#2 because it allows you to later give them a mustache (#1), which is funny but the toaster isn’t amused.

I’ve not read the books and after watching part 1 I was left confused why everyone loved them. I didn’t dislike the film, it was just fine, but it didn’t get me excited for part 2. Sure I’d watch it, but if it were delayed or cancelled I wouldn’t have minded.

For me part 2 is everything I wanted in a film. I would nearly go so far to tell someone unsure about the films to skip part 1 and just watch part 2. In reality I think doing that would be a bad idea, but part 2 is better than part 1 in nearly every way.

Rather than a Starfleet lecturer I’d prefer if he was the author of a “Things they don’t teach you at the Academy” type book.

Something like “Per Starfleet regulations dilithium crystals should be set to a quarter inch technobabble. However in a pinch you can technobabble but be warned this can cause more babbling”

For Pokemon Legends Arceus I think what would prevent me from playing it again after 100% isn’t the amount of repeated tasks to max out the Pokedex, most of which are fun and a few of which just suck. I think it’s the slow dialogue/gameplay. When playing the actual game I’m usually having fun. When I’m stuck in a forced tutorial or dialogue it’s just a slog.

Metroid Dread.

I beat the game on Normal, then went back to 100% it, then immediately played again on Hard mode, beat that and 100% it again.

If I remember correctly to 100% Mario Odyssey you need 999 moons. The game gives you 850 or so normal/good/fun moons, but the last 150 or so you have to buy with coins. For me this meant grinding a flower challenge in Bowsers Castle ~20 times in a row.

I did it, but that part wasn’t fun.

The rest of the game is perfect, but that part would keep me from 100 percenting the game again.

For anyone wondering you only need an email and and an address to checkout, once checked out you’ll get a link to download.

The email and address don’t have to be anything particularly accurate/real.

So I agree with your first part, but for the second part, why make me wait?

If I wasn’t going to buy it or was going to wait for the reviews. Now that they are out and I want to buy it, why make me wait?

The correct behavior here seems to be ignore all of influencers and ignore all of the news and ignore all the hype. Ignore all of the things the company wants me to pay attention to, because of I do pay attention then all I get is annoyed that I don’t have it yet.

Maybe what I find so frustrating is the influencer part. Specifically that YouTube videos are a terrible terrible terrible method to convince me to buy your product, this specific product.

Like if I wanted to see a film, I might watch a trailer. But in this case someone has already seen the film, and to understand what it is I have to watch them give an interpretive dance. They can’t tell me exactly what was in the film, but they can sort of dance to it and I can probably figure it out.

Yeah the lawyer nonsense is just extra on top of it all.

I’ve spent the past hour or so reading up on Pathfinder 2e and I think I understand the basics of it (at least as much as you can in a short time vs the years I’ve had to learn 5e).

I’m probably not going to switch anytime soon, but I’m more open to the idea now.

I don’t feel like I’m being treated like garbage by Hasbro. Not to say I trust them or that I feel like I’m being treated super well, more like they are idiots. I’m aware of the previous issues with the company regarding licensing, so I suppose this is just another mark against them.

I’ve been pretty happy with 5e as a whole, as have the other DMs and players I play with. Switching would require a lot of effort, which is why I’m inclined to stick with it.

Sure, but if the embargo was September 1st, or even the same day I get my book, that all would still apply; and I would have access to the product.

What is the purpose of building hype for a product I can’t have?

It’s mostly that I love making characters and theory crafting.

In terms of actually playing, all the games I’m in at the moment are sticking with the current rules for a while.

But also doesn’t this just seem like a terrible way to roll out a product? A product that has the term Rules As Written (RAW) and then not having the written rules available, but presumably paying people to make videos about them? Just annoying I guess.

Lots of things are illegal in China, I’m confident many (all?) do have this level of cultural awareness. The great firewall is good, but not perfect.

That scene, https://youtu.be/6ovsKnljcIk , was a reference to this actual event, https://youtu.be/IW7Rqwwth84

Conan has infinite energy when it comes to doing a bit. Absolutely amazing.

It’s fair for GRRM to share some of the blame, but any Internet commenter, who can’t write for shit (see me), could have written a better ending.

To me it seemed like they were bored and wanted to move on. They had Star Wars/Disney lined up. They had Netflix (possibly this thing) lined up. Conceptually I get it. They’d worked on Game of Thrones for years, it was time to move on.

But they fucked up bad. Real bad.

Obviously I hope they’ve learned and are better now, but I’m not betting on it.

I knew they were involved, but I was surprised to see their name dropped in the article. I assumed they would try to downplay their involvement so I checked the article to be sure.

I appreciate the honesty, but no thank you.

Over its eight-episode run

It’s a series AFAIK.

I do agree they did a solid job adapting things, and I would hope the collective slap from the failure that was the final seasons of Game of Thrones would humble them.

I’m not writing the series off completely, I’m just not willing to give it a shot until after a thorough review and clear ending.

It’s not a matter of pirating or not, it’s a matter of quality.

acting as a strong comeback for Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

No thank you.

I’ve heard great things about this story, but I’m not watching something run by these loons.

If it’s a one and done season, I’ll watch it once it’s done. If it’s going to take multiple seasons, I’ll watch it when it’s done. It’s Netflix, so they won’t finish it.

Link broken/missing? Or has the game already started and I’m losing?