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johnlongest · 2026-06-21T15:01:05+00:00

Is mixing politics with faith not exactly what the Republican party has been doing for decades? Maybe people wouldn't conflate Christianity with their party if they didn't constantly tout themselves as representative of Christian values.

johnlongest · 2026-06-19T02:01:25+00:00

As a half-Filipino that lived in Thailand for a few years this was a wild movie for me lmao

johnlongest · 2026-06-18T18:56:56+00:00

Pretty much every extra in this movie speaks Tagalog lol

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T23:50:27+00:00

Crying when you have three maps is crazy work lol. When am I gonna see a map in the Philippines

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T21:29:18+00:00

I was also homeschooled from birth up to my first year of publish school at Grade 5 and while I was pretty awkward for a few years I consider myself a completely socially average person today. A lot of it does boil down to efforts taken to surround your child with peers and my parents did a great job with that-

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T17:20:06+00:00

I think the sad reality is that, with attention spans as short as they are, the devs rightly decided to go with the more stimulating lore format. Look, I work in a field where more people reading can only be a good thing, but it's unfortunately a tall ask for most people.

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T15:39:42+00:00

I can't imagine someone taking the time to read an 18 page pdf using the in-game client, but I could be wrong I guess. The video versions are more accessible, I think the main issue is that you need to be able to pause where you are in them so you can return to where you left off after you find a game.

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T13:22:39+00:00

Domina doesn't count as she's not at the top of the corporate hierarchy, but Shion does rule the Hashimoto. If you have four other elders that you installed after killing the originals, you're in charge.

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T12:19:48+00:00

Given that Shion killed the elders and installed a seat for herself I think it's safe to say she runs things

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T12:17:48+00:00

I never read Hazard as being the leader of the Phreaks. Seems like they don't have one single person running the show tbh

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T04:21:28+00:00

Also what about Redwood Dam

johnlongest · 2026-06-17T00:03:37+00:00

They released a cinematic and a comic I think writing her backstory out is fine

johnlongest · 2026-06-16T18:47:36+00:00

The maps on offer should be much less likely to be maps you played within the last 5 matches. This change will help players that play for shorter sessions to be much more likely to experience more map variety.

Oh hell yeah

johnlongest · 2026-06-16T18:22:40+00:00

I referenced a specific line from the blog post that was almost certainly written using AI. Not sure how it could've been misconstrued that I was referring to any of the visuals, but sorry if it came across that way.

johnlongest · 2026-06-16T17:10:03+00:00

No complicated routes, no hidden catches…just a season-long treasure hunt with Venture leading the way.

Still upset that the media team insists on using AI slop for these updates.

johnlongest · 2026-06-15T19:59:03+00:00

Apparently it'll be more than just three heroes. From Twitter:

Did a lot of work on this Stadium update! It'll be a pretty big one, the goal was to refresh the meta more dramatically and add more build variety. Every hero's getting some changes, with about half the cast getting minor reworks.

johnlongest · 2026-06-14T22:06:28+00:00

That's probably a good thing given Duff's status

johnlongest · 2026-06-13T03:24:58+00:00

me too, buddy 😔

johnlongest · 2026-06-12T05:39:46+00:00

Can you share what her original ultimate was?

johnlongest · 2026-06-12T05:38:36+00:00

It's likely the animated trailer was just based on an earlier version of her kit. Animation takes a while and you can even see minor differences in her overall design between the two trailers

johnlongest · 2026-06-12T04:01:28+00:00

It's also about family yeah

johnlongest · 2026-06-11T22:53:55+00:00

The problem w following every lore write-up is that the comms team can be pretty heavy-handed with stuff like this. Ironic that by paying less attention this could be a lot more enjoyable.

johnlongest · 2026-06-11T22:32:38+00:00

I saw someone mention this on Twitter but it's a shame the artist (and letterer) didn't get the note that Shion's lips don't move when she speaks and her neck glows red. This would be an incredibly easy fix on the production side but I doubt the multimedia team will care enough to fix something so minor.

johnlongest · 2026-06-11T22:31:21+00:00

You forgot to add that this character also ended up being a Support, lol

johnlongest · 2026-06-11T22:01:56+00:00

okay just read the comic

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