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    "The decision to divide male and female competitions was made in accordance with international sports authorities, as part of our effort to promote e-Sports as a legitimate sports."

    But Hearthstone hasn't been a key component of human development over hundreds of thousands of years. This argument is general and empty.

    Generally it comes down to general physical disparity, pure and simple. It's the same reason that women are generally held back from serving in frontline combat positions and special forces outfits.

    As freaking fedoodle.

    Not everyone.

    It's a highly-dramatized crime simulator. It's Heat the game on cocaine. The fact that it's set in a beautiful, dynamic environment doesn't change its underlying DNA, which is coded into everything from the gameplay core to the title itself.

    What's sad is how close this troll account reflects reality. Some people actually think like this, and conveniently forget that people used to make the same ridiculous statements about short shorts, rock 'n roll, and women displaying half-calf.

    Bah! There's never too much of that.

    Granted, but from there they go downhill. At Mach 5.

    There's a reason we don't see "... many sword-wielding Optimus Primes ... riding t-rexes".

    Fortunately for his argument they're bad movies anyway.

    Easy there, partner. It's the same as people using the words "gay" or "retarded". Is it right? No way. Is it acceptable? Hell no. But if you go around accosting everyone who uses it you'll have an Inspector Dreyfus eye-tick and more stress-induced hernias than a nervous pop star before the end of the month.

    It's a great Ralph Wiggum moment, up there with the "moon rock", my-cat's-breath-smells-like-cat-food, "Supernintendo" Chalmers, and pants-peeing plee "Why do people run from me?"

    Boss battles in the traditional bullet-hell Sonic/Megaman sense are getting tiresome, and usually don't work in the majority of games. Don't get me wrong, there's a time and place for them. But unless they serve a purpose beyond simply challenging the player they come across as nothing more than difficult

    It's hilarious. Principle Skinner calls Ralph up on stage and Ralph runs up screaming "I won, I won!". The principle tells him that he didn't win and hands Ralph his report card. Ralph reads it and after a moment utters the above gem.

    It's a classic Ralph Wiggum quote.

    Red Dead Redemption does exactly what you're talking about, only in a split second. Your interpretation of a boss battle in one very particular kind of boss battle (a tired and widely used one); some are epic Dark Souls-esque monsters that will mash you to a pulp, others are lightning QTEs, while others are dialogue

    Boobsplosion?

    It seems like it's all people compare to in the fantasy realm. It's not that Game of Thrones is bad; it's just a very particular kind of fantasy that if anything is closer to alternative historical fiction than, say, the Guy Gavriel Kay books or Across the Nightingale Floor.

    Why is every fantasy product these days compared to Game of Thrones? This isn't a socio-political War of the Roses simulator; it's about a turned-based strategy combat game featuring a band of pseudo-Vikings.