glad to see nobodies still trying to grip onto the last vestiges of thinly veiled homophobia disguised as lazy subcultural critique

What an incredible finish. DBFZ is really having an amazing maiden year for tournaments, isn’t it?

Yep. Better AND cheaper, I always go Dominos

Dominoes is beating pizza hut because dominoes pizzas are way way way better, and are also cheaper. And they do not smell like taco bell. It has nothing to with a pizza tracking app.

it was insanely successful at launch. they made a lot of money up front and people quit cause once you spent more than a handful of hours with it you saw what it really was. not fun.

Oh that is the most hilarious aspect of all of this: The Gamergaters are just now figuring out what the “SJW”s and “Liberal scum” have known since forever: that 45 is a soulless creature who will attempt to ruin everything he comes across.

I had it on good authority that Anita Sarkeesian was going to purge creativity from gaming, and that Donald Trump would keep the liberals from neutering my favorite pass time. I have literally no idea how that could have backfired on me. All I wanted was ethics in games journalism, I swear. Scout’s honor.

I’m not expecting anything even remotely sensible.

I’m expecting right wing talking points, arguments that we put to bed back in the 90s, and for Trump to do nothing but spout completely nonsensical, irrelevant bullshit the entire time.

Doesn’t make it ok to call somebody a faggot. Don’t act like it is.

Exactly. It only “accidentally” slips out if it’s part of your regular vernacular. Because of how human brains work, the insults/trash talk/rage one uses pulls from the small pool of most used ones when distracted by something such as a game, bypassing the frontal lobe.

Lol “back in the day” You aren’t the only one over 35 pal. And we BOTH know that people said faggot and other slurs waaaay more often.

They’ve always been that way. Ever since the ability to communicate with other players during a multiplayer match became a reality, there have been people calling other people any and all varieties of heinous things. It’s just now, they’re on a platform [well, the pros are], in a spotlight, and either they do not…

Nobody is saying you have to pick sides...

I have never ever *accidentally* said “faggot”. I don’t think it’s possible.

those are still slurs, just not racial or homophobic ones

The “it was an accident/I didn’t mean to use those words” defense is always baffling to me. I get salty sometimes during games. Even during Overwatch. But it’s never even occurred to me to use the words these guys do. These words don’t just accidentally slip out.

People still use faggot as an insult? Sounds like something you’d hear at recess in grade school

So how about something is done about both of them? Instead of picking sides on this one, why not both of them get consequences?

Yeah, the guy’s an absolute hypocrite.

Doesn’t change the reality of the behavior he called out—he just needs to be called out for the same shit, because he’s just as guilty.

Looks like he intended to kill a career, and now he’s gone and stoned his own with an unintended boomerang effect.

I’m going to be honest: I…

We can mention whatever we want! Personally I think it’s ethically dubious to download ROMs of games that you can actually purchase (unless you own the game in question). I’m all for getting ROMs of games that aren’t viably accessible (and whose developers can’t be supported), but in this specific case, I’d lean…