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Hasbro Will Slash 1,100 Jobs, 20% of Its Workforce
A toymaker announces huge layoffs right before Christmas.
Boy this Bidenomics economy is redhot!Hasbro is slashing nearly 20% of its workforce amid an ongoing slump in toy sales. Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks announced layoffs for 1,100 workers in a Monday memo to employees, cuts which come in addition to the roughly 800 jobs eliminated earlier this year. Cocks said the decision to reduce Hasbro's workforce was made in light of market headwinds proving to be "stronger and more persistent than planned." "We anticipated the first three quarters to be challenging, particularly in toys, where the market is coming off historic, pandemic-driven highs," Cocks said. "While we have made some important progress across our organization, the headwinds we saw through the first nine months of the year have continued into Holiday and are likely to persist into 2024." Some Hasbro employees will find out whether their job has been eliminated this week, while the rest of the layoffs will happen over the next six months, Cocks said in the memo.Huh. So Hasbro's main brands are Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: the Gathering, huh? I guess it must just be slumps in those brands causing the massive implosion, huh? Think about a company whose name somehow always gets left out of negative media coverage. A company who the leftwing media always attempts to protect. A leftwing media company that is currently collapsing -- but you'd hardly know it, if you just watch and read the leftwing media. There's a major media company whose toys Hasbro sells, and because this major media company has alienated half of the country, and mismanaged its once gold-standard brands so badly that they're now second-rate and going unwanted in Ollie's discount bins. Have you guessed which major media company I'm talking about? Of course you have. The company that all other leftwing media companies always protect is, of course, Disney. Disney is a financial competitor, but they protect it because it is an ideological leader. They approve of Disney's mission. Disney is leading them in the race to theocratic fascist transnational Marxism, and they're drafting in Disney's wake. If Disney can fly to the left without going bankrupt, then they can too. And yes, CNN is hiding the fact that Hasbro is Disney's partner in selling its no-longer-hot Marvel lines and its ice-cold Star Wars line of toys. (And it's barely an afterthought Indiana Jones toys, but they never caught on for some reason.)
Hasbro, known for making toys such as Transformers and Play-Doh, and games like "Magic: The Gathering" and "Dungeons & Dragons," had 6,300 employees prior to the layoffs, according to its website. Shares of Hasbro fell more than 4% in after-hours trading on Monday. Layoffs at the toy company come after Hasbro cut its full-year revenue guidance in October -- just before the holiday season, which is usually the strongest sales period for toy makers. On the company's earnings call, Hasbro's Chief Financial Officer Gina Goetter warned that the company was seeing "broader toy category declines." However, not all toymakers are expecting weakness this holiday season. One of Hasbro's competitors, Mattel, said in its most recent earnings that it benefited from the success of the "Barbie" movie and the company "expects to gain market share in the fourth quarter and full year."
Just for fun, let's see how Disney's "news" mouthpiece ABC "News" is covering the Hasbro layoffs: lol, joke's on you, they're ignoring it like a good little corporate newsletter Related: South Carolina just took Disney off its list of companies approved for investing the state's retirement and other funds in, citing its aggressive opposition to free speech as a disqualifier.
As for why the state removed The Walt Disney Company from its approved investment list, Loftis explained in a statement to staff, "Disney has abandoned its fiduciary responsibilities to its investors and customers by joining far-left activist in boycotting legal, taxpaying, employment-creating corporations to further Disney's political agenda." He further noted that "multi-billion-dollar corporations should not engage in boycotts designed to silence legitimate debate. Since America's founding, freedom of speech has been one of its core principles, and Disney should not engage in nefarious practices aimed at silencing those with less power and money."Legal Mindset, a lawyer who specializes in the exact kind of special tax district laws that Disney was abusing in its Reedy Creek Improvement District grift, discusses the various laws Disney broke in this video, and the possibility of a state criminal RICO action that can be brought against all the former RCID officers -- and Disney's corporate officers, including Bob Iger, for misuse of public funds.
Finally, Disney is desperately rewriting history on their coming Snow White bomb, pretending that Rachel Ziegler always had the utmost respect for the original 1938 film, and also pretending that they always intended to have CGI dwarves in the movie, rather than the bizarre vagabond Phish roadies we'd already seen in leaked set photos. Oh, and they're playing the "Only Racists Could Dislike This Film" card again, for the thousandth time. Can you believe that? Because I'm totally surprised.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 04:51 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 04:51 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 04:52 PM (krqg6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 13, 2023 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 04:53 PM (krqg6)
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 13, 2023 04:53 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 04:54 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 04:54 PM (jGiYr)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 04:54 PM (d3Zv7)
Posted by: browndog on the run at December 13, 2023 04:54 PM (pY+ea)
Oh, and they're playing the "Only Racists Could Dislike This Film" card again, for the thousandth time. Can you believe that? Because I'm totally surprised.
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Their polling and focus group testing must have been terrible.
I wonder if there's been a test screening. Has to have been. Probably terrible results.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 13, 2023 04:54 PM (GBKbO)
The cards are overpowered crap for the most part and they've oversaturated the market with various interpretations.
