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ampersandrew, do games w Capcom doubles down on its decision to go pay-per-view during the Street Fighter League despite the fact that nobody really likes it
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As one Reddit commenter put it: “I thought Capcom organised this circuit as a marketing tool for the game. Makes no sense to charge viewers to watch it. And esports is, unfortunately, still way too niche for that to be profitable.”

It’s shooting themselves in the foot, not their audience. Their audience has plenty of Street Fighter tournaments to watch.

HarkMahlberg, do games w 'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames
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Lushed_Lungfish, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

Uh let’s be honest here, the UNSC was straight up losing the war against the covenant. The only way they survived was to ally with them.

Jhex, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

so if you want to be a pedophile, senile, racist with a full diaper, play Halo… got it Microsoft

devolution, (edited ) do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment
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Can’t be any shittier than the TV show. Probably will have Milltana as the AI.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f4c2915e-d414-4805-873d-eb64950e210d.jpeg

FYI this is supposed to be shitty AI, not actually cool looking.

richardwallass, do games w 'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames

He is right. And remember you pay for a subscription you don’t own the game or dlc :

“As a Subscriber you may obtain access to certain services, software and content available to Subscribers or purchase certain Hardware (as defined below) on Steam. The Steam client software and any other software, content, and updates you download or access via Steam, including but not limited to Valve or third-party video games and in-game content, software associated with Hardware and any virtual items you may acquire in a Subscription Marketplace are referred to in this Agreement as “Content and Services;” the rights to access and/or use any Content and Services accessible through Steam are referred to in this Agreement as “Subscriptions.””

SocialMediaRefugee, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

Trump can barely stand upright in real life.

Digestive_Biscuit,
@Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk avatar

I wish somebody did shove that old cunt into that suit like somebody trying to stuff a sleeping bag into the carry bag it can’t in. the trauma would be unreal.

SocialMediaRefugee, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

Xenophobia is out of control.

yufoh, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

I’ve been a fan of Halo since CE, so many memories and custom games, I got legendary editions and autographs from chief and cortanas va’s, in no way are the white house’ shit posts diminishing all of that, after all this is just the churned SLOP of some intern. I sure as shit won’t be buying anything Halo or XBOX, spineless corporation…I saw this one post DHS about Destroying the Flood??

ryathal, do games w 'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames

Valve has one for the few lootbox systems that you can actually get value back out of outside the game. While they deserve all the same criticism of every lootbox game, they probably also deserve some praise for that.

Goodeye8,

That’s like giving a drug dealer praise for not selling the harder drugs.

Valve doesn’t deserve praise for being slightly less shitty when they’re doing one the shittiest things in gaming.

ryathal,

No it’s like praising a dealer that will buy back some drugs as well as sell them.

Goodeye8,

If you want to get specific it’s not praising the dealer for buying back the drugs. It’s praising the drug dealer for allowing the customers to sell those drugs to others while taking a small cut from every sale. But they still shouldn’t get any praise because they shouldn’t be doing that in the first place.

KokoSabreScruffy,

And casinos deserve a praise because you can win back some of the money you wasted.

ryathal,

The casino is honest about what they do compared to say Genshin Impact.

KokoSabreScruffy,

Genshin shows odds, Valve shows nothing.

Genshin directly shows you the stuff, Valve has a slot machine like animation.

I have students who play both Genshin and CS2 and spending money them. In Genshin they spend to get a character they want, in cs2 is to try to make money…

And casinos can hardly be honest given the couple of time I read about cases in which a customer wins at slot machine and casino claims it was faulty.

Cybersteel,
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Wel atleast the casinos are established entities with decades of precedence while the other is weeb shit.

Bytemeister, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

… Did they not realize that the UNSC is an authoritarian fascist organization, and the Spartan program was originally aimed at fighting “rebels” who wanted to have control over the planets they lived on?

Literally the MC was kidnapped and experimented on to become a killing machine for the military junta for the express purpose of murdering colonists. No pay, no benefits, no end of contract.

dejected_warp_core,

Just like with Starship Troopers, satire like this goes flying over people’s heads so low and fast, it breaks the sound barrier and loosens dentalwork.

