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Straight Edge guy who talks about gaming mostly but with some politics and anything else that comes to mind.
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I remember Gears 2/3 made texture fade in a feature because texture pop was so bad in Gears 1
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There are good people in red states. They’re not monoliths.
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I’m still overall negative on Xbox putting their franchises on other platforms but that ship has well and truly sailed at this point
I just hope E-Day does well as god damn does Gears slap
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At least if you’re like me and already owned UE, you get Reloaded for free so that’s nice I guess. I’ll definitely replay the campaign but outside of a few curiosity matches, the multiplayer is not going to stay populated for long.
Gears 3-5 all clear it and are playable still
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It’s a remaster of a remaster of a 19 year old game where both UE and OG are playable on Xbox Series and PC.
A port of UE with some updates would have been fine for PS5. Not doing a Fenix collection is also a huge missed opportunity before E-Day for PS5 players.
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This part. The SAG contracts last 3-5 years and negotiations start 1-2 years before expiring and AI was being discussed back then but wasn’t what it is now. The Hoyo actors struck to add pressure but also because Hoyo is openly experimenting with AI in other projects
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Those screenshots are the VA of Diluc. The previous one is a culmination of the information that is out there in one format.
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No.
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The “AI protections” argument doesn’t hold water, unfortunately. These actors wouldn’t be striking over a contract misunderstanding
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The VAs criticised the rhetoric of some new casts and the community acted like it was a coordinated hate campaign
Then other VAs nor Hoyo spoke out against the targeted harassment of the old VAs. It is a collective embarrassment that hurts everybody as we bend over for peak capitalism
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I will say that I believe the community reaction to the offending VAs was way disproportionate to their actions and the treatment of the VAs has been overtly disgusting
People do not need to be 100% professional at all times, they’re allowed to express frustration with frustrating situations
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I’m not saying the VAs were wrong to strike, I fundamentally agree with them. I believe they’ve lost the fight and the actions of some VAs publicly has tanked any hope for change with external support
It’s a slow motion tragedy of what was a good thing they/we had albeit far from perfect #Hoyoverse
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(Personal)
I believe the Hoyo strike caused more harm than good, not with fans but with Hoyo. They have shown they won’t be pressured and won’t close the door on AI or back unions
There’s a lot of hurt with inter-VA industry fighting that’s going to take years to recover from
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I do believe the muted characters will be filled one way or another by GI6.1, HSR 3.6 but we aren’t going back to where it was before, the damage is done
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(Conjecture)
I don’t expect voices to return in GI5.7, HSR3.4. I still expect recasts but also old VAs not to return to recasted roles, I just don’t see a path for it.
We’ll also see many non-US actors in GI6.+ due to how far ahead they need to record audio for story and units
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I’m using character names instead of VA names due to being out as I type this on a phone and pulling everybody’s names up is difficult in the street
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Paimon, Keqing, Sucrose, Candice others have stated that they won’t come back until either: Hoyo projects flip union OR they add AI protections to non-union contracts
Neither of these things have happened so as of now, nothing has collectively changed for #Hoyoverse projects
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There were many actors who withheld their labour in accordance to SAG who will return to VA such as Beidou, Traveller, Venti and more but not everybody is coming back
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The SAG strike and the #Hoyoverse strike aren’t connected, they happened same time in solidarity to apply pressure but SAG agreeing to the BAFO doesn’t involve Hoyo, they’re not part of this agreement.
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Let her name echo in song!
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Finally, I’m selling my Marseille mClassic which goes great for retro consoles on HD displays
ebay.us/m/Tv2ly9
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Also selling my Hori Split Pad Pro for Switch 1
ebay.us/m/uwjBdi
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We’ll be cloud streaming them into our AR glasses as we fulfil our destiny laid out by Wall-E
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Christ. Remember when we had no real responsibilities and just played RTCW for 6-12 hours straight?
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That’s a real shame, as I’d prefer Bsky to surpass that site but you need to do what’s best for you
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I love the idea of a DF olympics with stuff like this