Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

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So guys if this deal fells through in a couple of months, what do you think will happen?

a) Xbox division gets shutdown

b) Xbox will be restructured as 3rd Party developer

c) Microsoft will try to go after Ubisoft after some time passed
 
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The last page of the era thread are very on Point about of most of the xbots on era are right wing nuts

And only in that thread among its miscreants is "suddenly" being okay with right-leaning people and affiliations OK.

Try that in ANY other thread, and the mods will ban you ASAP. I mean we already know at least some of Reset's mods are political grifters and virtue signalers, one of them got exposed buying & playing Hogwarts on Steam after all. But it is so funny how in the ABK thread most of the pro-Xbox people for the acquisition have warmed right up to conservative publications and individuals (iirc Florian Muller is Conservative/right-wing too, correct?) just so that they can keep the pro-acquisition hype train going.

Meanwhile the same forum put a bullseye out for Jim Ryan for simply reminding employees that even if they are liberal or conservative on topics like abortion, they are still coworkers and have to work together to get things done. Apparently that was "going too far", but openly sharing right-wing pro-acquisition hit pieces from Conservative UK authors attempting to indoctrinate public perception in favor of the deal is perfectly fine, when it's Microsoft.

There may still be some decent posters there but Reset as a forum is complete 🐶💩
 

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And only in that thread among its miscreants is "suddenly" being okay with right-leaning people and affiliations OK.

Try that in ANY other thread, and the mods will ban you ASAP. I mean we already know at least some of Reset's mods are political grifters and virtue signalers, one of them got exposed buying & playing Hogwarts on Steam after all. But it is so funny how in the ABK thread most of the pro-Xbox people for the acquisition have warmed right up to conservative publications and individuals (iirc Florian Muller is Conservative/right-wing too, correct?) just so that they can keep the pro-acquisition hype train going.

Meanwhile the same forum put a bullseye out for Jim Ryan for simply reminding employees that even if they are liberal or conservative on topics like abortion, they are still coworkers and have to work together to get things done. Apparently that was "going too far", but openly sharing right-wing pro-acquisition hit pieces from Conservative UK authors attempting to indoctrinate public perception in favor of the deal is perfectly fine, when it's Microsoft.

There may still be some decent posters there but Reset as a forum is complete 🐶💩
Just like how they suddenly became fans of anti-union lulu cheng because she mocked/attacked Sony and any journalist who wrote negative articles about the deal on twitter.
 
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And only in that thread among its miscreants is "suddenly" being okay with right-leaning people and affiliations OK.

Try that in ANY other thread, and the mods will ban you ASAP. I mean we already know at least some of Reset's mods are political grifters and virtue signalers, one of them got exposed buying & playing Hogwarts on Steam after all. But it is so funny how in the ABK thread most of the pro-Xbox people for the acquisition have warmed right up to conservative publications and individuals (iirc Florian Muller is Conservative/right-wing too, correct?) just so that they can keep the pro-acquisition hype train going.

Meanwhile the same forum put a bullseye out for Jim Ryan for simply reminding employees that even if they are liberal or conservative on topics like abortion, they are still coworkers and have to work together to get things done. Apparently that was "going too far", but openly sharing right-wing pro-acquisition hit pieces from Conservative UK authors attempting to indoctrinate public perception in favor of the deal is perfectly fine, when it's Microsoft.

There may still be some decent posters there but Reset as a forum is complete 🐶💩
Yeah, I noticed that. How is it ok to support right wingers trumpers just because they’re pro acquisition? This is pure bullshit.
 
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Just like how they suddenly became fans of anti-union lulu cheng because she mocked/attacked Sony and any journalist who wrote negative articles about the deal on twitter.

Bro some of the stuff with her is near cult-like behavior. I'm sure some of them have shrines with her pictures in their closets, worshipping them and...doing "other" stuff with those pictures, most likely.

Yeah, I noticed that. How is it ok to support right wingers trumpers just because they’re pro acquisition? This is pure bullshit.

