Yeah, there’s zero percent chance he doesn’t know exactly why he’s been banned. If he really thought it was unfair he’d be screaming from the hills and filing lawsuits. To use his analogy:

The game explores the same themes as the first and it is a distinct continuation of all the consequences and setup from the first game.  I have no idea why you would think of it as a YA novel. Perhaps you only saw the first few hours where they focus on young love, but by the 4th hour all the way up until the 20 or 30…

Well I honestly do not see the point of giving such prominence to user reviews if they can be weaponized by immature or bad faith people.

They don’t.

pro drivers race on simulators all the time. This is nothing new to them. he’s not sitting there with a dualshock in his hands

Actually, the guy’s usual performance was about the same as his performance on real tracks, and as the article notes, it was another real racer that came in second above even the ringer.

Asking morons to learn something is like asking gamergate to understand ethics or women.

Yeah, that was basically my expectation as well. I saw a bunch of reactionary chuds suddenly posting clips of Steph out of context, and I knew there was something crappy going on, but I didn’t find quickly.

Should have figured it was just another pointless chapter in the Gamers Culture War!

A trans person being dogpiled by gamerbros for having a spicy take? (Or any take at all? Or simply existing?)

I literally could not have said this better myself. In games where I have a choice (which are too few, but for all its other online flaws SSBU is definitely one worth mentioning as getting this part right), I will always pick a lobby where the host has disabled voice chat. If there aren’t any, I’ll create one. (Possibl…

Your argument makes no sense. The “highest level of play” simply changes depending on the parameters prescribed to whatever you’re playing. If voice chat is not an option, then it simply would not be factored into the set of tools that would allow one to attain high levels of play, I.e hand-eye coordination, reads,…

People who can talk to their teammates without fear of harassment have an advantage over those who can’t. Also, though, that’s not the central conceit at all. It set people off, but it devolves almost immediately into a storm of calling her ugly and mentally ill long past the original point being forgotten.

short version: if everybody on one team can communicate without fear of being harassed (and therefore without the need to mute voice comms or whatever), they’re probably going to be more coordinated than a team with one or more members who can’t just easily use chat. even beyond the harassment issue, if you’re looking…

When I first started playing Apex Legends, the ping system that made it so I didn’t have to use voice chat in order to communicate pertinent, relevant information felt downright revolutionary, because voice chat for the longest time has been the domain of every dipshit who thinks anonymity gives them the right to…

I knew something was up the second I saw the standard circus of reactionary youtube gamer chuds all targeting one single person with a laser focus. Like, that’s your immediate clue to know whatever “anger” going on is entirely performative and in bad faith.  

They found their target of the month—and a woman too, how…

Don’t forget that the ecosystem owners are quietly taking their 30% cut. Ubisoft is right to go after Apple and Google. Think of it this way; Apple and Google are essentially business partners with the infringing party.  It’s like if Target was selling a real name brand and a fake name brand designed to look exactly…

Pretty sure it’s so big among kids, simply because it’s free.

Easy fix: ban that shit, too.

So, it’s not so much a “4 year ban” as it is, “the kid remains ineligible to play until the appropriate age?”

The rules are very clear. You must be 13 years or older, and if you’re older than 13 but younger than 18, you must have parental consent to compete.