The Lord of the Rings cards were perhaps the worst offenders since the world and lore are NOT compatible with the "color-pie" philosophy that governs Magic: The Gathering rules.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 04:55 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at December 13, 2023 04:55 PM (2A0Z/)
Posted by: Taggart at December 13, 2023 04:56 PM (og5mY)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 04:56 PM (jGiYr)
When this happens, do the Chinese toy factories literally 'slash' the slave laborers to pieces?
Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 13, 2023 04:56 PM (MvF+J)
Putting in language pandering to the alphabet people, their multifarious sexual dysfunctions, and insisting on modern treatments of such things in a game where one's character could actually be transformed and/or cursed into the opposite sex, or into an animal, or a monster, so what's the point in having a "trans character"....
*smh*
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2023 04:56 PM (ou9hh)
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It's the course-setter, yes. One of the reasons why the progs appear to moving to counter Peltz. They don't want to lose money - nobody does - but they would much rather piss money down Disney than allow it to pivot away from being the billion-ton gorilla in pushing The Message.
Just like with X. If they can't control it, they would rather destroy it. That's easier, because it's just Musk's money.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (zxP/x)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 04:54 PM (jGiYr)
After TSR went bankrupt, it was acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997, but Hasbro in turn purchased WotC in 2000.
In a better world, this downturn in Hasbro's business would force them to sell the Dungeons & Dragons IP to someone who actually respected it.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (2A0Z/)
Just like in Star Wars when the painted a weird gray smoo over the original fat Irish Jabba walking with Han in the hanger, then ended up cutting the scene entirely.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (gmo/4)
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That card seems to work on the NPCs
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (jGiYr)
Damn you.
Yeah, Rachel Zigler is acting like she's a white girl. Even wearing white tights in that video, having her hair done like she's competing for prom queen in 1975. Her voice is even changed. Less of the deep, I'm a tough grrrrl tone.
And I'm sorry, the gal who played the little mermaid, she's just not a handsome woman, no matter how much you try to doll her up.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (QBaJw)
Also, how rich do you have to be to get a woman to marry you while sporting the name Cock?
Posted by: Orson at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (dIske)
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Perlmutter violated the cardinal rule: he told the truth.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (zxP/x)
Nothing, I mean nothing, makes you happier to come to work and more diligent in performing your duties than wondering, for weeks on end, if you're going to lose your job today.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (d3Zv7)
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 04:59 PM (v0R5T)
If you have a spare 200 million laying around I bet you could pick it up.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 04:59 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 13, 2023 04:59 PM (JrojV)
yeah
I don't know about M:tG. I always hear about it Wokifying D&D. The latest gayballs shit is that they have sensitivity readers telling them to take out references to tribes or peoples or races being "savage" and telling them to replace the word with "passionate" or something. (OMG.)
On D&D, though, Professor DungeonMaster (Great channel) makes the point that D&D is a very small part of Hasbro's business so no matter how woke it gets, you really can't say it has an impact on Hasbro's bottom line. M:tG definitely could.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2023 04:59 PM (KRtlO)
The people who wrecked D and D will I bet not be the ones who get trebucheted under the bus.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (X0I7i)
Nothing, I mean nothing, makes you happier to come to work and more diligent in performing your duties than wondering, for weeks on end, if you're going to lose your job today.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (uvymP)
That’s a way to get people to quit instead of firing them. It saves money on severance pay.
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (d3Zv7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (MoZTd)
Hasbro? Cocks?
Do Better.
DO.
BETTER.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (JrojV)
Say, would that the half of the country more likely to have both children and sufficient disposable income to purchase overpriced crap?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at December 13, 2023 04:57 PM (2A0Z/)
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Ain't gonna happen. It's the perfect vehicle for grooming kids into the LGBTQ+ lifestyle. Role-playing games allow people to assume their "true" identity.
I've seen the gaming association at the university where I work mostly taken over by the LGBTQ+ crowd, as small as it is around here.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (uvymP)
We will continue to lay off more of you until morale improves!
Posted by: BurtTC at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (QBaJw)
Magic the Garnering went woke factor 3, they managed to piss off three kingdoms fans with their latest on that front.
I am not a player I am a three kingdoms fan and they were reduced to bitching about it on video game forums.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: San Fran Nan at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (HFfw4)
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Imagine what junior high must've been like for a guy with that name.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (XQKub)
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It's a valuable propaganda organ.
The real question in my mind is not whether Disney will survive, because it will.
But we're already - finally - seeing a shift in media consumption. Foreign content has finally been able to breach this market, and it will continue. Korea rather than Japan will probably be the biggest player in this, but it won't be just Korea and Japan, either, and don't count out India or Australia, either (and a few others).
This is a problem. If American media - led by Disney - is pushing The Message in all things but nobody goes because they'd rather go see that Korea rom-com that doesn't, there's no way out of the trap other than forbidding TV/movie imports. Will they go that far?
