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"Boomer" just means anyone you consider "old", or have opinions that you would consider "old". It has long since detached itself from actual baby boomers.

@theht: You're not misremembering. There was a period earlier in the year where they ran out of online codes, and had to temporarily suspend digital purchase of the game while more codes were generated.

Overall, whether it be the suspension of additional sales and account registrations, pushing free trial players to the back of the queue during peak hours, the natural dying down of the initial release rush, or a combination of all three, it is much easier to get into the game now. You won't see triple digit queues until 4pm EST, and usually won't be waiting for more than half an hour.

I wonder when they'll open things back up again. Maybe after the launch of the first Savage difficulty raids and the conclusion of the world first race to complete it, this week.

Considering how the DS games actually did almost kill the franchise, nothing about that should be contentious.

Here's my FE take: the ability to reclass ruined the franchise.

@oursin_360: I think the point is the vast majority of those making declarations of wishing to boycott this Chinese game had no interest in spending money on it in the first place.

The moment a game that they might wish to spend money on comes out (such as Assassins Creed Valhalla in said example), any such ideological bright lines suddenly grow muddier.

Do you think anyone boycotted Overwatch when Activision made their gross decisions to placate potential ire from the CCP? How about boycotting Star Wars because Disney did the same thing?

If apartheid era South Africa was an economic and cultural juggernaut on the world stage, the answer is "plenty of people".

High school teacher here and I also absolutely hear you.

I'm feeling super fortunate that my school is maintaining full distance learning for both teachers and students.

You said that your union is the one that was given this ultimatum. Has there been any guidance they have communicated to the teachers?

@nodima: There is no "end game" in a gacha game. You use resin (the game's energy system) to grind for materials and accessories that strengthen your characters while doing repetitive tasks such as daily commissions and hunting for respawning chests, which slowly levels up your account as a whole. This structure is identical to how most other gacha games work, but is dressed in a different skin in this game.

You're thinking about this game as an open world action game with gacha mechanics instead of a gacha game that has an open world and action combat attached to it.

@icemael: Would people use stronger language to condemn the actions? Sure. Will it change their own personal purchasing behavior? I doubt it.

Talk is easy and cheap, especially on an internet message board.

@nodima: Mihoyo is a Chinese developer, not Japanese.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693

The US Supreme Court voted 6-3 that Title VII does protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status. Justice Roberts (appointed by Bush) and Gorsuch (appointed by Trump) joined the more liberal judges on the decision, with Gorsuch writing the majority opinion.

Gorsuch's explanation of the decision is fantastic, where he states descrimination sexual orientation is irremovable from sex. If two employees are both attracted to men, with the only difference between the two being one is a man and the other a woman, then the dismissal of one employee based on their attraction would be discrimination based on sex.