barooboodoo (he/him)

Just out of curiosity, who do you think “they” are?

Duuuude I just discovered this guy, been binging all his videos.

I guess if you ignore everything they said, yeah sure it kind of is like saying that 🤔

Admin, he’s doing it sideways.

What’s the phrase in French?

I’m not disagreeing with any of that, just saying their opening salvo is funny because it’s pretty clear they’re not a basketball fan.

Ok but that wasn’t the point the person I was responding to was making.

Their seasons don’t really overlap tho, you’re not missing LeBron by watching Caitlin Clark.

So to your first point, what are NBA fans watching when it’s off season?

Holy shit, I’ve got some googling to do!

I dunno if I would consider the band that launched gackt as niche but I might be living in a bubble of my own making haha

For anyone agreeing, this is the exact mindset that will prevent you from escaping incel land. There’s subtlety and growth and understanding to be had if you ask questions and discuss in good faith. Making glib comments and knocking down straw men is not the path to happiness and self improvement.

I guarantee your illiterate ass didn’t read a word of this article.

I appreciate the consideration and at the end of the day I really agree with you and it sucks to see the state of the industry as a whole right now and really hope we can get back to being respected as consumers some day.

I’m actually not making any of those arguments and disagree with all of them myself. My issue with mtx is generally that they prey on people with psychological tactics that are proven to work on a lot of (generally vulnerable and younger) people. Helldivers does none of that, it’s not “least pressured to buy stuff”, you’re not pressured at all.

And I know I’m being a little sensitive here but it really sucks to lose someone from cancer and see someone comparing it to a shop in a video game of all things.

I agree if those things leverage fomo to get people to pay. In helldivers you can earn that currency just playing the game so if you have less time to play you have the option of purchasing the currency and their versions of battle passes are always available to buy and work on at your leisure.