I dunno. But that's my question.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (zxP/x)
And I was planning on spending my Bonus this year on putting a Pool for the family.
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (jGiYr)
Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2023 05:02 PM (KRtlO)
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I wish they'd stop. My ass hurts. Like, *really* hurts.
Posted by: The Chicken at December 13, 2023 05:02 PM (zxP/x)
Posted by: nckate at December 13, 2023 05:02 PM (SnxUt)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:02 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (MoZTd)
But at least my lunch is free.
Posted by: Korben Dallas at December 13, 2023 05:02 PM (QBaJw)
oh yeah, none.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (eoQWY)
Nothing, I mean nothing, makes you happier to come to work and more diligent in performing your duties than wondering, for weeks on end, if you're going to lose your job today.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Anyone who comes into work everyday and doesn't think today may be their last is a fool.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: The Guy who always emboldens Unexpectedly . . . at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (4Winp)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (OZtA4)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (gmo/4)
Holy Shit! Bob Iger is an election denier?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (MoZTd)
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Yep. Even where I work. Though I did pass my performance review today. Just need to make a few tweaks to my self-evaluation before final submission.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (7fElN)
Every year, with the biggest draws being family movies, of course.
Sell outs all day.
Whole families at home with nothing to do.
That Disney has not had a Thanksgiving hit for how many years now?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (TzW+Y)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (XqcwY)
"Good luck" remember they accuse *us* of being xenophobes.
F*ck Korea is sorta pushing open migration in its idiot wing...I'd go.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:05 PM (X0I7i)
November and December are called Hunting Season for a reason.
You may be fired but you have the consolation of knowing you've helped your CEO get a bigger bonus.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:05 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 05:05 PM (fwDg9)
yeah that was a big one.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2023 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:06 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (MoZTd)
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My company is in the process of being acquired and we're getting inklings of the numbers for how many are going to be bounced.
It is oddly only *now* that I am hearing lots of buzz about worry from a lot of people. This acquisition has been in the works for more than a year. Some people left immediately. Some people said, "okay, we'll see what happens, but I think I have good chances so it's time to get those savings up and be prepared to lose my job if it happens."
Those two groups comprise a distinct and fairly small minority. The ones who are now starting to worry and didn't do so until we got to the 11th hour, are about half. The rest still aren't worried. A serious majority took no steps to prepare for what is now to happen.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 05:06 PM (zxP/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 13, 2023 05:06 PM (IZPBd)
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Imagine what junior high must've been like for a guy with that name.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 13, 2023 05:01 PM (XQKub)
Gonna assume his birth name was Cox, and he changed it.
Because.
Posted by: Korben Dallas at December 13, 2023 05:07 PM (QBaJw)
Posted by: All the curmudgeons like me decamped long ago, WoTC can't lose our business again at December 13, 2023 05:07 PM (fqXci)
The killer was always "Hat and whip sold separately."
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 13, 2023 05:08 PM (FCs/J)
Posted by: Taggart at December 13, 2023 05:08 PM (og5mY)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (d3Zv7)
As I understand it, the younger generation just doesn't work until the company lets them go. I'm not saying that they might be onto something there, just reporting what I've heard.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 05:08 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 13, 2023 05:08 PM (FCs/J)
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Been there. Shoulda read the fine print.
Posted by: Unsatisfied customer of a professional dominatrix at December 13, 2023 05:09 PM (zxP/x)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:09 PM (MoZTd)
To wit:
Elon Musk
Ike Perlmutter
The entire f*cking State of Florida
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2023 05:09 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 13, 2023 05:10 PM (R4t5M)
The brand is hurt there is an OSR war going on and they did not try the "subscription model in 2021" model for the next ed for no reason.
I think my favorite was the woketards tacitly saying that Orc are the inner city African-Americans obviously and they are too just as intelligent as anyone!
Been playing the game since 79, literally NO one ever said that snoop dog was a humanoid.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:10 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 13, 2023 05:10 PM (QBaJw)
Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 13, 2023 05:10 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2023 05:11 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 13, 2023 05:11 PM (MvF+J)
To wit:
Elon Musk
Ike Perlmutter
The entire f*cking State of Florida
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2023 05:09 PM (guGkK)
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It's the last that is likely to be most disastrous.
The feds will pretend to investigate but decline to anything beyond some small fines to save face. Florida, though, is gearing up to go after Disney in a big way - ways that could be devastatingly expensive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 05:11 PM (zxP/x)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:03 PM (MoZTd)
It's one thing to know that you're mortal, it's another for the CEO to say "we're going to fire a lot of you within the next few months, gosh, I hope that doesn't affect your planning for the future".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2023 05:11 PM (guGkK)
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You've led an unusual life. I look forward to your memoir.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (zxP/x)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (JrojV)
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (aD39U)
Their high was almost 150 years ago, hit 73 back in this September.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Burgermeister Meisterburger at December 13, 2023 05:13 PM (hqVaF)
You're an expert, in economics?
