shaz is playing mystery heroes. change my mind.

i think it's misguided to complain about trans women being banned 'for no reason' or 'despite breaking no rules' because then you just start having a pointless argument about whether or not post X or post Y broke ToS and miss the actual vectors by which this stuff works. for better or for worse this site's users are constantly skirting and violating ToS and 99% of the time it gets overlooked but when the moderation hammer comes a swingin' it comes a swingin' for trans women. it doesnt matter if predstrogen or charlottan broke ToS or not and arguing that they didnt is a waste of everyone's time and a deflection from the real issue which is the blatantly targeted and uneven moderation practices

sorry this is just so fucking funny conceptually. like imagine you’re munchkin. you leave seoul because you’re not seeing eye to eye with the coaches. and you’re like, this is fine, i’m a good player, i’m definitely going to be able to find another owl team this offseason, because even stellar got a new team. but then offseason rolls around and the only team that actually gives you an offer is boston (presumably, because no one on earth would actively choose to play for boston over another team). and you don’t want to take the offer, because nobody wants to play for boston. but you do, because you don’t want to go to contenders, and at least on boston you’ll probably get traded somewhere better eventually. and you get to boston and start scrimming, and mccree is in the meta! mccree is one of your specialties! this is a perfect way to build your stock back up and get other teams interested in you! and mineral puts you on mei duty. you’re like, fine, okay, this sucks, but at least i’m playing, but your team is shit and you get rolled, but you kinda knew this was gonna happen so you’re not too worried. and then the justice homestand rolls around, and mineral decides to bench you for this jerry guy bc he wants to try out different lineups, which you think is stupid, because you’re definitely a better hitscan for him. but it’s fine. he’ll throw the match, and mineral will put you back on mccree, where you should be. it’ll all work out. and the match begins, and you watch in horror as your team fucks up so bad that you goes from 2-0 up to a close 3-2 victory in 7 fucking maps. that’s never happened before, ever. your team is so shit that you’ve made history. even worse, the crowd loves jerry. the broadcast loves jerry. the world loves jerry. no matter if he’s good or not, jerry is the one thing this team has going for it, and mineral knows it. your hopes of being traded vanish in an instant as you realize that you are about to be permabenched on boston fucking uprising. so, like any rational person would, you immediately buy out your contract and fuck off back to korea to smurf in contenders with some of your ex-owl buddies, which probably pays more than boston does anyway, because that’s just how the year is going for you

munchkin watched all 7 maps of the toilet bowl from the bench and immediately bought out his contract to go play for a kr contenders team that would beat boston into the ground. icon

he apparently has TWO ferrets!

Fun fact, did y'all know that nobody spoke about The Economy™ until the 1920s or so?

im not going to knock the usa boys bc i absolutely do not doubt that they worked super hard for their victory but like. imagine if all the other teams were given the same opportunities and facilities to practice in before the world cup

im sorry but i fucking hate ppl saying that these releases are “damage control” bc it makes character design/modeling/coding into this quick thing that ppl can just throw together to magically fix stuff instead of a month/year long project

also all the ppl like “isnt it interesting that ovw2 is being released NOW??? weeks after blitzchung???” its… blizzcon. did you want jeff kaplan to walk up on stage and be like “we are not doing anything for overwatch. goodbye” and just leave.

Watching sk vs Denmark was just that one scene in the incredible where the family was screaming at dash at the race to not go too fast but fast enough to win

dia de los muertos isn't a 'latino' thing but very specifically a mexican thing! i'm latino and not mexican and i don't celebrate it, so it would be specifically a mexican perspective you'd want to hear from.

also this team A shit is bringing back ppl praising riot and ragging on blizzard who “sided with the chinese over good old american values”…. i beg you stop doing “corporation bad, but this corporation good!”, all triple a studios are fucking corrupt and morally bankrupt to their core and will never side with the average person’s interest. riot had their employees fucking walk out bc of rampant sexual harassment this year. They’re Equally Bad