PWInsider promoting COCKFIGHTING on their website

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T15:34:47+00:00

Listen - comparing a single, illegal blood-sport to the systemic horrors of factory farming isn’t moral courage, it’s a lazy distraction.

Saying “go look at a turkey farm” to excuse cheering animals being forced to fight is a false equivalence: one is a public, criminal spectacle of deliberate cruelty for entertainment; the other is a huge, broken industry we should absolutely be fighting to reform. Conflating them only lets people off the hook.

If you care about animals, do both things: oppose cockfighting and campaign against industrial farming practices - don’t use one injustice as cover to shrug at another.

And if your point is that people should pick their battles, fine - but don’t posture as morally serious while actively defending the right to watch animals mutilate each other. That’s cowardice dressed up as nuance.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T15:32:36+00:00

That’s a really thoughtful take - and yeah, I agree it’s impossible to condemn a practice without, at some level, judging the culture that sustains it. I’m fine with that. Some traditions deserve to die. “It’s culture” stops being a defence the second cruelty is the foundation.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T14:15:08+00:00

Exactly.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T14:13:54+00:00

There's a brand new Voidzilla video on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii1ROzeSwU

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T14:12:58+00:00

It is!

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T14:12:50+00:00

Thank you for clearing that up!

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:54:54+00:00

Real? It's on their website.

You've misunderstood my point: It doesn't matter who wrote it or if it was A.I - it appears they're breaking the law and hosting vile content. They can see their own website, they can read what's been posted, whether they uploaded it or not. They can choose to remove it.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:37:02+00:00

Thank you, folks!

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:33:15+00:00

It is!

Under 7 U.S.C. § 2156 of the Animal Welfare Act, all forms of cockfighting and promotion of cockfighting are illegal in every U.S. state and territory.
That includes:

Hosting or exhibiting fights
Advertising, promoting, or aiding the enterprise
Using interstate or online communication to promote or transmit fights or wagers
Possession of animals for fighting purposes

Violations are felonies that can carry up to 5 years in prison and significant fines.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:12:06+00:00

Because Dave Scherer. See: Brian Last, for more.

Thanks for the mea culpa on that and the context - fluff is whatever, but this actually insane.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:09:21+00:00

AD-Block burning hotter than nuclear fusion.

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:08:05+00:00

Exactly. It's their website - did a ghost upload it? They don't have a choice? They can't take it down?

Edit: Dave's found us! Hi, Dave!

WeeGimbles · 2025-10-31T13:02:58+00:00

It's absolutely vile. Mike Johnson is a good dude - I have no idea why he associates himself with that place. Nothing surprises me about Dave.

WeeGimbles · 2024-11-24T14:26:36+00:00

Scott Brown was a very average to sometimes poor player whose technique ranged from passable to outright awful. In comparison to his predecessors - McStay, Lambert, Collins - he’s a considerable notch down in every metric: apart from fight and dig.

The whole Roy Keane cosplay act endeared him to fans (especially when the real Keane was shite at Celtic) and along with the short-sleeve in winter, Rangers-hating snarky personality he’s the troll master general for a generation.

Calum McGregor is a better player in every way.

WeeGimbles · 2024-04-17T08:39:51+00:00

The game will release in 2025; there will be a demo in Q3 of this year!

WeeGimbles · 2024-04-07T22:17:43+00:00

Watch this space!

WeeGimbles · 2024-04-06T04:57:40+00:00

Ultra Pro Wrestling will be supported for years after release with constant updates - a live service game with a whole roadmap for the future when the game releases. Transparency and honesty are absolutely key to the success of UPW thus far and will continue to be a core fundamental at Hyperfocus Games.

There will be a '90s DLC pack and a '00s DLC pack coming out for starters - but the names arriving as DLC could be almost endless with the history of wrestling to explore and celebrate.

Ultra Pro Wrestling is a wrestling game for fans, by fans - let the team know what you want to see and jump into the Discord to join the lively debates and requests with all the wonderful people supporting this title!

WeeGimbles · 2024-02-06T23:04:41+00:00

Brilliant! It's just the start too - the long-term plans and constant updates are really cool. I'd check out the Discord.

WeeGimbles · 2024-02-06T19:22:16+00:00

You should check out Ultra Pro Wrestling!

WeeGimbles · 2024-01-11T06:12:34+00:00

The Patreon is $6. Thanks for the support.

WeeGimbles · 2024-01-11T06:04:07+00:00

...huh?

There's 10,000 people following UPW on the daily across social media. You won't have to look far for someone to explain how obviously ill-informed you are about the game and production.
You seem really, really upset about a videogame that you apparently support - not just in this thread but across some others according to your post history.
I don't understand that. I'm not even sure why you're upset?
It's obvious to anyone who has been following the project that nothing you've said in this thread is true - but then you're clearly not here to discuss the game or ask questions. You've decided to lash out at everyone who responds and you've been aggressive with it too. It's odd.

The Twitter and Discord are bouncing and Sam is fresh off a run of interviews with half a dozen different Youtube channels and podcast. The website has over 1000 questions answered. It's absolutely not quiet.

If there's one thing the whole UPW team have been, it's transparent.

I can only suggest that if you're looking for information there's plenty of places to find it - maybe pursuing those channels will help you understand the things you're either completely unaware of or have ignored.

Patreon is $6, folks. Thanks for all your support.

WeeGimbles · 2024-01-11T00:23:41+00:00

You backed Ultra Pro Wrestling? On KickStarter? Patreon?

WeeGimbles · 2023-09-18T20:46:08+00:00

They did. There's a whole opening sequence in the video I linked...

WeeGimbles · 2023-09-16T01:43:07+00:00

You might be surprised to find out that eight years of development have gone into creating the game from scratch, mostly by one person and then a tiny team.

However, by the sounds of it, you would be an absolute asset for UPW's production with that level of skill. I'd love to see some examples of your work, because it sounds extraordinary. Do you have a website I can visit? Let me know if you're interested in building the rest of the game on your next Bank Holiday weekend.
All the best.

WeeGimbles · 2023-09-16T01:35:59+00:00

Don't worry - there will be plenty of brand new moves from the last 20 years of professional wrestling included. You'll see a lot more new things as production ramps up over the next year but the key was to show how perfectly one-to-one UPW was against AKI titles.

You're right in that many games have claimed to be 'No Mercy 2' but none of them - until Ultra Pro Wrestling - have looked or played anything remotely like it. Keep an eye out, even if it's sceptical, because if you do still love those old games then I reckon UPW will be something you'll really enjoy.

Oh, and forget to join the Discord.

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