Are you sure?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 13, 2023 05:13 PM (TzW+Y)
The latest DND licensing agreement came out this year which attempted to claim ownership of any creative content that people would make with it, effectively giving WotC the ability to take an arbitrarily large cut from groups like Critical Role, who make a living playing the game on YouTube, or anyone that sells fan-made content. This was met with huge backlash among the role playing game community.
They have also been, in my opinion as a (formerly) fairly serious Magic The Gathering player, squeezing that IP dry by doing increasing crossover sets, among other things.
They’re doing the woke stuff too, but like Disney, they also aren’t actually making an entertaining product any more, and a lot of people are starting to get disillusioned.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at December 13, 2023 05:13 PM (fKIdX)
Posted by: Overpaid consultant at December 13, 2023 05:13 PM (HFfw4)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:13 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2023 05:11 PM (guGkK)
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You've led an unusual life. I look forward to your memoir.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (zxP/x)
This is why I never made my fortune. I was importing knock-off Barnaby Jones sex toys.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 13, 2023 05:14 PM (QBaJw)
Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 13, 2023 05:14 PM (p+SGv)
Do we have an award winner for moving the Woke Goalposts?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:14 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:15 PM (di6C2)
Imagine what junior high must've been like for a guy with that name.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Carol Cox is a pron performer out of Canada. Her schtick is the housewife next door kind of thing.
I'm sure her kids are well balanced.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 13, 2023 05:15 PM (x7plP)
That you are confused about something so obvious trends to suggest you may not exactly be a expert.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 13, 2023 05:15 PM (TzW+Y)
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at December 13, 2023 05:15 PM (fKIdX)
>I am suspicious.
I filled up late last night. Sounds about right, to me.
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 05:16 PM (jGiYr)
Do we have an award winner for moving the Woke Goalposts?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:14 PM (xaFKb)
The sad part is that 'Old Guy' was a huge fan of Dr Who. His lifelong dream was to be the Doctor. And they bent him over and had him take it up the ass.
Get something you always wanted, and it's broken.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (di6C2)
Third Edition D&D was the last good edition IMO. After that it's all cookie cutter characters, and very stringent rulesets which leave out a lot of imagination.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (nnp+f)
A cartoon I once saw had an employee seeing an executive at a desk, while a disconsolate guy stood at the side. The executive was saying, "It's all right, Johnson. I can hear your report, write this memo and fire this guy at the same time."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (iziT8)
Hasbro at 49.90, up one and a half. Great move, Cocks.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (FCs/J)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (RSbhh)
Posted by: Paladin at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (3YWub)
I am suspicious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:15 PM (di6C2)
Demand for fuel is falling as the economy collapses.
I paid $2.69 yesterday.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (DRSnL)
Anyone who gets out of bed in the morning and doesn't think this day could be their last is a fool.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (MeG8a)
.....
Nickname: "Tiny".
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:12 PM (v0R5T)
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Or "Limp."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (XQKub)
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at December 13, 2023 05:13 PM (fKIdX)
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There seem to be just two main types of players of Magic: The Gathering nowadays: The competitive player that netdecks for Friday Night Magic and the Commander player that netdecks for that environment.
No real room for the casual, kitchen-table player that just throws cards together to see what happens....
It's why the cards are such OP crap now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (iziT8)
It's not unlike the "climate scientist" standing in 3 feet of snow warning that the planet will literally burst into flame in 2 hours unless everyone starts worshipping a Swedish Gnome.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: Mishdog at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (aoSA0)
I paid $2.69 yesterday.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (aD39U)
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I paid that yesterday, too, in California. That's the price per quart, right?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (XQKub)
Third Edition D&D was the last good edition IMO. After that it's all cookie cutter characters, and very stringent rulesets which leave out a lot of imagination.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (xaFKb)
Jah, that's why I still play First Edition Pathfinder. Everything that's come afterwards has a been a step back from creativity and a step towards dumbing the game down.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (xcxpd)
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Related:
The ISM said that its manufacturing PMI was unchanged at 46.7 last month. It was the 13th consecutive month that the PMI stayed below 50, which indicates contraction in manufacturing.
Note that in November, factory employment declined further as hiring slowed and layoffs increased.
Posted by: Jay in PA at December 13, 2023 05:19 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (MeG8a)
I was just looking at my barn and thinking maybe I should tear it down and build a bigger one.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:19 PM (aD39U)
It's one thing to know that you're mortal, it's another for the CEO to say "we're going to fire a lot of you within the next few months, gosh, I hope that doesn't affect your planning for the future".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
_________
I thought that what I was trying to say. Every day, nothing stops them from calling you in for a talk.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:19 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (xaFKb)
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I thought 3rd Edition D&D was rather rules-heavy in my opinion. The "Living Greyhawk" idea was kind of neat, but it did mean that there wasn't much room for "kitchen-table" D&D where you just made stuff up on the fly. It was organized play instead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 05:19 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:18 PM (iziT
*purrs*
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:19 PM (di6C2)
Anyone who gets out of bed in the morning and doesn't think this day could be their last is a fool.
Posted by: gourmand du jour:"
He's not wrong.
