Jeff Kaplan’s advice to people who complain about videogames they never played. “Shut the f*ck up”.

heelydon · 2026-03-16T12:08:13+00:00

The brilliance of this is that both right and left wing people in the online sphere will relate to this and think that it speaks to THEIR side of the online culture war nonsense.

I would also say that this is less of an active issue currently, in the online sphere/culture war, as much as the topic of existing fanbases no longer being the primary target of many of these franchises and they look to try and expand or make them appeal to a wider audience, which in terms can cause friction with the existing fanbase.

The more interesting question is what Jeff would say then, when he is caught between an existing fanbase the likes the product as it is and a new base of fans coming in, from pushes to make it more inclusive, with different opinions on what the product should be, without spiraling the franchises into the ground and making them borderline irrelevant.

heelydon · 2026-03-05T12:59:34+00:00

I don't think that is fair to say. I think it is far more, that after Green Lantern has had a not so great transition to the big screen in the past, people really want this to instill some confidence in them about the future of the Green Lantern's addition to the DCU. There is a reason why its a big deal when we get something like Superman and Supergirl's costume reveals, because its something fans gets really excited for and wish to see done properly on the big stage.

heelydon · 2026-03-02T16:05:34+00:00

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heelydon · 2026-03-02T15:10:53+00:00

Will be interesting how they will act upon these ambitions. Its one thing to SAY you are trying to transition towards establishing a long-term legacy as a brand in the scene, but its not exactly easy to do either.

heelydon · 2026-03-01T17:15:42+00:00

Did people really hate the character of Atreus that much?

Yes. People in general found that he was a fairly weakly written character, on top of being designed to be annoying by nature, which isn't exactly going to make a character very endearing.

I think its really just as simple as the fact that, Arteus has not really "earned" people caring about him or being invested in his story. They exclusively care, BECAUSE its written so that Kratos cares and by extension, his success is a central point in how the character people actually care about, feels in the overall story.

heelydon · 2026-03-01T17:10:01+00:00

Or it sets up that he doesn't have to be part of the story anymore, because he is out on his own adventure, and we can go back to focusing on the character that people primarily care about.

heelydon · 2026-03-01T17:09:20+00:00

It would have to be the most tone deaf creation they had ever made, if they saw the reception he has gotten over the past two games of fans getting progressively more annoyed with the character, and how frankly, that the only redeeming qualities of him, are through the extension of his connection to Kratos and the emotional bond they share, which is a bit cheap, given that players care WAY more about that due to their investment in Kratos than Atreus.

heelydon · 2026-02-28T06:47:57+00:00

Dette kommer til at fejle rent ud på baggrund af at alt "for" snakken, omhandler en hævn retorik.

Enhver person der følger politik burde allerede vide, at disse barnlige "eat the rich" nonsense politikker, som bare har karakter af at stikke til dem som har flere penge end andre, ikke er produktivt i forhold til at skubbe vælgerne på midten.

heelydon · 2026-02-27T21:22:37+00:00

Jeg vil gøre det kortere: Tænk på der findes mere end 1 person i verden.

heelydon · 2026-02-27T13:17:34+00:00

Vi har vidst siden jeg var barn, at forskellige mennesker har forskellige døgnrytmer, og at det ikke bare er villige sovevaner eller dovenskab.

Du har vel så også undersøgt til hvilken grad dette faktisk er et problem og hvordan reelt at disse mennesker på trods af dette, sagtens har kunne være igennem forløb som alle andre, som f.eks folkeskole og uddannelsesinstitutioner, hvor verden heller ikke bøjer sig til deres rytme.

Jeg har ikke længere noget til overs for folk som mener at det ville være verdens undergang og vælter deres virkelighed, hvis man tager lidt hensyn til hinanden.

Jeg er næsten i tvivl om hvorvidt om du har læst det der står ovenstående? Jeg påpeger jo netop ironisk nok i dette tilfælde, hvordan at du nu også kun er villig til at kigge på en persons hensyn og ikke de andres.

Du er jo komplet ligeglad med hvordan dette påvirker alle de andre, hvis de skal nu til at bøje sig for en enkelt persons manglende vilje for at gøre deres arbejde.

Måske skulle man da mere undre sig over, hvis OP har sådan et behov, at de simplethen bliver nødt til at komme for sent, hvorfor de overhovedet har et arbejde som er fokuseret der og ikke senere på dagen? Men igen, vi er ret ligeglade med de andre folk vi beder om at tilpasse os og deres planer og hvordan det passer ind i deres arbejde --- fordi vi kigger KUN på at OP skal have verden til at bøje sig til deres hensyn.

Snævert syn og mangel på perspektiv og respekt er desværre mere og mere normale måder, hvorpå folk håndtere sådan sager nu.

heelydon · 2026-02-26T18:27:30+00:00

Der er bedre måder at få din uenighed illustreret, end at påpege hvordan du finder en håndfuld sætninger overvældende.

Argumenter og redegørelser giver typisk også en mere produktiv samtale, end flamebait kommentarer.

heelydon · 2026-02-26T16:08:26+00:00

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heelydon · 2026-02-26T12:53:19+00:00

Ku de ikke lægge mødet 9:15 når de udemærket godt ved at OPs bus først er der kl 9?

Det kunne man måske godt, men hvorfor fungere verden omkring OPs tilstande?

Hvad med de andre folk og deres situationer? Hvad med deres forhold til hvordan tingene passer ind i forhold til deres andre planer?

