Stellar Blade / Project Eve Thread - aka Stellar Ass

[Null]

Okay, so I poosted this on X, but the online petition shit is gay. Grummz or whomever should file in court as a class against Sony for false advertising. This will get you the results you desire.

There is also a federal law called the Visual Artists Rights Act. A publisher is not allowed to alter the product of an artist. It's actually a really powerful and crazy law and it's insane it got passed. The Korean studio could sue Sony in the US for violating this law, if Sony patched their artwork without their consent. If they compelled the studio to release the patch, I'm not sure.

GamerGate 1.0 was literally 10 fucking years ago and by now the Gaymers should know: your whining means nothing. You will suck troon cock. You will enjoy Western localizations. You can be promised anything and you will be delivered what you get and you will not have the ability to whine your way out of it.

Get a lawyer and sue, or eat shit forever.

 

[draggs]

There be butthurt snitches in here somewhere

 

[dustbuster]

Bear in mind Grummz has connections within the industry, including with the producer of this game, just like he did within Blizzard.

He's just repeating what worked for him with WoW classic and Tomb Raider remaster.

So this petition is arguably different than the standard lefty twitter talking-heads pissing into the wind.

Appealing to dollars and providing evidence of market support directly to higher-ups he knows is a lot less expensive and less likely to burn bridges than litigation, though it's nice to know those laws exist.

If they compelled the studio to release the patch, I'm not sure.

If they made it terms of a contract that included an arbitration clause, ShiftUP may be fucked due to the "italian colors" ruling that allowed companies to ban signing parties from filing lawsuits under anti-trust laws. That ruling still makes me particularly ass-mad.

 

[Cheeseknife]

Hiring a hitman lol

It's like pottery the journoscum and the incels

Which isn't even true.

It was just some retard saying he would give money to make Mark "disappear."
The dude's account no longer exists, by the way. Which means Xitter probably nuked it.
But Mark still paints it like, somehow, "they" are coming after you:

This whole, "I've been getting death threats" is the kind of shit Anita Sarkeesian used to pull all the time.
But we just believe Mark because he's on "our side" right?

 

[X Prime]

So this petition is arguably different than the standard lefty twitter talking-heads pissing into the wind.

Look, normally I agree with you on a lot of things.

But all leftists and fellow travelers in DEI understand are rewards and punishment, because they are animals. A petition delivers neither.

Even if it succeeds, they just move on to the next issue because they have the attention spans of gnats. You will forever be fighting rearguard actions with petitions.

 

[dustbuster]

Look, normally I agree with you on a lot of things.

But all leftists and fellow travelers in DEI understand are rewards and punishment, because they are animals. A petition delivers neither.

What was presented by Grummz/Mark in his timeline was a multi-pronged approach:

Punishment: mass-cancellation of PS+ to put financial pressure on sony.
Rewards (at least the promise of them): a petition reaching at least 100k signatures to present to Hyung Tai Kim himself.

When you're delivering to the director himself rather than reaching blindly for some kind of PR rep, it has a higher possibility of having impact.

Yes, this is coming from a weaker position than litigation, when you want something from someone, persuasion should be the first stop before force.

 

[insensitive]

This whole, "I've been getting death threats" is the kind of shit Anita Sarkeesian used to pull all the time.
But we just believe Mark because he's on "our side" right?

How else are you supposed to interpret that you fucking retard? Do you think that he's offering someone $20k to go get donuts with him for an afternoon?

 

[Cheeseknife]

But all leftists and fellow travelers in DEI understand are rewards and punishment, because they are animals. A petition delivers neither.

Accuse someone of doing something illegal.
But, rather than go through the courts in a civilized manner, you instead make a lot of noise on Xitter
Then, demand that people to sign your petition and give you money. For great justice!

Gee, where have I seen all this before?

How else are you supposed to interpret that you fucking retard?

You mean the 5-6 anecdotal death threats but posting one edgy dude's request to make Kern "disappear"?
Are you not familiar with astroturfing? Or do you just believe everything you see on the internet?
The fact that Kern is not responding to any of this legally (including the alleged fraud) is a huge red flag.

Grummz or whomever should file in court as a class against Sony for false advertising.

From what I've gathered, the false advertising was Shift Up's doing - not Sony's.
Sony never promised no censorship, and Shift Up were never in any position to actually uphold that promise.
It's not even unlikely that they'd made changes before the promise was made.
Anyone favoring a boycott of games touched by censorial influence should not be financially supporting this.
And they absolutely should not have bought into it as "gaming's salvation" before it was out and pre-ordered.

Mark Kern is blowing steam up everyone's ass and he's going to profit from it.

 

[archive regret]

The best I can compare to is Lies of P only far easier. It's mainly parries and little dodging. There are more combos but I never felt like it was worth the risk of being locked into animations. Also you don't forever to charge your special attacks.

One of the things that elevates the game is that it feels sincere. Even modern Japanese games feel like they want to ape the MCU or feel ashamed in their silliness. Also it's nice to have costumes in games, feels like forever since you had fuckton of costumes without buying a dlc pack.

Ah, if the combos don't really matter then I can see how it gets Dark Souls comparisons. Maybe I'll finally give Lies of P a chance, people seem to really like it.

Costumes really are nice. It's not something that I'd normally care about. But from some background watching I was surprised by how much I liked the feature. A simple thing adds an extra dimension of keeping things fresh.

Sadly I can't background watch anymore as I don't watch games I might play. I saw enough that I'd at least try the demo if it comes to PC, so no more watching.