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (aGT/k)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (iziT
.......
That or Harry.
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:21 PM (aD39U)
Hasbro at 49.90, up one and a half."
Fed Reserve announced likely to cut rates in 2024 ... a signal "market" was waiting for ... or not waiting, since it was already close to all time high.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 13, 2023 05:21 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (iziT
.......
That or Harry.
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (v0R5T)
Or Bob
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:21 PM (xcxpd)
But that was a more decent, human and empathic time.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 13, 2023 05:21 PM (nnp+f)
I just heard the Williams Sonoma and Pottery Barn in the Christiana Mall is closing. That mall used to have the highest sales per sq. ft. of any mall in the nation. That metric was partly due to people from PA shopping there to avoid sales tax.
But W-S and PB are the grandaddies of upscale discretionary homeware spending in the retail world. This does not bode well.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2023 05:21 PM (dCxaZ)
his poor sister.
Posted by: ace
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Bill Cox @BillCoxswain Dec 9 Replying to @catturd2
I would take your opinion seriously if you name literally wasn't Catturd.
Catturd ™ @catturd2 Dec 9
Okay, Mr. Cox
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 05:22 PM (krqg6)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (aGT/k)
My faith in humanity has gone into the crapper. I looked up 'Fran Drescher in Spinal Tap' and not one photo showed her killing that slit almost to her navel dress.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:22 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (Dm8we)
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I always get Risk and Stratego mixed up.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 13, 2023 05:22 PM (DRSnL)
Ukraine is weak.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
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Ukraine is weak? Fucking Ukraine is weak? You're weak! I've been in this business 15 years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:23 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:17 PM (xaFKb)
Honestly, I prefer narratively driven games like FATE to any edition of actual DND.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at December 13, 2023 05:24 PM (fKIdX)
I was elated, I hated that job.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 13, 2023 05:24 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 04:58 PM (uvymP)
That’s a way to get people to quit instead of firing them. It saves money on severance pay.
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:00 PM (d3Zv7)
And good employees are going to bail because they know they can get a job and beat the useless ones to the job market
Posted by: Beartooth at December 13, 2023 05:24 PM (4iIQh)
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
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Ukraine is weak? Fucking Ukraine is weak? You're weak! I've been in this business 15 years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:23 PM (MoZTd)
If we just had some good leads...like those Glengarry leads....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:24 PM (xcxpd)
One takes about 15 minutes to play and the other takes about 15 days.
Posted by: Wally at December 13, 2023 05:24 PM (hqVaF)
Posted by: I prefer the older, simpler stuff at December 13, 2023 05:25 PM (fqXci)
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:25 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:19 PM (MoZTd)
I get that. Generally, though, people who get glowing reviews year after year and get all their work done correctly and on time don't expect to suddenly lose their jobs. When the company announces that a significant number of people, probably people who've never previously given serious consideration that they might lose their job, are going to lose their job... it hurts morale.
Better to sack up and do the deed up front. You'd think I guy with a name like Cocks would have a big enough dick to do that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 13, 2023 05:25 PM (uvymP)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 13, 2023 05:25 PM (XQKub)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:25 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2023 05:26 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2023 05:26 PM (i9ffA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:27 PM (RSbhh)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2023 05:27 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: WisRich at December 13, 2023 05:27 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at December 13, 2023 04:55 PM (2A0Z/)
Going to see Godzilla tomorrow night. Saw the original (Americanized 1956 version with Raymond Burr) in August 1956 when I was 9. Been hooked since. Great entertainment.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 13, 2023 05:27 PM (iODuv)
Two Japanese studios have made blockbusters for this season:
Studio Ghibli just released "The Boy and the Heron" which topped the box office this past weekend.
And "Godzilla Minus One" is still holding strong.
BOTH movies were made at 10% of the Disney "blockbuster" budgets, but have also both exceeded box office expectations because they BOTH tell emotional and engaging stories WITHOUT any of that "WOKE" shit.
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:27 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Davis T. Bungholes at December 13, 2023 05:27 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:28 PM (d3Zv7)
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:28 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 13, 2023 05:28 PM (x7plP)
Posted by: spindrift at December 13, 2023 05:29 PM (B/KRV)
I saw the Bizarre Vagabond Phish Roadies open for Widespread Panic at Music Midtown in 2018.
Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 13, 2023 05:29 PM (G1SSE)
Toys R Us made the mistake of contributing to people whose business consists of killing Toys R Us's future customers.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2023 05:29 PM (ou9hh)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:29 PM (d3Zv7)
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Literally, me too. Always lost to whoever had South America, whether combined with Africa to start or N.A. but I was never first out.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (krqg6)
The phrase that has always been the tell for me in the tech industry is "filling the pipeline." When sales have sucked all year but all the VP of sales talks about is how they're filling the pipeline, you know you're screwed.
Posted by: Chris Christie at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Chuck C at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (xttsV)
Lmfao
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (zMwaE)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (pohLc)
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: Chuck C a
Courteney Cox > Chris "Loves" Cocks>>>>>>>>Laverne Cox
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (zMwaE)
I use Toys'r'Us as an example when talking to weak normies...