Bytemeister,

Yeah. I’m waiting on them to show ICE agents as helldivers or something. That IP could not be more clear about it’s parody of the far right “freedom” quislings.

dejected_warp_core,

I’m actually starting to think it’s on purpose. Just like with spam email with misspellings and the kind of ear-marks that warns off smart people, the only ones left to click on “win a free iphone” are easily duped. Going after people that are drawn in by iconography and optics, but fail to understand nuance and the substance behind them, may be entirely the point.

zebidiah,

I’ve been saying it for months, but fascists are “stupid” for the same reason Nigerian prince emails are always poorly written, and full of spelling and grammar mistakes…

Trump’s tweets make a lot more sense if you view them in this contey

NotBillMurray,

One of my most surreal gaming experiences was playing helldivers with a player I didn’t know. They said they liked the game because it “wasn’t political”. I was just fucking flabbergasted.

Bytemeister,

Some people just obediently blow up the illegal broadcasts without reading them.

astropenguin5,

I mean there was some guy at a military event (a YouTuber or smthn I think?) that literally did the helldivers recruiting intro but replaced it with marines

(Forgive the shorts link, it’s just what was shared with me about it) www.youtube.com/shorts/MZ8dhiNHbTk

Bytemeister,

In a different timeline, that would be funny.

DNS,
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Beneath the layers is Microsoft allowing a fascist regime, that Microsoft donated money to, to use their IP in facist promoting material.

I look forward to the day Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Apple get broken up.

Bytemeister,

I’m here for it. Is it okay if I throw Facebook and Twitter/X on the pyre? I’ve long considered them to be horsemen of the apocalypse.

yogurt,

Yes, Halo is what they believe, the plot of Halo is just standard 2000s South Park conservatism. Fascism is bad I guess but you libs will come crying to the SS for help when the space Muslims attack, so is it really bad?

MeowerMisfit817, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment
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Kinda out of topic, but why do all of those AI images have those yellowed filters?

6nk06,

Same question. It’s weird and instantly recognizable. I guess training data but I have never seen a real explanation about that.

hasnt_seen_goonies,

I assume that part of the prompt is tying back to WW2 era propaganda and a lot of those posters have yellowed with age by the time they made it into the dataset.

Tire,

Yeah all AI images have a bend towards warm yellow hues. So much that If you keep feeding the output of AI back into AI it just gets more yellow over time. It’s probably something to do with training sets taking in movies and social media posts where people prefer to show themselves in “golden hour”.

Digestive_Biscuit,
@Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk avatar

AI-caterpillar effect.

CubitOom,
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Its called the piss filter.

Generative models (what is often referred to as AI) are opaque and it’s almost impossible to understand exactly how something got added or why it’s happening. But somewhere along the way models started to use it and no one looking at the output thought it was bad enough to not post.

EncryptKeeper, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

The current government strategy of illegal use of copyrighted materials, often with the full understanding that the artist/IP owners will not consent to it should really have a harsher punishment to it. The DHS social media pages in particular keep using songs without artist permission because they know it will be taken down but by that point it doesn’t matter and they just steal another song. Given that the use of these songs implies tacit approval from the artist, this should absolutely count as the rights of the artists to free speech are being infringed upon.

Tire,

Yeah it almost reads like Microsoft has endorsed the Trump administration and its marketing. Like a forced brand crossover. These things aid in the far right pipeline. Has young men thinking hating immigrants is as cool and mainstream as Halo.

Jhex,

Not almost, it is exactly that

Microsoft could have issued a note to the tone of “we were not consulted” but their vaporware spine did not amount to even that little

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

illegal use of copyrighted materials

It’s quite literally the least bad thing they’ve done across two terms in office.

Given that the use of these songs implies tacit approval from the artist

Who seriously believes that? We’re so beyond “Death of the Artist” at this point. FFS, I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard the chorus line of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The USA” played full on patriotically, without a tinge of irony or self-reflection.

EncryptKeeper,

Who seriously believes that?

If an artist consents to the use of their song in a specific way, it’s not a matter of belief at all. It just is tacit approval. So when the government does this without consent, until the moment the artist responds, the implication is that the artist has approved it. Which isn’t as big a deal if a private entity does it, but it’s a much bigger deal when the federal government does it.

1985MustangCobra, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment
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Donald J Trumps Mjolnir armor would require a XXL waste system.

UsedLinuxDealer, do games w US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment
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