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by Astaroth
11 Nov 2021, 16:52
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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Re: Official Best Movies Thread

Cosidering some people supposedly don't care about who plays Bond, they put a considerable effort into posting about this very subject and also insulting other people here for no apparent reason. Is it that hard to understand that it is annoying if movies focus on political messages, especially when...
by Astaroth
11 Nov 2021, 15:44
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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We are going in circles, because you refuse to address the most important point: YOU want to change the status quo. YOU are trying to defend the hypothetical of Bond being something that he current isn't. You haven't made a single argument for that, when the burden of proof is on you. Clearly, this ...
by Astaroth
11 Nov 2021, 09:26
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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But I really don't see why you care so much to change this. Why is it important to you to have a female or trans Bond? Why do you even give a damn? I don't get it. i think you misunderstand. i don't personally care whether or not the next bond is a woman or is transgender, that's not what was being...
by Astaroth
10 Nov 2021, 13:55
Forum: General
Topic: Aussie Drongo -Good or bad for the game/community
Replies: 151
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Re: Aussie Drongo -Good or bad for the game/community

How dare Drongo do this streaming business for a living.

He should work a real job and stream in his time off for us for free, aoe3 ofc.

/s
by Astaroth
10 Nov 2021, 13:19
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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Well duh. Which is why the origin of this whole debate is that I "wouldn't watch a movie like that".

And of course something being artistic freedom doesn't mean it can't be criticized. Otherwise you might as well abolish all movie reviews.
by Astaroth
10 Nov 2021, 12:21
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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Idris Elba is a fantastic actor irrespective of his skin color. If he was chosen "because we need a black Bond", I would have a problem with that as well. But seeing that Bond's skin color really doesn't matter one bit and is afaik never mentioned nor does it affect any plot or relationshi...
by Astaroth
10 Nov 2021, 11:35
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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You are trying to change the status quo, which is Bond being a (non trans) man. The burden of proof is on you. IF someone were to change that intentionally, the question would be: why? And considering the current political debates all over the world about inclusion, representation, "being heard...
by Astaroth
10 Nov 2021, 09:09
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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Cometk, I just don't really understand why you are so insistent on having a woman or a trans person play James Bond. What is it to you? If it is not about some sort of political statement, why care? There's obviously nothing wrong with having female or trans main characters, but why try to change es...
by Astaroth
09 Nov 2021, 21:06
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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[mention]u11867[/mention] what would you think if they made a new james bond flick which portrayed him as a transgender man, and perhaps the role was also performed by a transgender man? Huh? James Bond has never been portrayed as trans, this would quite obviously just be a political statement. I j...
by Astaroth
09 Nov 2021, 19:27
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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See above, cf. Idris Elba: Btw, this is very different from e.g. having Idris Elba as Bond, which I would be entirely fine with, I think he's a great actor. James Bond is established as male in-universe: it affects his dresscode, his behavior, the way he is addressed, his love life etc. However, him...
by Astaroth
09 Nov 2021, 19:25
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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Daniel Craig was chosen for political reasons? To make blond men feel included? Or what? Lol
by Astaroth
09 Nov 2021, 19:21
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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However, if Bond was played by a woman, I wouldn't see the movie. Just too obvious attempt to be "modern, political" etc. what about a main character being a woman is "modern, political" :| :| :| I don't mind a character in a movie (or the main character) being a woman at all. W...
by Astaroth
09 Nov 2021, 09:45
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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I don't mind character and worldbuilding at all, nor do I dislike slower films. But: Firstly, this is still a sci-fi movie with a relatively straight forward plot (classic villain, typical "nature destruction", "unite with the natives against the evil capitalists" etc.) so it doe...
by Astaroth
07 Nov 2021, 21:19
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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I don't mind having a "strong female" in the movie (although I find it annoying if political messages are too on the nose) and I feel the last Bond movie did it okay-ish (although the 007-woman seemed a bit of a useless character most of the time). However, if Bond was played by a woman, I...
by Astaroth
07 Nov 2021, 11:30
Forum: General
Topic: Who's gonna do well in EGCTV's Genesis tournament?
Replies: 74
Views: 3866
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Re: Who's gonna do well in EGCTV's Genesis tournament?