"Toys'r'Us" which relies literally on kids for a market backed planned parenthood...
make that make sense
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: JD at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (JTyPA)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (zMwaE)
Oh yeah. Setup took forever but great game. I have it on PC too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:30 PM (X0I7i)
You know one that hooked me and had me spend a crap ton before I broke the habit? Axis and Allies mini game. Loved that one.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (di6C2)
Quite a game can take 1.5 years....
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (X0I7i)
PC you say
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (zMwaE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (MoZTd)
- Bob, NSA er, Bob's consulting emporium
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (pohLc)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (xcxpd)
Hearts of Iron 3.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:33 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:33 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: "Rachel" Levine at December 13, 2023 05:33 PM (hqVaF)
Posted by: Colonel Bernie Sanders at December 13, 2023 05:33 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Colonel Bernie Sanders
One of each color!
-Comrade Bernie
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:34 PM (MGB5H)
Going to see Godzilla Minus One tonight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:34 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Colonel Bernie Sanders at December 13, 2023 05:33 PM (17s+e)
Buy? That’s racist capitalism talk. The govt will give for free.
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:34 PM (d3Zv7)
Hasbro at 49.90, up one and a half."
Fed Reserve announced likely to cut rates in 2024 ... a signal "market" was waiting for ... or not waiting, since it was already close to all time high.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 13, 2023 05:21 PM (Cus5s
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Boost that shit up so I can do a PEPP on my 401k in 2025.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (cMXNt)
http://tinyurl.com/529ww3hp
I plan to replace original pieces with historically-accurate 5mm-tall toy soldiers on appropriately-sized bases but haven't got around to it even during the lockdowns bullshit.
My version:
http://tinyurl.com/sdy4wjhs
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (krqg6)
"It's pronounced COKES!"
Posted by: Halfhand at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (E+3bw)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (xcxpd)
Hearts of Iron 3.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:33 PM (di6C2)
I mostly played HOI 4, but 3 was good too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Wally at December 13, 2023 05:35 PM (hqVaF)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (7EjX1)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:32 PM (zMwaE)
jah, they have it on Steam. Should be on sale starting Dec 21st
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:28 PM (d3Zv7)
Even with a 5-4 republican majority there is a 80% chance the left wins.
Posted by: Colonel Bernie Sanders at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (17s+e)
Going to see Godzilla Minus One tonight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, a
I cant wait to see both, I absolutely LOVE Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Fell in love when I saw Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 13, 2023 05:36 PM (pohLc)
I hope his mother's maiden name was Fuchs.
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 05:37 PM (jGiYr)
Posted by: still, I'd play A&A if I had things like friends at December 13, 2023 05:37 PM (fqXci)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:37 PM (d3Zv7)
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The Chinese economy is sucking too although I don't know their claimed and/or real unemployment stats.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (krqg6)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:22 PM (di6C2)
Who would have thought 40 years ago that by not selling Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove" that both Sears and K-Mart would be no more.
And damn, she was hawt in that dress.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (aGT/k)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (zMwaE)
Oh yeah. Setup took forever but great game. I have it on PC too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Same here. Spent lots of time on Panzer General on PC too back in the day. I can't find a version that works on current PCs or I'd still be playing it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Xipe Totec a
Wes Anderson. Check out Fantastic Mr Fox and absolute joy!
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Montec at December 13, 2023 05:37 PM (d3Zv7)
A small price to pay to improve Biden’s approval rating in an election year.
Posted by: Kratwurst at December 13, 2023 05:39 PM (nIRE6)
We here know know the real deal. Most of the people laid-off during COVID Insanity were rehired in the same or different laid-off jobs, beginning in 2021. None of those jobs opened due to Bidenomics.
Posted by: Gref at December 13, 2023 05:39 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 05:31 PM (zMwaE)
YAAASSSSSSS!!!!!
Just bought Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 to relive those dreams....!!!!!
Plus I'm a HUGE WW2 Pacific Theater Geek!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:39 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Kratwurst
everything for the state, nothing against the state, or something.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:40 PM (MGB5H)
Ms. Tranny McLesbo
Disney Market Head
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2023 05:40 PM (17s+e)
It's a little weird reading this post with Nancy Pelosi's name attached to it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (RSbhh)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (Dm8we)
gog dot com (good old games) has a Panzer General version that works on modern PCs.
And I'm sorry if that is a time sink for you
Bwa ha ha.
I love that game too. It was great the way you could upgrade your units, save their XP.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Gref
almost all of the 199K jobs created in the last report were the hollywood and auto strikers going back to work.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (MGB5H)
My mom would knock on my door and ask what I was doing in there.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (di6C2)
Not anymore. Unless management changes not going there for the Grandchildren
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2023 05:42 PM (PQ4m2)
My mom would knock on my door and ask what I was doing in there.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (cMXNt)
INVADING KAMCHATKA!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:42 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
Damn few surprise moves against the other guy - amirite?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 13, 2023 05:43 PM (x7plP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (di6C2)
Played versions 1-3 of Steel Panthers. Version 3 had a Golan Heights scenario that was very illuminating.
