Dragon Age™: The Veilguard is a Return To Form

[Luckmann]

The funniest thing is that, normally, the average everyday gamer wouldn't really care that much that this type of game exists if it wasn't for the fact that these very same infantilized narcissistic bottoms are also actively trying to remove all the other games that aren't made by and for them in a childish attempt to force everyone to support their ****** fanfic platforms by creating a world were the games they make are the only games that exist.

It's been said many times, but this is why bullying is necessary. This type of personality needs to be kept in check with extreme prejudice, and the fact that it's a dominant cultural force is an indictment of us all. (It also probably doesn't help that they're Canadians, in this case)

No, USA should stop wasting taxpayers money to fund wars and military contractors, instead you should fund hospitals and mental asylum and stop normalising mentally I'll people, bullying doesn't cure mental illness.

I agree on the first part, but bullying absolutely help prevent social contagions. Shame is a strong enforcer of social cohesion, historically. Bullying as an intersocial mechanic is essentially the foundation for a working punitive system, and most punishments traditionally revolve around the two principles of restitution and shaming.

Note that I didn't say that bullying cures mental illness once made manifest, and I absolutely think that we also need to bring asylums back. But bullying can absolutely stop social contagions from spreading, enforce social cohesion, and make individuals moderate their behaviour, especially publicly, and potentially make them seek help if necessary, instead of congregating and exacerbating their issues and propagating those issues onto others by essentially acting as cults.

[Rand]

I agree on the first part, but bullying absolutely help prevent social contagions. Shame is a strong enforcer of social cohesion, historically. Bullying as an intersocial mechanic is essentially the foundation for a working punitive system, and most punishments traditionally revolve around the two principles of restitution and shaming.

That's not what bullying is for.
They do not feel shame as their mental illness has consumed any rational perception of self.
Bullying is to cause anxiety and fear.
The mentally ill too easily fall into the habit of allowing their illness to take hold of them.
Obsession and delusion are seductive to the weak minded.
The problem is that these illnesses are self reinforcing, so they need to have an external brake applied.
Bullying is putting a price on such behavior negatively reinforcing them.
A price that is high enough that a new mental function is overlaid: fear.
It is fear that cuts through the insanity, compelling the loony to mitigate their behavior.
It also has a salutary effect on the mind, as mental energies that would go into the delusions are forced to be used on anxiety and fear, preventing the descent into further madness.

[Rand]

You guys are wondering why they make **** like this.
It's a number of factors.
First, it's a para-religious ideology to them. They get similar mental feedback that the religious do participating in traditional religious events.
Second, they are obsessive delusives. It is pleasurable to them to hide from reality by immersing themselves in degenerate fiction that affirms the delusions.
Third, they wish to convince others that there is nothing wrong with them because they fear what they know they want to do to them.
Fourth, they are sick individuals that get excited by the prospect of antagonizing people they dislike that they know despise them, but they are weak, so they can only do so socially, and under cover of governments and corporations.
Fifth is the fact that they can't help themselves. They are obsessive delusives and this is the core component of their thoughts. It is an effort of will to suppress the thoughts and they are weak.

[logincrash]

I agree on the first part, but bullying absolutely help prevent social contagions. Shame is a strong enforcer of social cohesion, historically. Bullying as an intersocial mechanic is essentially the foundation for a working punitive system, and most punishments traditionally revolve around the two principles of restitution and shaming.

That's not what bullying is for.
They do not feel shame as their mental illness has consumed any rational perception of self.
Bullying is to cause anxiety and fear.
The mentally ill too easily fall into the habit of allowing their illness to take hold of them.
Obsession and delusion are seductive to the weak minded.
The problem is that these illnesses are self reinforcing, so they need to have an external brake applied.
Bullying is putting a price on such behavior negatively reinforcing them.
A price that is high enough that a new mental function is overlaid: fear.
It is fear that cuts through the insanity, compelling the loony to mitigate their behavior.
It also has a salutary effect on the mind, as mental energies that would go into the delusions are forced to be used on anxiety and fear, preventing the descent into further madness.

The mentally ill won't be suddenly cured by bullying, but the normal children that just like to fit in wouldn't follow the mentally ill trends if they see the mentally ill being bullied out of fear of being bullied.
Why do you think there's an uptick in boys trooning out and girls cutting off their breasts? They're not finding their real selves, they're following the notion that being ***** is cool. A notion that is perpetuated by the mentally ill freaks because they're not being bullied.