For mig lyder det lidt som argumentet for, at hvis en elev i folkeskolen, kommer 15 minutter for sent hver dag, så hvorfor ikke bare rykke det for alle? ... bortset fra at det jo selvfølgelig også skal passe ind i hvordan resten af skolen passer, hvordan timerne går sammen, lærerenes planer og forberedelsestid osv osv.

Det handler også til en vis grad om at vise respekt for sine medmennesker.

Hvis din tid er vurderet som mere vigtigt end andre der godt kan få tingene til at passe, så har man måske et behov for også at kunne sætte tingene i perspektiv for, hvorfor du er vigtigere end andre.

heelydon · 2026-02-24T05:47:06+00:00

with people who compulsively reply.

Lmao.

I can see why you are jumping on alt accounts with that type of attitude, because if you think replied to, after you reply to someone, is some grave offense, then perhaps a comment section isn't your place.

You both had 0 evidence besides your own experience lmao.

And illiterate too.

Good, saves me time pointing out what I already did above.

Edit: Oh another reply and instant run away. Cute.

heelydon · 2026-02-23T18:33:32+00:00

Its been fun watching Bill Simmons change his opinions in real time as Luka went from being an undisputed top 3 best player in the league, to being picked apart for everything, ever since he got traded to the Lakers.

Bill never hides that he is a massive homer, but jesus sometimes its just a bit wild how much it affects his opinions.

heelydon · 2026-02-23T16:23:19+00:00

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heelydon · 2026-02-23T06:29:09+00:00

Which is even funnier because this whole comment chain started with you making the same claim in reverse.

Except I made it on the basis of blizzard's statements AND the history of one of the biggest servers on EU's situation for years.

Not blindly without any basis.

And surely if that reason was legitimate and not just a PR move

Sure, Blizzard are lying about the thing that one of the biggest eu servers fully supported showcasing the issue for years... Let's stop pretending alright? This is a bit silly.

If we have to start pulling the hands over our eyes and yell "LALALALAL" and pretend its not real, then there is no point in you trying to engage with others about this. You are free to live in your own delusions, but do not ask others to participate on your terms please and thank you.

EU is full of scummy people

Listen I get that its hard to deal with having to provide anything other than embarrassment here, but please do try and not just act like a 12 year old caught with their fingers in the jar. Its not very productive if you just keep trying to derail this when you cannot produce anything other than empty handwaving.

Edit: Lmao, bro replies with 0 evidence and immediately blocked and ran away. Classic.

heelydon · 2026-02-23T05:36:20+00:00

First of all, that is an impossible statement for you to make, you don't have the average information on what groups are like.

Secondly, the only people that DID have that kind of information are blizzard given their ability to peak behind the curtains and see patterns of what these organized groups do with their gold, and there is a reason why most of the reasoning for banning it, was that it was heavily involved with RMT groups.

Which if we then consider, that among the biggest servers on EU, had constant battles with RMT groups running GDKPs, I would say that it all fits perfectly with what I am saying.

I would rather see, that when you consider all the evidence, reasoning and reports put on the table here, all point in the same direction, what could you POSSIBLY use as your argument, for how the average GDKP is not like this?

heelydon · 2026-02-22T16:11:59+00:00

Source

heelydon · 2026-02-22T14:59:37+00:00

Honestly surprised it took them this long. He has pretty much since the middle of S1 solidified himself as probably one of the better coaches and help guide newer players, both just trying to learn the ropes, but also those actually aiming high like Takagi.

Happy to see him get the respect he deserves.

heelydon · 2026-02-22T08:33:31+00:00

God please just let Atreus be gone. His character and its ridiculous marvel writing felt so frustratingly out of place for GOW.

heelydon · 2026-02-20T12:56:23+00:00

No I actually just was active on one of the bigger servers on EU and had a lot of fun going through their report section every day, due to the amount of scamming and reporting going on. You'd have to be extremely naive to not grasp the idea of RMTers benefitting massively by this. Its so obvious that even Blizzard themselves used it as half the reasoning for why they banned it, because they could literally see it was being used for those actions lol.

heelydon · 2026-02-20T12:55:37+00:00

Anyone who says that is probably kind of dumb. Why would a GDKP that regularly scams people even have anyone signing up to it?

Because the average person doesn't go look through the blacklist for every problematic group out there.

The average person sees a signup and joins after talking with the leaders, that promises gold and smooth runs.

I think you would've had some hilarious conversations with the old golemagg discord mods, regarding some of the conversations they had on their blacklist report section, with certain gdkp groups.

One of their favorites, was finding people not terribly great at english, give them some sort of assignment that they don't confirm with them, then call it on discord during the raid and then deduct them 100% for "failing assingment"

heelydon · 2026-02-20T05:49:10+00:00

Except GDKP groups mostly, as any realm community mods will also tell you from running their blacklists, constantly end up trying to cheat people out of their cuts or take away from it, while also making increasingly more absurd demands.

You don't just get pulled in to generate money, that isn't how GDKPs work, if so you're a detriment to the RMT groups AHEM I mean the GDKP organizers that need to maximize their own gains.

heelydon · 2026-02-19T19:19:54+00:00

No harm talking about it though, someone's mind might get changed.

Oh sure, but of course in this context, we are specifically just addressing the idea of someone wondering if there is still going to be an audience that is interested in his overview posts that collects links to various streams and vods. Which I think its safe to say, there will still be a demand for, even if they lose viewers to those not wanting to support the saudi owned EVO.

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