At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs. https://www.wired.com/story/enhanced-games-freestyle-record-las-vegas-steroids/
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this all sounds so weirdly familiar. isn't there a group of people they scapegoated for doing that same thing?
It’s happening!
Minor spoiler: it didn’t/won’t end well!
The one positive note is that there’s nothing in gaming quite like one’s first descent into Rapture.
Very on message, this.
I was also, uh. Today years old when I learned about "I'll measure your dick to tell you your Dick Age with my Dickometer, which I tested on myself AND my teenage son for what is absolutely Scientific Purposes" oh my fucking GOD
JFMFC I can only IMAGINE the absolute boats full of tea that his son surely is going to have to share if he ever gets out of that fucking mess
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Its premise? That the taboo around steroids is outdated—and human potential should be pushed, not regulated.
HRT for trans athletes bad. Make some transwomen compete like women against women. Unfair advantages are horrible! 😡
Makes perf sense. /s
Also, none of the billionaires mentioned are anywhere close to being athletes. Not exactly an expert opinion.
James Magnussen, a former world champion swimmer, had been retired for six years. Then he made an offhand comment on a podcast. A few months later, he was on a secret drug regimen.
🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/enhanced-games-freestyle-record-las-vegas-steroids/
The goal? Beat the 50-meter freestyle world record. No audience. No press. Just cameras, and a clock.
Magnussen hit the water—and struggled. His bulk slowed him down. The very enhancements meant to give him an edge were holding him back.
🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/enhanced-games-freestyle-record-las-vegas-steroids/
For Aron D’Souza, the founder, it was only the beginning. Because the real showdown—the Enhanced Games themselves—hasn’t even happened yet.
Read the full story: https://www.wired.com/story/enhanced-games-freestyle-record-las-vegas-steroids/
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Money is not power, money is evil.
Every war / conflict was started by rich people.
Losers
Promoting games that says that they're not good enough at a sport so they need roids to compensate 🤣