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:43 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:43 PM (gmo/4)
I love that game too. It was great the way you could upgrade your units, save their XP.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Thanks. Or damn you, sir. Not sure which yet.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:43 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Ciampino - Too windy - you must stop eating balloons at December 13, 2023 05:44 PM (qfLjt)
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Well, maybe Florida will prosecute. Somehow I don't expect Merrick Garland to be all over this.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 13, 2023 05:44 PM (brAQZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:42 PM (di6C2)
———
That’s what exactly what I said.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:44 PM (cMXNt)
My dad, and every one of my uncles.
Eventually they got pretty good at it.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 13, 2023 05:44 PM (FCs/J)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:38 PM (Dm8we)
Panzer Corps was a worthy successor to Panzer General. I play it occasionally when I get the urge for some eastern Lebensraum.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 13, 2023 05:44 PM (4iIQh)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 13, 2023 05:45 PM (ytSiK)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 05:04 PM (7fElN)
This next period I'm going to try not to come into work with a debilitating hangover and basically be worthless during the morning hours. I'm going to start drinking as soon as I get here. You know, smooth it all out for higher perceived efficiency.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 13, 2023 05:45 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2023 05:45 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:46 PM (e/Osv)
Before computer games SSI and Avalon Hill board garmes were my best friends!
-SLV
__________
Gettysburg!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:47 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 05:47 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
Damn few surprise moves against the other guy - amirite?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 13, 2023 05:43 PM (x7plP)
———
There was the freedom loving Ken and then the megalomaniac dictator Ken. There was also “small state dealt bad cards begging for mercy” Ken too.
At one point I think I programmed my TI99/4a to do the board set up selections.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:47 PM (cMXNt)
If you played Steel Panthers World At War I am "sven" from the old days at Matrix who helped scrub and tweak the MOBs.
Ammo Sgt and I worked on the armor pentration tables as well.
Rune Iversen and I are still in touch some.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:47 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:47 PM (MoZTd)
LOVED IT!!!!!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:48 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:48 PM (X0I7i)
The stone bridge was a meat grinder. I held it once with like a group of 5 confederates.
'But they're pretty tough.'
-my buddy and I circa 1994(?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:48 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 13, 2023 05:48 PM (RUkY9)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:22 PM (di6C2)
Would this one do?
http://tinyurl.com/ymavseh3
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 13, 2023 05:49 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2023 05:49 PM (ufFY8)
My mom would knock on my door and ask what I was doing in there.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:41 PM (cMXNt)
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So you played "Risk" with yourself? Was that what the kids called it?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2023 05:49 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:50 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2023 05:49 PM (17s+e)
———-
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:50 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 13, 2023 05:50 PM (iODuv)
No, no: Cocks. So that would be my cousin, Noalda.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 13, 2023 05:50 PM (FCs/J)
I hope his mother's maiden name was Fuchs.
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2023 05:37 PM (jGiYr)
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That would have made Leno's Wedding Announcements on The Tonight Show.
Now what if her maiden name were Kuntz?
Posted by: Ciampino - Your name? at December 13, 2023 05:51 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:51 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2023 05:51 PM (CmpAD)
Learning to understand the naval game well enough to do island hopping is a long-term endeavor...
I would pay good money to have an updated global multi-force version of Koei's PTO II
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:52 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: Lost in Space a
passed on party lines
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:53 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 13, 2023 05:48 PM (RUkY9)
.......
Joe's in bed. He'll hear the results tomorrow.
Posted by: wth at December 13, 2023 05:53 PM (v0R5T)
It will be open season on corruption
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 05:53 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:20 PM (Dm8we)
My favorite play with Risk was hunkering down in Australia
Reenacting On The Beach
Posted by: browndog on the run at December 13, 2023 05:54 PM (pY+ea)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:54 PM (xaFKb)
idiots.
Joey Plugz will be impeached but not removed.
Go donkeys.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:55 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 13, 2023 05:50 PM (cMXNt)
I think he's making a joke about masturbation?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:56 PM (RSbhh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:51 PM (di6C2)
Yeah, I can't explain how many hours I spent recreating the Holy Roman Empire in that game...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:56 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:51 PM (di6C2)
Hahahaha.
Steel Panthers 3, the secret was logistics, namely ammunition resupply.
Reminded of the quote, "Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics." attributed to Norm Schwarzkopf (who I had the opportunity to meet early in my career).
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:56 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Ripley at December 13, 2023 05:56 PM (PTDkx)
Lad's girlfriend was in awe that we used to launch jarts at each other.
Posted by: sven at December 13, 2023 05:57 PM (X0I7i)
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:50 PM (e/Osv)
A guy in Fresno recreated that game with miniatures... was pretty awsome.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:58 PM (xaFKb)
I'm glad you said this, DE Ace, because it's a truth too many pretend isn't happening. Go Woke Go Broke isn't reality. The wokest companies in America may not have the piles of cash they used to, but they have more than enough to keep going.
