Is this the one with the funny patch notes?

It’s not that easy to focus on the time and miss the time zone. 

OK I feel better then 

You, for one, because you both clicked on the link and commented on it.

So do these!

Please tell me you know enough about human biology that you’re just making a joke here...

I don’t think he’s claiming it’s personal, just that it’s incompetence. 

Is this really “a thing”, or is it just more fearmongering, like DONT WRITE XX/XX/20 ON YOUR CHECKS BECAUSER THEY CAN STEAL YOUR MONEY

Those are staple games for people buying a new Switch. 

Who cares? Worth = power no matter how you define it. You’re splitting useless hairs. 

Why is their manipulation any worse than anyone else’s?

No, I think it’s operating as intended. They want you to feel like spending money will make things easier. It’s completely by design. 

Where is George Conway in all of this? What about his responsibility to his daughter?

You know, in retrospect, that music was really good and different. I played that game a ton when it game out; it was tough. I do recall liking the music, and listening now, it definitely stands out compared to other games from that time. 

I thought they had, but if they haven’t then they won’t. It went live with the update back in November or whenever. Sorry for the false hope :)

XP moves a lot faster now; they raised the amount of XP you get from some things. They may have also squished the levels 1-40. 

40-50 isn’t tasks alone - it’s also XP in addition.

Toxic masculinity. 

I see both sides of it. I do see though that cosplay has become something huge and I can see where changes might need to be made. “It’s always been this way” isn’t a good reason to not make changes, especially if people are making a lot of money of others’ works. I do think there needs to be space for fair use, so…

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