Sincerity definitely helps. Though I'm struggling to articulate why. MCU is a part of it, you're right on that: a quip every few seconds has definitely gotten stale. But I think there's more to it than just that. Another part of it is that there's a lot of insincerity going around. A lot of things have a good heaping of propaganda in them now, and propaganda is rarely sincere because true believers are rarely competent (too much of the mind dedicated to the ideology, not enough room for anything else). Also sincerity is generally endearing, even if it can be a little cringe when taken really far (think autistic train shouts of joy, where I can only say "good for them, but please don't subject me to that").

Maybe there's not one core reason.

There is a political persuasion made famous by Tipper Gore and Jack Thompson that is unified by purpose, militant for their cause, but not directly coordinating.

I refer to this as a "they".

My problem is that you're assigning collective responsibility for an individual's separate actions. One unhinged dude did a thing therefore everyone who vaguely agrees with him is guilty. No.

I'm not saying there isn't a "they" that are opposed to Stellar Blade for the crime of appealing to straight men. I'm saying that you can't assign "attempting to hire a hitman" to them.

Correct, you didn't literally say those specific words which means you obviously didn't mean what I said you meant. Well done! Well reasoned!

You didn't engage with what I meant on any level, preferring to lie about it, and when called out you move to mockery.

It wasn't logic at all. That was the original point.

There was. I articulated it very simply and directly. But you prefer to lie. You shit on the chessboard, strut around crowing victory, and mock those who don't win at chess like you do.

 

[dustbuster]

My problem is that you're assigning collective responsibility for an individual's separate actions. One unhinged dude did a thing therefore everyone who vaguely agrees with him is guilty. No.

In 2020 Antifa and BLM burned down cities and literally executed trump supporters.
They committed crimes individually.
The local DA's refused to prosecute.
They made that choice individually.

Do you think these weren't done with the same cause of terrorizing anyone who disagreed with them?

Do you think any of the journoscum would condemn this?
They are a unified group.
They have a moral code, which is shared, which considers these actions "acceptable" toward the right targets.

 

[Cheeseknife]

I articulated it very simply and directly.

Nope, you just disagreed. I'm not obligated to see your point of view if you simply disagree on the face of it.

Mark believes he is correct because Sony is reacting to his Xitter screechings.
Sony reacting to his Xitter screechings does not make him correct.

Dude needs to file a lawsuit or eat shit. This petition stuff is gay.

 

[X Prime]

And they absolutely should not have bought into it as "gaming's salvation" before it was out and pre-ordered.

It's truly incredible. This is just a mediocre tiddygame. Its only saving grace is it isn't gacha.

It was immensely foolish to hang all these culture war hopes on bugmen.

 

[cybertoaster]

Its clear now that in this era of censorship doing a game with plenty of BOOBA and ASS gets you more free publicity than all the dei soyjournos praising your game about black trannies in space (hi todd).

is the game actually fun to play?

For me nier was a massive trudge to get thru and all for a bullshit ending.

Dat ass was kino tho.

Only PS5 users will get the cucked version as mods can fix those things on PC.

If you need a mod then its also cucked.

You'd be swimming in some real pussy like real men

The ones respecting wahmen are getting even less pussy, if any at all.

So this petition is arguably different than the standard lefty twitter talking-heads pissing into the wind.

Its not, you really have to go to courts to get anything going these days but doing that costs money and more importantly takes lots of time, years even, which in this era of goldfish-tier attention spans its impossible to get a community hyped for something like that.

But lefties have these huge well funded NGOs that take care of all that, that's why they win.

Which means Xitter probably nuked it.

More like somebody told his stupid ass that death threats could get the feds called on him so he's on delete fucking everything mode thinking that will stop the charges.

 

[Cheeseknife]

More like somebody told his stupid ass that death threats could get the feds called on him so he's on delete fucking everything mode thinking that will stop the charges.

Or, it's astroturfing. Dude sends a threat, nukes his account, and Mark touts it to support his petition.
"See? I told you! THEY want YOU dead! SEND ME MOAR MONIES!!"
But it happened on the Internet. And nobody ever lies. Ever. Especially when they're asking for your money.

 

[Sniperwoof]

I really really don't understand the people who are like "haha yes! I want more censorship! I want less consumer choice! I love corporate cock! I love monopolies and centralized control!"

You don't like sexy games, fair enough. There are lots of things I don't approve of but I'm not going to demand censorship or suck off monopolistic corporations to get rid of them.

 

[Danann]

Whole fucking thread's devolving into a slap fest because there were outfits that were censored....I don't support the censorship, but some of you people are so fucking insufferable for when it comes to your stances.

 

[Cheeseknife]

I really really don't understand the people who are like "haha yes! I want more censorship! I want less consumer choice! I love corporate cock! I love monopolies and centralized control!"

Nobody seemed to have a problem with it since forever ago. Not sure why this is the hill to die on.

Games have always been tailored appropriately for proper market consumption. Stellar Blade is no exception.

 

[wholetthegodsout]

The game came out on Friday. We are still in the heart of the post release discourse. Give it 2 weeks and we are going to be well on our way to Hellblade 2 discourse and that game looks mediocre aside from the graphics and will probably contain some absurd woke element. I guarantee Grummz will pivot toward criticizing that game, and Stellar Blade will be a footnote maybe brought up once or twice and game of the year time.

 

[Sniperwoof]

Nobody seemed to have a problem with it since forever ago. Not sure why this is the hill to die on.
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Games have always been tailored appropriately for proper market consumption. Stellar Blade is no exception.

Yes precisely,

More consumer choice is always better than less consumer choice.

Artistic freedom is always better than censorship.

 

[Cheeseknife]

I guarantee Grummz will pivot toward criticizing that game

But "they" tried to kill him to stop his xeets! And some dude from Night Media reacted to it!

By golly, this is serious business! Lives are at stake!
Surely they won't just memory-hole the entire ordeal and move onto the next "current thing", right?