[Rand]

I agree on the first part, but bullying absolutely help prevent social contagions. Shame is a strong enforcer of social cohesion, historically. Bullying as an intersocial mechanic is essentially the foundation for a working punitive system, and most punishments traditionally revolve around the two principles of restitution and shaming.

That's not what bullying is for.
They do not feel shame as their mental illness has consumed any rational perception of self.
Bullying is to cause anxiety and fear.
The mentally ill too easily fall into the habit of allowing their illness to take hold of them.
Obsession and delusion are seductive to the weak minded.
The problem is that these illnesses are self reinforcing, so they need to have an external brake applied.
Bullying is putting a price on such behavior negatively reinforcing them.
A price that is high enough that a new mental function is overlaid: fear.
It is fear that cuts through the insanity, compelling the loony to mitigate their behavior.
It also has a salutary effect on the mind, as mental energies that would go into the delusions are forced to be used on anxiety and fear, preventing the descent into further madness.

The mentally ill won't be suddenly cured by bullying, but the normal children that just like to fit in wouldn't follow the mentally ill trends if they see the mentally ill being bullied out of fear of being bullied.
Why do you think there's an uptick in boys trooning out and girls cutting off their breasts? They're not finding their real selves, they're following the notion that being ***** is cool. A notion that is perpetuated by the mentally ill freaks because they're not being bullied.

This is a good additional point.
Most people are thoughtless followers and if bad behavior isn't shown to be socially unacceptable, or worse, encouraged by like this degeneracy, many will be willing to follow, to their own detriment.

[logincrash]

The mentally ill won't be suddenly cured by bullying, but the normal children that just like to fit in wouldn't follow the mentally ill trends if they see the mentally ill being bullied out of fear of being bullied.
Why do you think there's an uptick in boys trooning out and girls cutting off their breasts? They're not finding their real selves, they're following the notion that being ***** is cool. A notion that is perpetuated by the mentally ill freaks because they're not being bullied.

This is a good additional point.
Most people are thoughtless followers and if bad behavior isn't shown to be socially unacceptable, or worse, encouraged by like this degeneracy, many will be willing to follow, to their own detriment.

That's not an additional point. That's literally what @Luckmann has said, but paraphrased a tiny bit.

[wndrbr]

Yall just a bunch of haters!

[Faceless_Sentinel]

I agree on the first part, but bullying absolutely help prevent social contagions. Shame is a strong enforcer of social cohesion, historically.

You don't need bullying for this, responsible parenting is enough. If you want to prevent kinds from social contagions, things like boyscouts is a good tool when done right. By bullying people and outcasting them out of society, you create modern society full of this outcasts who highly individual, lonely, they need less money to live, so they replace you, who need more money than them and now they bullying you in response. If you just leave them alone in their "club", you wouldn't have any problem.

[gerey]

Yall just a bunch of haters!

Is he talking about Baldur's Gate 3 on GOG?

[1998]

4 hours to go and it's still sitting at #4 top sellers, #25 wishlist.

**** those haters

[Tag365]

Apparently Varric was confirmed to be stabbed and killed in the prologue.

[logincrash]

**** me sideways, I am watching Kino Casino as a form of escapism and even there I can't forget how tainted the game is gonna be.

[RangerBoo]

**** me sideways, I am watching Kino Casino as a form of escapism and even there I can't forget how tainted the game is gonna be.

Their costumes this month have been wild. Seeing both Andy and PPP dressed as the Teletubbies while bashing this game makes it all the funnier.

[Shillitron]

The IGN comments.

"I identify as Non-Buyinary - RIP BioWare"

[RangerBoo]

The IGN comments.

"I identify as Non-Buyinary - RIP BioWare"

In one of the comments on their YouTube video is "Todd lied better." LMAO!!

[rusty_shackleford]

Yall just a bunch of haters!

Nobody actually cares about any of this stuff to a degree that matters. It's something that wins a developer good will after actually making a good game.

[rusty_shackleford]

Apparently Varric was confirmed to be stabbed and killed in the prologue.

