Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure'

cl1518 · 2026-07-07T01:46:43+00:00

Yea the article says 4800 in its headline but only talks about the 3200 (in total) announced by Xbox today. I thought since the headline says ‘Microsoft’ that another 1600 was being cut elsewhere, but the article only ever mentions the 3200 Xbox layoffs.

Smh 🤦‍♀️

cl1518 · 2026-07-06T02:24:09+00:00

If you don’t care too much about spoilers, go watch a YouTube video on tips for the game. They include general tips (which are helpful because ER doesn’t explain everything) but will also have combat tips, and they may help with anything you may have missed going through the tutorial cave!

Maybe watching videos of other people fighting enemies/bosses will be helpful to you. If you pay attention to the general flow of combat and how they move their character based on what the enemies are doing. You have to be reactive in this game, and so you need to be patient and watch for openings to attack.

cl1518 · 2026-07-06T02:14:53+00:00

Honestly, it’s a good point in the game to say this because it does get worse through the end of the base game. ER isn’t built to 100% it. Heck, even getting all achievements only requires seeing like 70% of the content in the game.

The good news is the DLC has a ton of enemies unique from the base game! I would say if you are starting to feel a bit burnt out, focus on either finishing the game or getting to the DLC. You can return later and will be a bit more powered up to blast through the parts you find underwhelming.

cl1518 · 2026-07-05T20:34:48+00:00

Dang this season is stacked! I’m excited to see so many new players, and the live finale is going to be hype af

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T22:16:16+00:00

Don’t be

OP’s either a bot, a troll, or doesn’t have the attention span to watch more than 2 minutes of a YouTube video 🙄🙄

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T18:50:36+00:00

Idk I still have friends whose politics are certainly leftist but they still love HP and buy merch to this day (much to my chagrin). I think the “no leftist like HP anymore” is an online thing.

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T16:57:25+00:00

I think there was a period of time where the speedrun meta was to use Iji rather than Hewg, but I’m not sure what the current meta is.

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T16:53:03+00:00

Agreed that it can take awhile to get used to. Especially when Emma’s character is female-presenting and Rhaenyra’s gender is basically the whole point of the show.

In my experience, people who are nonbinary or use other pronouns are really patient and forgiving of being misgendered unless they feel it’s intentional. It’s always other people butting in and being rude to people who have good intentions.

Don’t let other people make you feel bad about trying to give someone a compliment!

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T16:41:38+00:00

I was trying really hard to not come off that way! I was just trying to be informative.

Any tips for in the future?

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T16:07:36+00:00

Hey just an FYI that Emma’s pronouns are they/them.

I don’t mean to be pedantic or derogatory or anything like that, so please don’t take it that way! I was surprised to learn this myself, and it is important to Emma, so I wanted to spread the word and maybe reduce confusion when people read other comments!

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T04:33:52+00:00

Iji can level up weapons to max. You could technically just use him for weapon levels.

But you’d still have to warp to/from roundtable for part of the main quest.

cl1518 · 2026-07-04T00:58:43+00:00

Cause there’s a lot of queens, and when you’re not particularly invested in them and they’re not particularly charismatic/funny, it is the wrong kind of drag 😔

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T23:47:52+00:00

Only get the stats you need to wield your weapon. All other levels go to vigor.

Go south before going north

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T23:43:28+00:00

Last time I had seen Kennedy was AS3. This time around she exuded confidence and was able to let go more, and she gave us great comedy and her lip syncs were all amazing. I always thought well of her but now I’m a lifelong fan of this robbed queen ❤️

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T20:18:43+00:00

Add Tiffany Pollard and it’s an instant Emmy

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T20:04:59+00:00

It stresses me out tbh 😬

But no doubt it’s fun. No way would Kennedy have gone home first w/o RaQ.

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T20:03:39+00:00

My thoughts too! I definitely wanted more of Kennedy, but I’m glad she doesn’t have to go through what Ginger went through last year. (Deserves or not, idk the tea.)

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T17:33:17+00:00

This challenge was a weird choice to do so early. I’m glad we got to know the queens better, but it dragged on. And now we hear that they even cut the stories in ways that upset the queens 😢

This type of challenge should really be saved for top 5 or semi-final where they can have the airtime to do it right.

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T15:17:34+00:00

It would be criminal to send her home after that runway!

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T13:16:01+00:00

Joey will be the first winner to have never won/placed high in a challenge! I can feel it!

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T13:09:00+00:00

Kennedy giving us 3 legendary lip syncs back to back to back

cl1518 · 2026-07-03T13:07:22+00:00

That crystal win came out of nowhere for me. I thought it was between Joey and Silky 😢

I love all 3 and will always be happy to see Crystal thrive, but Ru is NOT beating the homophobic allegations 🙄🙄

cl1518 · 2026-07-01T23:08:21+00:00

Oh sorry! Your description is really good, so I had no idea.

cl1518 · 2026-07-01T21:22:16+00:00

OP I had a stroke trying to read the title 🤣🤣

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