If more users on the forum had the confidence to call out the contradiction and hypocrisy, maybe things would be different. What gets me isn't even the allowing of Conservative viewpoints and publications per se (don't like the extremes on either side but the more moderate voices & viewpoints are tolerable & generally reasonable, IMO), but mainly the fact it's just due to them being pro-acquisition and pro-Microsoft. And, the fact they blasted Jim Ryan last year for simply suggesting they needed to be open to tolerate differing perspectives on certain issues when you're coworkers with someone and have to still get the job done.

Like, either allow (tolerable) conservative viewpoints in all cases (obviously, nothing that is racist/sexist/homophobic etc.) or don't allow them at all. But they pick and choose, and apparently it's okay to share pro-capitalist articles from Conservative people and publications when it's beneficial to MS and the ABK deal, huh? Hypocrites.
 

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New Zealand regulators have delayed their decision until a day before the deadline.

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Isnt waiting until the last day basically passive aggressively blocking the deal? Like if Microsoft doesnt know what to think 1 day ahead of time there is no way to plan ahead right?

Other thought, maybe ill eat crow here soon but, the fact Brad Smith hasnt tweeted anything out like "Had a productive meeting the CMA/that hunt guy, looking forward to doing business in the UK" kind of telling? He's usually extremely vocal on twitter about this deal. Maybe im reading too much into it though?
 

Swift_Star

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Isnt waiting until the last day basically passive aggressively blocking the deal? Like if Microsoft doesnt know what to think 1 day ahead of time there is no way to plan ahead right?

Other thought, maybe ill eat crow here soon but, the fact Brad Smith hasnt tweeted anything out like "Had a productive meeting the CMA/that hunt guy, looking forward to doing business in the UK" kind of telling? He's usually extremely vocal on twitter about this deal. Maybe im reading too much into it though?
Yes, you are.
He's not going to trash talk the guy after the meeting, so he's just quiet. It's over and he knows it.
 

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And only in that thread among its miscreants is "suddenly" being okay with right-leaning people and affiliations OK.

Try that in ANY other thread, and the mods will ban you ASAP. I mean we already know at least some of Reset's mods are political grifters and virtue signalers, one of them got exposed buying & playing Hogwarts on Steam after all. But it is so funny how in the ABK thread most of the pro-Xbox people for the acquisition have warmed right up to conservative publications and individuals (iirc Florian Muller is Conservative/right-wing too, correct?) just so that they can keep the pro-acquisition hype train going.

Meanwhile the same forum put a bullseye out for Jim Ryan for simply reminding employees that even if they are liberal or conservative on topics like abortion, they are still coworkers and have to work together to get things done. Apparently that was "going too far", but openly sharing right-wing pro-acquisition hit pieces from Conservative UK authors attempting to indoctrinate public perception in favor of the deal is perfectly fine, when it's Microsoft.

There may still be some decent posters there but Reset as a forum is complete 🐶💩
They are full of shit, and they know it, there is a lot of mods on the xbox side (heck even on the rewards thread) Screenshot_2023-06-07-19-32-45-183_com.android.chrome.jpg

But the funny thing its the merger thread its full of right wing rhetoric, wanting big corpos to win over countries and regulators because the see that was win for xbox,all their arguments are full of shit (ms needs more to compete, even if they have minecraft, doom, Wolfstein, elder scrolls, halo, forza, gears, rare, perfect Dark, fable, some of the biggest ips ever) they are about the Workers(when they want ms to pulll from uk even if destroys the lives of thousands) they are full of shit, they are miserable shitstains, and they arent gracias fooling themselves, they only can do that on era because of biased the mods are, just look at neogaf and icon era,that shit doesnt fly here
 
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But the funny thing its the merger thread its full of right wing rhetoric
Not to go political, i just want to make a correction that corporate cock-sucking is nu-leftie and not right-wing. Right-wingers want some restrictions and regulations on companies.

Modern lefties, especially the far-left lgbtq/woke group, love to wank-off major corporations and companies. Most gaming memes show lefties loving MS, Disney, Apple, Google etc etc. Even the twitterati went mental because Musk (an old school lefty) bought it and brought in old school lefty ideas of freedom. He even dared to suggest peace in Ukraine; another old-school lefty talking point.

Sorry for the derail but it is laughable to say anyone on Ree is right-wing. They even consider the normal left wing as right-wing racists.
 
