every etika clip is basically him imparting some wisdom or being excited as hell for sth and then there's a little klan rally going on in the bottom right
I watched “Backrooms” for the second time in the theater. The second time around, my brain was able to keep up with what I was seeing, so I could take my time and really appreciate the film. While it doesn’t have the political overtones of the 1990s, the era after the end of the Cold War is reflected in the film in ways beyond just its hardware and media: the standardized, uniform office spaces, the dead-mall-like commercial facilities, and so on. I also bought the elaborate movie pamphlet. They gave me an A24 plastic bag, too. They also handed out an explanatory booklet at the entrance. Happinet is really doing a great job. The 16-minute “special film” after the end credits was also shown. (That one might be better left to the internet.) Since the film is rated “G” for all ages, there were noticeably quite a few parents with small children. After the screening, I heard a little girl say to her father, “It was scary. I might not be able to sleep tonight.” In another family, a little boy bombarded his father with questions: “The Backrooms are so huge. How did they make them? It has to be CG, right?” When his father didn’t answer, I almost leaned over and said, “It’s all sets,” but stopped myself. When he grows up, he’ll eventually find the truth for himself. It’s important to be inspired, to have “questions” and to sense that something is “strange” or doesn’t quite fit. This is the kind of film that makes you do that.
Do you truly think Riot Games was going to make Brawlhalla? Do you honestly in your heart believe that Riot, who aspired but ultimately failed in cultivating a 2D tag fighter for both beginner and expert, would have not only been able to ideate & execute on a novel gameplay loop in the same way Brawlhalla does, but also lucky enough to have caught lightning in a bottle the same way Brawlhalla has with its playerbase? Are you truly suggesting that Riot's folly was not dumping tens of millions of dollars and manhours into pursuing Ubisoft's pure dumb luck? Because I find your reply equal parts vapid and pedantic. You haven't said anything, you've merely posted a screenshot and expected me to do all of the thinking for both of us. I'm simply not that charitable. Imagine if we were having a discussion about fire hydrants. Most are red...but sometimes they can be yellow as well! We can all (hopefully) agree that they're usually in the same sort of shape, but can have slightly different proportions or valves, depending on their use. Then, without provocation, someone yawps out: "Fire hydrants are also purple, and shaped like a Y!" While this technically CAN be correct, and I've no doubt there's one such fire hydrant that exists somewhere on the planet that you could possibly produce a picture of (as you have Brawlhalla's baffling playercount), I hope you would agree this person has ultimately said nothing, and has contributed to the conversation in a way that is not only unnecessary, but actively detrimental. It's a waste of everyone's time. Yes, fire hydrants can indeed come in many different colors. However, for the purposes of this conversation, we have ostensibly agreed to bind ourselves to a social code wherein we respect each others intelligence enough to not simply blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, whether it be technically "correct" or not. Based on Riot's track record, I think expecting them to somehow jackpot on a wildly successful platform fighter out of nowhere is ludicrous, especially considering the place Brawlhalla inhabits within the larger platform fighter community. Riot's MO, historically at least, seems to involve taking understood genre conventions and tweaking them in ways that make players feel powerful, in control. LoL is smooth DotA, Valorant is smooth CS, etc. The whirling cogs of gameplay are greased with countless hours of thoughtful design and player testing. They're masters of efficiency and innovation, certainly but they are NOT inventors. They are artisans, but not auteurs. I don't believe Riot could ever accomplish such a task, nor should they ever be expected to, and frankly, I don't believe YOU believe they could or would either. To indignantly drop a Brawlhalla player count screenshot into my replies like a sopping newborn calf straight from its mothers womb is distasteful and unbecoming. What am I meant to do with this, I wonder? Why is it here? And the true tragedy of it all is that I don't think you know, either. Your fickle will is tainted with a perverse need to be seen, and heard, but not understood. Well, here's your vindication: That fire hydrant IS purple! Very cool.
If you can’t afford the $200 fee for EVO just go to the roulette table and bet $200 on red. If you win it’s free entry and if you lose your dumbass was not guessing right on throw loops anyway so it saved you the weekend.