First impressions, of course on a very limited basis due to the lack of time and games thus far: General RTS skills translate very well to aoe4. Not a single truly new face got far in the tournament, every single player in the later rounds had probably thousands of hours of more or less competitive ...
by Astaroth
06 Nov 2021, 12:20
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Official Best Movies Thread
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Thoughts on Dune? I found the images, soundtrack, designs, worldbuilding amazing, really impressive. But I felt the story to be a bit slow and the pacing sometimes a bit off. I don't mind slower movies at all, I enjoyed the Irishman and others like it. But I felt with Dune there was just a bit much ...
by Astaroth
06 Nov 2021, 11:30
Forum: General
Topic: Who's gonna do well in EGCTV's Genesis tournament?
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Who's gonna do well in EGCTV's Genesis tournament?

Any predictions? Will any participating Aoe3 player excel?

The list of players is now out. We apparently have a lot of top players from different games, see here for example:
by Astaroth
04 Nov 2021, 09:58
Forum: General
Topic: Official AoE4 First Impressions Thread
Replies: 283
Views: 21723
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Re: Official AoE4 First Impressions Thread

Who is currently performing well on AoE4? Any impressions from streams etc.?

How do aoe2 pros do vs. aoe3, SC2 pros etc.?
by Astaroth
03 Nov 2021, 09:06
Forum: General
Topic: Watching GUA go beast mode in the AOE 4 ladder makes me think how easily Kaiser + Hazza would be no.1 there
Replies: 131
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Re: Watching GUA go beast mode in the AOE 4 ladder makes me think how easily Kaiser + Hazza would be no.1 there

For tournaments, do keep in mind that they will presumably mostly have the AoE2 style of civ picking, i.e. something like free pick no repeat. So not the classic AoE3 style of "agreeing on a first round, then counter-picking". This could also affect the popularity of civs etc. (the reason ...
by Astaroth
01 Nov 2021, 15:00
Forum: General
Topic: Official AoE4 First Impressions Thread
Replies: 283
Views: 21723
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Re: Official AoE4 First Impressions Thread

Great, thank you!
by Astaroth
01 Nov 2021, 13:23
Forum: General
Topic: Official AoE4 First Impressions Thread
Replies: 283
Views: 21723
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Re: Official AoE4 First Impressions Thread

Can someone maybe summarise in a few sentences why AoE4 is considered a poor competitive game ATM, aside from the problems with hotkeys etc.? I know there is a super long video on this, but I don't have 50 mins for this right now...
by Astaroth
05 Oct 2021, 20:00
Forum: General
Topic: Stress Test open Beta Aoe4
Replies: 179
Views: 9082
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Re: Stress Test open Beta Aoe4

@EGCTV /others

I'm not gonna make a thread about it, but will the big AoE4 tourney be advertised on ESOC as well? I don't see it anywhere, for some reason. :)
by Astaroth
20 Aug 2021, 17:44
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: One Piece thread
Replies: 320
Views: 9599
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Re: One Piece thread

Yes.
by Astaroth
06 Aug 2021, 14:40
Forum: General
Topic: AOE4 General Chat
Replies: 101
Views: 11090
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Re: AOE4 General Chat

Yeah, I get these arguments @edeholland @Mr_Bramboy

I just find it curious, not merely limited to ESOC. The same can be seen on Reddit etc.
by Astaroth
06 Aug 2021, 10:59
Forum: General
Topic: AOE4 General Chat
Replies: 101
Views: 11090
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Re: AOE4 General Chat

I've never understood why Online forums enforce NDAs, which are a contractual agreement between two parties: the user/beta participant (A) and the company. (B) If the user (A) decides to violate his contractual agreement with the company (B), that concerns only their bilateral contractual relationsh...

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