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riesgoyfortuna

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Not to go political, i just want to make a correction that corporate cock-sucking is nu-leftie and not right-wing. Right-wingers want some restrictions and regulations on companies.

Modern lefties, especially the far-left lgbtq/woke group, love to wank-off major corporations and companies. Most gaming memes show lefties loving MS, Disney, Apple, Google etc etc. Even the twitterati went mental because Musk (an old school lefty) bought it and brought in old school lefty ideas of freedom. He even dared to suggest peace in Ukraine; another old-school lefty talking point.

Sorry for the derail but it is laughable to say anyone on Ree is right-wing. They even consider the normal left wing as right-wing racists.
Here on spain, Brazil and a lot of other countries xbox influencers are pretty far right, and there is a lot of right wing on era, the dont tend to show their colours
 

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Not to go political, i just want to make a correction that corporate cock-sucking is nu-leftie and not right-wing. Right-wingers want some restrictions and regulations on companies.

Modern lefties, especially the far-left lgbtq/woke group, love to wank-off major corporations and companies. Most gaming memes show lefties loving MS, Disney, Apple, Google etc etc. Even the twitterati went mental because Musk (an old school lefty) bought it and brought in old school lefty ideas of freedom. He even dared to suggest peace in Ukraine; another old-school lefty talking point.

Sorry for the derail but it is laughable to say anyone on Ree is right-wing. They even consider the normal left wing as right-wing racists.
They're not right wingers, though the Xbox fanbase is increasingly finding themselves isolated and are turning to right wing talking points and authors to support, since no one else is for the acquisition.

With Reee, it's the hypocrisy more than anything. Any other thread, Hogg Slaw would be banned for being a gamergater. Florian would've been taken out back and shot immediately. Lulu Serves Memesbadly would've been raked over the coals for being a union buster. Bobby Gropin' Kotick wouldn't have anyone wishing he got a fucking payday. UK conservative rags raging against environmental protectionism and bootlicking their corporate masters wouldn't get airtime on a commie forum.
 
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They are full of shit, and they know it, there is a lot of mods on the xbox side (heck even on the rewards thread) View attachment 1545

But the funny thing its the merger thread its full of right wing rhetoric, wanting big corpos to win over countries and regulators because the see that was win for xbox,all their arguments are full of shit (ms needs more to compete, even if they have minecraft, doom, Wolfstein, elder scrolls, halo, forza, gears, rare, perfect Dark, fable, some of the biggest ips ever) they are about the Workers(when they want ms to pulll from uk even if destroys the lives of thousands) they are full of shit, they are miserable shitstains, and they arent gracias fooling themselves, they only can do that on era because of biased the mods are, just look at neogaf and icon era,that shit doesnt fly here

100%. MS have had enough to compete with for a while; I would think people at Zenimax would look at Satya saying they need ABK to compete and say "What, we weren't enough, Microsoft? We aren't good enough?". Heck, maybe that's what Mike Brown and others from Playground thought when they decided to leave and start their own studio.

At the end of the day the hypocrites are the ones who have to look at themselves in the mirror everyday, and contend with the fact they are, in fact, hypocrites. That's their burden, and they chose it freely and openly.

Not to go political, i just want to make a correction that corporate cock-sucking is nu-leftie and not right-wing. Right-wingers want some restrictions and regulations on companies.

I think both sides want regulations and restrictions, just of different types. Among the left they are focused on environmentalism and carbon footprints.

Modern lefties, especially the far-left lgbtq/woke group, love to wank-off major corporations and companies. Most gaming memes show lefties loving MS, Disney, Apple, Google etc etc. Even the twitterati went mental because Musk (an old school lefty) bought it and brought in old school lefty ideas of freedom. He even dared to suggest peace in Ukraine; another old-school lefty talking point.

That is true, but I've noticed that some on the other side do the same when corporations appear to be "anti-woke", because they suddenly think those companies are on "their side". Truth is the companies have vested interest in both, that's also why they donate to Democrat & Republican politicians and groups on the regular. Hell, we've seen that exposed for Microsoft over the course of this ABK circus.

But, yeah, this is kinda going off-topic. That's why I had to throw in the Microsoft part and some of those senators they have given money to in lobbying efforts x3.
 
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