Killing off a fan favorite character, there's no way this will cause people to quit the game and refund

[Xenich]

The funniest thing is that, normally, the average everyday gamer wouldn't really care that much that this type of game exists if it wasn't for the fact that these very same infantilized narcissistic bottoms are also actively trying to remove all the other games that aren't made by and for them in a childish attempt to force everyone to support their ****** fanfic platforms by creating a world were the games they make are the only games that exist.

It's been said many times, but this is why bullying is necessary. This type of personality needs to be kept in check with extreme prejudice, and the fact that it's a dominant cultural force is an indictment of us all. (It also probably doesn't help that they're Canadians, in this case)

Makes sense. Bullying often is a natural reaction by normal society to elements that severely conflict with the norm. There obviously are outliers, the bully who is angry at their situation and lashes out at everyone, but a lot of the bullying I noticed in my youth tended to be focused on the kids who were... very distant to the normal interaction of the groups. Granted some of them were just "loners", but many of those "loners" had severe issues that directly conflicted with the social norm.

I think this is why there were major narrative campaigns against bullying as they knew in order to inject these types into society, they first had to attack the natural defense mechanisms of a healthy social order.

[Atlantico]

Apparently Varric was confirmed to be stabbed and killed in the prologue.

Killing off a fan favorite character, there's no way this will cause people to quit the game and refund

I hated that piece of **** character. Good riddance

[Kalarion]

I agree on the first part, but bullying absolutely help prevent social contagions. Shame is a strong enforcer of social cohesion, historically.

You don't need bullying for this, responsible parenting is enough. If you want to prevent kinds from social contagions, things like boyscouts is a good tool when done right. By bullying people and outcasting them out of society, you create modern society full of this outcasts who highly individual, lonely, they need less money to live, so they replace you, who need more money than them and now they bullying you in response. If you just leave them alone in their "club", you wouldn't have any problem.

How old are you? I feel like you didn't live through the late 80s-early 90s. TLDR from that period; that's what people did. It does not appear to be working.

Talking about the Boy Scouts as a good tool for child development in Current Year is just plain ******** though.

[Xenich]

What used to be a joke, is now reality.

[logincrash]

Killing off a fan favorite character, there's no way this will cause people to quit the game and refund

I hated that piece of **** character. Good riddance

Rusty brings up a good point. There has been quite a bit of grumbling about Varrick's characterization when Inquisition came out. People were disappointed to see him so depressed and boring. While having him killed wouldn't cause as much backlash as killing Joel in Last of Us 2, it'd be another straw on this particularly frail camel's back.

[Xenich]

I love how the ****** double down on their idiocy. The Steam forums are now being massively overrun by ****** off people and the ****** only reaction is the typical "You're a bigot, cry more incel, etc..." all the while they are circling the drain.

[rusty_shackleford]

90 minutes to go, I hope everyone preordered!

[Xenich]

90 minutes to go, I hope everyone preordered!

I have never been this excited not to play a game!

[SoLong]

Yall just a bunch of haters!

Is he talking about Baldur's Gate 3 on GOG?

Baldur's Gate 3 is the epitome of based next to this overwritten, underacted crap.

Also, what the **** did they do to the Qunari? The design in DA2 was top notch and DA:I was still acceptable. Why do they now all look like ultra-smooth plastic figurines? Honestly, every single time I see something about this game on the web my impression of it gets worse. It's honestly amazing.

[Xenich]

Yall just a bunch of haters!

Is he talking about Baldur's Gate 3 on GOG?

Baldur's Gate 3 is the epitome of based next to this overwritten, underacted crap.

Also, what the **** did they do to the Qunari? The design in DA2 was top notch and DA:I was still acceptable. Why do they now all look like ultra-smooth plastic figurines? Honestly, every single time I see something about this game on the web my impression of it gets worse. It's honestly amazing.

Woah woah woah there friend... I think you insulted some people here and need to do some pushups as recompense!

[Oyster Sauce]

Apparently Varric was confirmed to be stabbed and killed in the prologue.

Killing off a fan favorite character, there's no way this will cause people to quit the game and refund

Dialogue implies it's a late game reveal where he uses his gay DSL elf magic to make you think he's alive most of the game to me

[gerey]

[Tweed]

I'd sex a dozen bears before I touched this garbage.