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Shillitron wrote: November 30th, 2024, 03:34
Roguey wrote: November 30th, 2024, 02:55
Obsidian's response so far: deleting the thread from their forum when someone asks about it.

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> Communications director privates their profile
> deletes all questions in support thread
> Literally has one job - to communicate - just hides and blocks everyone

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They don't know how to deal with conflict. They get put into these positions being complete social morons who can't resolve issues and they are soo emotionally fragile that they can't deal with someone who may be critical of them or a situation.

I have seen ****** managers threaten to go to fists with a customer simply because the manager was violating store policy to which the customer was literally pointing it out. It is so flipping pathetic these days.
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It is funny as I remember how on NMA that people there would tell me that; "No publicly is bad publicly," which is the stupidest thing I have ever been told in my life. There maybe no such thing as bad publicly but there is such a thing as bad marketing. Only someone like Trump, at least from what I've seen, can turn bad publicly into great marketing. Say what you will about the man but he has a talent for marketing. These game devs lack the marketing savvy of Trump. This is because, unlike Trump, they don't want to sell a product or make money. They just want to own and hurt the "Chuds". They don't care if they **** away millions by doing this. They just desperately want that victory over who they consider to be ontologically evil. This is your brained rotted on Marxism.
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RangerBoo wrote: December 1st, 2024, 00:51
It is funny as I remember how on NMA that people there would tell me that "No publicly is bad publicly," which is the stupidest thing I have ever been told in my life. There maybe no such thing as bad publicly but there is such a thing as bad marketing. Only someone like Trump, at least from what I've seen, can turn bad publicly into great marketing. Say what you will about the man but he has a talent for marketing. These game devs lack the marketing savvy of Trump. This is because, unlike Trump, they don't want to sell a product or make money. They just want to own and hurt the "Chuds". They don't care if they **** away millions by doing this. They just desperately want that victory over who they consider to be ontologically evil. This is your brained rotted on Marxism.
These people unironically want communism while having no historical knowledge. Brain rot indeed.
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RangerBoo wrote: December 1st, 2024, 00:51
It is funny as I remember how on NMA that people there would tell me that; "No publicly is bad publicly," which is the stupidest thing I have ever been told in my life. There maybe no such thing as bad publicly but there is such a thing as bad marketing. Only someone like Trump, at least from what I've seen, can turn bad publicly into great marketing. Say what you will about the man but he has a talent for marketing. These game devs lack the marketing savvy of Trump. This is because, unlike Trump, they don't want to sell a product or make money. They just want to own and hurt the "Chuds". They don't care if they **** away millions by doing this. They just desperately want that victory over who they consider to be ontologically evil. This is your brained rotted on Marxism.
Paris Hilton used to spam that as she was ******** all over herself with her antics.

The result? She got so much "bad publicity" that she became a ***** laughing stock to the point, where as you point out, she wasn't even marketable.

She disappeared, married and went low key removing herself from the spot light completely due to it.
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RangerBoo wrote: December 1st, 2024, 00:51
It is funny as I remember how on NMA that people there would tell me that; "No publicly is bad publicly," which is the stupidest thing I have ever been told in my life. There maybe no such thing as bad publicly but there is such a thing as bad marketing. Only someone like Trump, at least from what I've seen, can turn bad publicly into great marketing. Say what you will about the man but he has a talent for marketing. These game devs lack the marketing savvy of Trump. This is because, unlike Trump, they don't want to sell a product or make money. They just want to own and hurt the "Chuds". They don't care if they **** away millions by doing this. They just desperately want that victory over who they consider to be ontologically evil. This is your brained rotted on Marxism.
The thing about "bad publicity" is that, if the product is good then any amount of publicity is good. So, when the wokesters try to cancel a solid game like Wukong or Stellar Blade, it's just free publicity. I did not played those games but they were products that were done as games first and did not try to hide their flaws by checking boxes.

The difference here is that Drag Queen Age: Thinly Veiledfags was an absolute shitshow. So, publicity is actually bad because it exposes the product as a soulless cashgrab that was made as a propaganda piece for the woke degenerate agenda. This is why they relied on people pre-ordering the game so they already cashed in. And that's also why they paid the shills so everyone was praising the game but once that dried up and the game finally released and people got to see the shitshow, then it all came crashing down.

Some folks are saying that Alan Woke II hasn't made the money they spent back, which also makes sense why they would shill hard for that piece of **** on the Lame Awards of last year.

