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Wait, are the Jags an NFL team? I figured since I'd never heard of them outside of AEW references they were probably in some regional league or something.

Lucha Underground was only a decade ago and I thought Dario Cueto worked well. I agree with the general sentiment, though.

That raises interesting questions. Who are the jobbers in heaven? I mean, if SD is winning, somebody must be losing, right?

I mean, "Asmodee" is a meaningless made-up word, but at least it's already a well-known brand. So I'd say "Asmodee Group" isn't terrible. The other two are pretty bad, though.

You're completely right about their motivations, of course, but I don't think that makes comments about how they don't know wrestling is fake off-topic or anything, because they illustrate how stupid these people are willing to be to pursue their agenda. I mean, their press release explicitly stated that Nyla Rose competed against a cis woman, when of course nothing of the sort occurred. What happened was that Nyla Rose put on a performance in co-operation with a cis woman. I'm pretty sure these asshats haven't found an excuse to make that illegal, even in Oklahoma. And yes, the actual arguments they use are irrelevant to them. But they're not irrelevant to the large number of people out there who are neither motivated by a desire to see trans people wiped out nor fully onboard with trans rights. Which is why I think it's reasonable to point out that the argument they're using implies they're either stupid enough to think wrestling is real or duplicitous enough to pretend it is.

Because they're decent people. Excalibur even explained that on commentary. Honestly, given that it's Orange Cassidy, the real question is why the entire babyface locker room didn't empty to save him. Who wouldn't like that guy?

I'm trying to figure what you mean about Punk leaving, and I'm hindered by the fact that I can't for the life of me remember who the second men's Owen winner was. Was it Jungle Boy? I don't think it was Jungle Boy.

It's almost like, when you get right down to it, it's all just bullshit.

To add a dissenting voice, my biggest beef with Fallout 4 and Starfield's carrying limit is that it's so damn high and, in Starfield, the penalty for exceeding it is essentially non-existent. Being able to carry 500+ kg of gear without difficulty breaks immersion for me. I'm used to imposing my own realism on games, of course, but for a game to force me to track my own inventory weight and decide when it's too high is a bit much. (Although thinking it about it more, maybe that means Starfield did it right. Players who hate carrying limits are free to completely ignore them, while players like me can just interpret the "you're carrying too much" message as time to unload some things and not worry about the fact that the game won't actually punish you if you don't.) And I'm not a big fan of games where you play out your character's every action not requiring you to eat or sleep, either. (Obviously, Street Fighter 2 would not be improved by requiring the fighters to snack or nap in the middle of a fight.) That's another beef I have with Starfield - there are all sorts of interesting foods you can find, and you can devote skill points to learning how to cook yourself - and it's almost completely pointless, because you don't need to eat. Now this I whole-heartedly agree with. Having some game mechanically distinct options to choose from is great, but having to find higher-level versions of the same weapons is bullshit. (Especially when it's done in a way that makes no sense in-universe. Like, I could see a fantasy game where you eventually gain access to the djinns' bazaar or faerie marketplace and can now buy wonders that most people don't even know exist. But the exact same merchants gradually stocking higher and higher level items as the PC levels up? Get out of here with that crap.)

But the flip side of that is that Tony Khan being a thin-skinned buffoon wasn't exactly a secret either. Granted, to date he's only responded to criticism by being childish on Twitter rather than wasting broadcast time. But still, just like the video didn't change anyone's opinion of Punk, I doubt showing it actually lowered anybody's opinion of Khan or by extension AEW. It was just a stupid waste of time.

He's 26. So closer to 23 than 30, anyway. And how is almost 30 not a kid? What board does Casey think he's on?

Google suggests it's actually "Megabyte", which is disappointing, as "Megabite" is clearly the better wrestling name.

He shouldn't do this.

Eh. I'd say it only makes Tony Khan look like kind of a buffoon. But that's not exactly new. Nobody who objects to watching a wrestling company run by an oversensitive buffoon was watching AEW anyway.