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    RIP Sabu.

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    19 minutes ago, jaedmc said:

    I've got a lot to see on the subject, and I'll be back later to do so after I  celebrate Mother's Day.

    But I want to say the history of wrestling cannot be told without Sabu. In the same way you can't tell it without Hulk Hogan or Nick Bockwinkle.

    He changed wrestling. He became viral before viral was an internet concept. You couldn't watch him on youtube, you had to buy a second VCR and dub a tape. Sabu was the goddamn ghost from The Ring. He did his own thing and gave everything he had to an audience in a way few performers in any form of entertainment have or can.

    I'm happy I got to meet him. I'm happy I got to thank him for every bit of his own comfort that he sacrificed for us. I know he was very shy and very humble about his influence on wrestling, but I hope he knew that he was appreciated when he passed.

     

    This sums it up for me as well although I never got to meet him. I was in high school during the years when ECW were genuinely ahead of the curve in terms of using the internet as essentially their entire advertising system. Being new to any wrestling that wasn't WWF or WCW, Sabu was like an alien from another planet. Fuckin' loved the guy because I knew every one of his matches Crazy Shit was about to go down. Back in those early tape trading days I would specifically seek out ECW shows where Sabu had an interesting opponent just to see what the hell would happen. It was such an exciting time to be a wrestling fan and Sabu was a huge, huge part of that journey.

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    2025 VIDEO GAMES CATCH ALL THREAD

    in COMPUTERS & GAMES & TECH

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    I tried Hearts of Iron IV since it's on sale and honestly it might be the most boring video game I've ever played.

    Like, the combat sucks balls in Crusader Kings and Stellaris too, but there's a bunch of events and fluff that give those games colour and keep them engaging on some level. Hearts of Iron IV is literally just Paradox junk combat with all the knobs turned up to 11, about a dozen uneccessary menus that could be merged down into a much better UX, all the fun flavour removed, and the most glacial start of any game they've ever done. I am honestly beyond baffled how this is their best reviewed current game. It's shit.

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