So, there is no such thing as "bad publicity" but if the product is garbage then nothing will save it and publicity actually would hurt the earning potential. This is why Disney has relied on their pre-game tactic of blaming the chuds for review bombing and hating on their products because they are racists so when their **** bombs, they can blame it on the chuds. But, the gig is up and after years of hemorrhaging money the big wigs have noticed that its Bob Iger and his cult are selling them lies about why everything they are putting out is losing money instead of making money.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: November 29th, 2024, 02:09
Reached out to some of the people covering this to show them evidence that Sawyer is in charge of hiring and reviewing resumes, along with him endorsing Hansen's statements on not hiring white men.
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Got soyer mentioned in some of the recent anti-obsidian videos. :old2:

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PH then went and made billions selling purses etc, didn't she? That's not marketable? Seem pretty well marketable!

But that's not this. Different market. (Hilton is also a pretty good hotel chain...it is an actually good brand.)

I don't expect anything good from Avowed. Just like expected nothing from Veilguard.
No amount of publicity can help **** games that aim at core markets because these are commodity markets. (That is a good thing. It is what allows Wukong to win big. Commodities are evaluated on features. Not status.)

I will be very surprised if Avowed isn't rubbish. And now most ppl also will be very surprised.

Edit. Further Comment. S2 versus Kindom Come 2 for GoTY 2025.
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RangerBoo wrote: December 1st, 2024, 00:51
It is funny as I remember how on NMA that people there would tell me that; "No publicly is bad publicly," which is the stupidest thing I have ever been told in my life. There maybe no such thing as bad publicly but there is such a thing as bad marketing.
Tell this to sweet baby inc who is racing to rebrand, hide their customers and undergoing layoffs. :lol:
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Shillitron wrote: December 1st, 2024, 14:30
RangerBoo wrote: December 1st, 2024, 00:51
It is funny as I remember how on NMA that people there would tell me that; "No publicly is bad publicly," which is the stupidest thing I have ever been told in my life. There maybe no such thing as bad publicly but there is such a thing as bad marketing.
Tell this to sweet baby inc who is racing to rebrand, hide their customers and undergoing layoffs. :lol:
They're doing that? Wow the world is slowly healing. :heart:
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rusty_shackleford wrote: November 29th, 2024, 02:09
This is payback for making me have to wipe out the Brotherhood of Steel, Sawyer.
It sucked, but the game would have been boring if House was the 100% objectively right answer. You'd only side with one of the other three on ******** meme runs.
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Havitner wrote: December 1st, 2024, 19:39
It sucked, but the game would have been boring if House was the 100% objectively right answer. You'd only side with one of the other three on ******** meme runs.
The "right" answer depends entirely on your own politics. My brother sided with the NCR, another person I know went Legion. To me, those are role-playing-a-specific-character choices.
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Roguey wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:00
Havitner wrote: December 1st, 2024, 19:39
It sucked, but the game would have been boring if House was the 100% objectively right answer. You'd only side with one of the other three on ******** meme runs.
The "right" answer depends entirely on your own politics. My brother sided with the NCR, another person I know went Legion. To me, those are role-playing-a-specific-character choices.
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy, the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies, or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
"oh, and the immotral genius actually has the most valid claim to the Mojave"
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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy, the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies, or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
:notsureif:
Politics are diverse. :Inspector:
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Roguey wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:06
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy, the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies, or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
:notsureif:
Politics are diverse. :Inspector:
The only reason to pick NCR is you're a ******.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:06
The only reason to pick NCR is you're a ******.
My brother's married to a biological woman. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Roguey wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:09
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:06
The only reason to pick NCR is you're a ******.
My brother's married to a biological woman. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your brother wears dresses.
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NotAI wrote: December 1st, 2024, 11:41
PH then went and made billions selling purses etc, didn't she? That's not marketable? Seem pretty well marketable!

But that's not this. Different market. (Hilton is also a pretty good hotel chain...it is an actually good brand.)

I don't expect anything good from Avowed. Just like expected nothing from Veilguard.
No amount of publicity can help **** games that aim at core markets because these are commodity markets. (That is a good thing. It is what allows Wukong to win big. Commodities are evaluated on features. Not status.)

I will be very surprised if Avowed isn't rubbish. And now most ppl also will be very surprised.