These tyrannical fuckheads play the long game, while too many people on our side get all giddy over stupid slogans.
Posted by: Charles Nelson Reilly at December 13, 2023 05:58 PM (h8c/W)
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks announced layoffs for 1,100 workers in a Monday memo to employees, cuts which come in addition to the roughly 800 jobs eliminated earlier this year.
Aptly named fellow, no? Gotta reduce headcount in the wake of declining sales so the rest of the C-suite and the department heads can all get their bonus checks!
Posted by: At this point, fuck corporate America. at December 13, 2023 05:58 PM (wtpA4)
Posted by: sven a
Dart and bottle rocket fights were a regulars for us.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 05:58 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: washrivergal at December 13, 2023 05:58 PM (CmpAD)
Posted by: sven
___________
BB gun wars.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 13, 2023 05:59 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2023 05:56 PM (xaFKb)
Crusader Kings 2 allowed you to take saves from that game and upload them to Europa Universalis 3. I did a Byzantium run in CKII where I reconquered Rome (which turns you from Byzantium into 'Rome, red background, special edicts and perks.) When you take that then into EU3. It's not exactly 'challenging'...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 05:59 PM (di6C2)
I wish we had a Pelosi on our side. Absolutely ruthless.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 06:00 PM (zMwaE)
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 05:56 PM (e/Osv)
That was Ike, wasn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 06:00 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 13, 2023 06:00 PM (hHI1t)
I wish we had a Pelosi on our side. Absolutely ruthless.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 13, 2023 06:00 PM (zMwaE)
++++
I'll give her that.
Posted by: washrivergal at December 13, 2023 06:01 PM (CmpAD)
Rly? Finally?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying
it is
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2023 06:01 PM (MGB5H)
Until my cousin ended up with a dead center head shot between his eyes.
He was fine, but the BB stuck there for a couple minutes until we touched it.....
How we survived to adulthood...??????
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 06:01 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 06:00 PM (di6C2)
Close. It was Omar Bradley.
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 06:02 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: That Northernlurke embracing the suckd at December 13, 2023 06:02 PM (hCt6Y)
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 13, 2023 06:03 PM (krqg6)
>>Rly? Finally?
Miyazake came out of retirement to make this film.
Go see it, it's really good, then go see Godzilla Minus One, that's really good too.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 13, 2023 06:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 13, 2023 06:04 PM (hHI1t)
Posted by: Archer at December 13, 2023 06:02 PM (gmo/4)
Always in Patton's shadow, but was really awesome in his own right.
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 13, 2023 06:04 PM (e/Osv)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 13, 2023 06:04 PM (HFfw4)
Posted by: That Northernlurke embracing the suckd at December 13, 2023 06:02 PM (hCt6Y)
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It's fun for a girl and a boy and a Non-Binary Trans Pan Cis Two-Spirit Androgynous Neither-Nether!
Posted by: Charles Nelson Reilly at December 13, 2023 06:05 PM (h8c/W)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 13, 2023 06:05 PM (di6C2)
And then odd rumors started to emerge. There were claims that He-Man died in the first episode, and the protagonist was a (newly butch) female supporting character. Smith denied the claims.
Spoiler warning: the claims were true.
The series flopped, and the money machine didn't go "Brrrrrrr!"
Posted by: junior at December 13, 2023 06:06 PM (TVtJI)
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=390331
Sounds like I need to do an update to computer games, if there is interest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 06:12 PM (u82oZ)
We'll see how far this goes I guess...
Posted by: Boswell at December 13, 2023 06:14 PM (K+UlC)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 13, 2023 06:15 PM (hirWM)
Haven't bought a thing since 4th edition, and that was merely bad, not retarded.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 13, 2023 06:22 PM (BLOW1)
Posted by: free tibet at December 13, 2023 06:24 PM (rt+91)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 13, 2023 06:27 PM (hirWM)
That's not actually true, Ace. The term was first used in Philadelphia in the mid-70s by LEOs to describe the added calls associated with all the shoppers and those coming for a particular sporting event (the specifics of which escape me right now).
Almost everyone I know in retail has told me that they run profits throughout the year. The one exception was a guy who started up a restaurant. He wasn't turning a profit after five months and couldn't afford to stay open.
Posted by: Simon Jester at December 13, 2023 07:15 PM (YqF8J)
Hasbro can suck all the dicks. Just die already.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 13, 2023 07:45 PM (3l+9v)
They are also stuck with a messaging problem for their planned new products.
On top of that, they want to make it a lifestyle rather than a game, and sell clothes, mugs, and other nonsense rather than game products.
They also want to "monetize" the game by making it a microtransaction product, which will require restricting it to a house server, and that will cause more customer alienation. Assuming of course they can finally make a digital product, something they have failed at repeatedly in the past because they try to do it on the cheap.
As it goes, they have already fired some of their top D&D designers with this, so they are likely some other internal issues going on.
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