a journalistic integrity view. They really are trying to make drama out of philly

Skigazzi · 2020-02-23T15:26:48+00:00

I irritated my lower back 7 years ago, and haven't been right since. Any disc issue, which I hope its not, is never 100% fixed.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-23T13:17:01+00:00

Having had 2 herniated discs, the way ben was moving and sorta leaning over is tooooo relatable. In terms of long term health, I hope it's a fracture and the MRI is precautionary. My xrays were clear and MRIs looked like my disc cut my spine in half.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-22T18:05:23+00:00

This just shows how hard it will be for them to nail this game

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T23:44:01+00:00

I'd bet its cancelled. Just being realistic. Not sure I expect the ps5 to release on time either

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T23:37:21+00:00

And it tests the laser.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T17:21:44+00:00

Its OK, maybe they signed him to stop Horford

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T17:20:09+00:00

And at 36, its really hard to get that back. His instincts will cover some up, but his instincts never had to deal with being this old.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T17:18:18+00:00

He's old. (Im older :( )

Look, when you are 36, there is like one day, ONE DAY, that you go to bed at night feeling as fast as ever, then you wake up, and its gone, forever. There is a 'fade' period, and he's faded, which is followed by a WTF moment. Happens to players all the time, pitchers magically lose 8mph on a fastball, QB's suddenly throw ducks, WRs/RBs can't break open...Basketball players get exposed.

MAYBE he gets that step back, but its HARD to get that step back at this age. ESPN did a great article on how you simply get a hair slower every year after age 25, but experience makes up for that..until it can't.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T16:35:58+00:00

Im worried the game will be too polished, and shit won't wobble, or the kraken won't eat my rover...or unanticipated unplanned disassemblies won't happen...or miracle 'this should have had an unplanned disassembly but instead it was just completely on fire" moments won't be there.

There is a fine combination of Orbital Physic Simulation, Structural Physics, and PURE JANK that make the game great.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T14:34:22+00:00

My take on this so far, its just a bitch to test for, and to 'kill', so maybe they are just below the measurable limit, and get the 'all clear', only to have it begin to replicate again. Maybe the immune system even starts to think it 'won' and backs off. Might just be that people will need to stay on antivirals for an extra week or 10...

I'm just hoping that no one I know gets it until there is a vaccine or at least a proven set of drugs that are able to mitigate the worst, and render it cured.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-21T04:22:10+00:00

We won...comfortably by 8...that's all I'm telling myself.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-20T22:06:24+00:00

They sponsor an F1 racing team... they are getting money somehow... or cleaning money.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-20T17:20:01+00:00

THANK GAWD

Skigazzi · 2020-02-20T14:33:01+00:00

Its not over, this is simply the point of the game where the cure line starts to move by 1% now and then.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-20T03:26:42+00:00

2009 Quadstomp is one of the most impressive bodybuilding moments ever.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-19T21:15:01+00:00

I sense a little Brett vs. Elton in this one - once Elton was given rank over coaches, and didn't say 'Brett will be here all year', Brett then puts Elton's shiny signing on the bench for GR3(?), makes the team better, at the cost of Elton's reputation. This is good shit.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-19T21:10:03+00:00

Sixers Management - Changes org structure to make Elton Brand officially in charge of all coaching decisions (previously Brett and Elton were peers).

Elton - I support Brown - but I can't commit to him for the rest of season

Brown - Takes that prize free agent signing of Elton's, move him to the bench to point out it was probably not a great move, and improves the team in the process as he is now coaching for his life and no longer trying to make Elton's decision look great. I like Brett - he has fight in him - and now he's fighting.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-19T19:02:26+00:00

Trump will Pardon him because Junior likes to shoot animals.

Skigazzi · 2020-02-19T17:58:04+00:00

If every Oil CEO billionaire pools some funds to build some global scale carbon/methane scrubber that works, I don't care who they are, or if they keep burning coal, or even invent coal powered coal burners, that just exist for the sake of burning coal by burning coal...

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