Edit. Further Comment. S2 versus Kindom Come 2 for GoTY 2025.
Made money, but at the cost of what? Being forever known as a *****? Ok... winning?
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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
Roguey wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:00
Havitner wrote: December 1st, 2024, 19:39
It sucked, but the game would have been boring if House was the 100% objectively right answer. You'd only side with one of the other three on ******** meme runs.
The "right" answer depends entirely on your own politics. My brother sided with the NCR, another person I know went Legion. To me, those are role-playing-a-specific-character choices.
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy, the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies, or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
"oh, and the immotral genius actually has the most valid claim to the Mojave"
:notsureif:
I guess technically Yes Man could work from the perspective of 'I am the player character. I can do anything. I have maxed out stats and skills (Grandmaster Everything, PhD), and I've single-handedly killed thousands of people at this point. If the game continued after the final boss, it would give me quests to accomplish all the same cool **** House wanted to do, and I could complete them all because I am the player character.'
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Wait A Minute..... :scratch-pipe:
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy,
Democrats...?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies,
MAGA Republicans.....?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
Elon Musk..................?
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Shillitron wrote: December 2nd, 2024, 00:42
Wait A Minute..... :scratch-pipe:
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy,
Democrats...?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies,
MAGA Republicans.....?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
Elon Musk..................?
Than what it is an independent vegas?
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Faceless_Sentinel wrote: December 2nd, 2024, 18:48
Shillitron wrote: December 2nd, 2024, 00:42
Wait A Minute..... :scratch-pipe:
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy,
Democrats...?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies,
MAGA Republicans.....?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
Elon Musk..................?
Than what it is an independent vegas?
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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
Roguey wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:00
Havitner wrote: December 1st, 2024, 19:39
It sucked, but the game would have been boring if House was the 100% objectively right answer. You'd only side with one of the other three on ******** meme runs.
The "right" answer depends entirely on your own politics. My brother sided with the NCR, another person I know went Legion. To me, those are role-playing-a-specific-character choices.
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy, the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies, or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
"oh, and the immotral genius actually has the most valid claim to the Mojave"
:notsureif:
House is not immortal, and NV will fall apart without him. In a sense, NCR is the most 'stable' option available, despite all its problems.
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Faceless_Sentinel wrote: December 2nd, 2024, 18:48
Shillitron wrote: December 2nd, 2024, 00:42
Wait A Minute..... :scratch-pipe:
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
"Hmm, should I pick the corrupt, over-expanded pseudo-democracy,
Democrats...?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
the empire held together by a strong figure that will fall apart the moment he dies,
MAGA Republicans.....?
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 20:04
or the one that has a one-in-a-billion genius immortal ruler that wants to go to the stars?"
Elon Musk..................?
Than what it is an independent vegas?
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See, this is why, despite Bethtards hating the game with the passion of a thousand suns, New Vegas will always be superior to anything made by Bethesda. To this day you still have people arguing over which is the best faction to rule New Vegas while going over all their pros and cons in detail. What do you have with Bethesda Fallout's written by literary genius Emil Pagliarulo? "Oh I am looking for my dad/son have you seen him?", whacky zany Marvel-eques comedy and banter, zany cannibal Republicans, four factions that had no thought put into them and are just different flavors of ****, Lovecraft ******** that makes no sense for the setting to have, "The Last of Us meets Borderlands". Can you all tell that I am on the edge of my seat for the second season of the Fallout show? That season will be more of a **** feast than the final season of The Boys and like The Boys you all know that the writers for the Fallout show just can't wait to have their Trump and MAGA analogies with Caesar Legion. Emil probably is jerking himself dry over the thought.
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wndrbr wrote: December 3rd, 2024, 01:15
House is not immortal, and NV will fall apart without him. In a sense, NCR is the most 'stable' option available, despite all its problems.
He's immortal as long as no one kills him.
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By the time you open him up he already looks like a semi-mummified husk.
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wndrbr wrote: December 3rd, 2024, 01:15
In a sense, NCR is the most 'stable' option available, despite all its problems.
Sure, NCR is better than the Legion, but it is an absolute unstable mess. There are several indicators in-game of NCR's overreach and incompetence. They can't govern for **** and bring red tape and corruption everywhere. And they've got a whole bunch of problems back home that definitely don't help with their expansion into Nevada.
House and, to a lesser extent, Yes Man are the most viable choices for Mojave long term.
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House is a 300 yrs old frail man on a life support, he looks like a mummy and he's forced to hire random hobos (like the Courier) to do his bidding. He's not going to live for much longer unless he comes up with a way to transplant his brain into a younger body or something like this. And even then, 'one person at the helm' is not the most stable political solution, even if this person is a wholesome genius libertarian chungus. House would've been the most stable option if his plan was to take over NCR and restructure it into something more optimized, or if he had children/heirs that he mentored.

and Yes man is even worse, because it means that the power is now in the hands of an unpredictable scheming backstabber, who one day walked in and killed/betrayed everyone for his own gain.
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wndrbr wrote: December 3rd, 2024, 03:12
By the time you open him up he already looks like a semi-mummified husk.
I get the impression his life support can keep him looking like that indefinitely. Not pretty, but he lives virtually anyway.
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There's nothing to suggest he isn't immortal in the sense that he will not die of age.
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