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[Ulfarr]

No one could ever live up to the beauty standard of a Dwarf warrior clad in heavy armor.

[Rolan7]

Doesn't he look real good though?
Small random question, not looking for an answer.

[Iduno]

My replies from the Laughs thread, because there are no laughs to be had here.

Do EA need some goodwill or something? They make boatloads of money making decidedly okay games, they didn’t have to do this.

They make decent money, but they're also impressively one of the least-liked video game companies (and it's well-deserved), in an industry where abusing employees is considered normal.

Eh... probably not. It might not make things better, but it'd be unlikely to make things worse. Same with actiblizz, basically.

None of that is praise for M$, mind. Just acknowledgment of how staggeringly shit the others involved are

Yeah, getting rid of all of the bad actors in actiblizz gets you to the point where you don't have anyone left, and as we see all the time corruption becomes entrenched. "One bad apple spoils the bunch".

[EuchreJack]

So how common is it to try to pay a bill, give up after 5+ minutes (Each. Word. And. Syllable. Needed. A. 2. Second. Pause) because the robot wants you to agree that you were agreeing to pay the amount with the credit card when you agreed to pay the amount, and agreed to use a credit card, and agreed that it was the correct information, and then the robot hears you breathing and you need to restart because it thought you were talking?

This is after wasting an hour going to the company's store to see if there's a problem with my bill because it arrives about half of the time. There's not, so I assume it's a scam to charge late fees, because we're a very anti-regulation state, so everything is a scam.

I've totally done stuff like that.
I'll also add websites that take payments not working.

[None]

wait wait wait why does he have the xbox logo on his helmet

he is a handsome lad tho, and generally brave and noble in ways we might all aspire to be like

[TamerVirus]

It is Gimli of the Console Wars

[Rolan7]

wait wait wait why does he have the xbox logo on his helmet

he is a handsome lad tho, and generally brave and noble in ways we might all aspire to be like

I noticed that after cropping, before posting, and wondered if anyone would notice!
And yeah I stand by what I said.  Man's lovely and you're right, he's a good person.

[Scoops Novel]

What's the strongest superhero the world of today could support?

Put it this way; the world would go mad simply because of his biology if Captain America existed. Guaranteed endless dissection attempts.

How high can you go?

[Il Palazzo]

Probably no stronger than Mumen Rider.

[heydude6]

Look, Mumen Rider is great, but our society can at least support a Batman. Maybe even an Ironman if Tony agrees to sell his technology to the military.

[Egan_BW]

Most powerful? I mean, a huge chunk of the world follow an omnipotent entity, can't get more powerful than that. Past a certain point you have less problems because people start going "you could make a religion out of this."

[Scoops Novel]

Look, Mumen Rider is great, but our society can at least support a Batman. Maybe even an Ironman if Tony agrees to sell his technology to the military.

Can we? Either interpretation of Batman gets too much attention and is a. mobbed by wannabe villains, b. worshipped, including by criminals. Self-defeating for a guy intent on beating up bad guys.

[EuchreJack]

Look, Mumen Rider is great, but our society can at least support a Batman. Maybe even an Ironman if Tony agrees to sell his technology to the military.

Marvel did a "What If" comic where Tony sold his technology to the military and it ruined everything.
...or, we already have Tony Stark, his name is Elon Musk*. 

Argument: Our society can not handle any superheroes.  Even Mumen Rider would be locked up as a criminal.

Or: Thank Goddess we don't have Superheroes, at it means we have no real Supervillains.  Just regular heroes and regular villains.

*Elon would probably go full Lex Luthor if Superman suddenly appeared.  It's probably why Supes and Tony don't exist in the same universe.

[TamerVirus]

Street level heroes like Daredevil or the Punisher could do fine

[EuchreJack]

Street level heroes like Daredevil or the Punisher could do fine

Both those heroes have a distinct advantage over other heroes in that they try to keep their existence secret.  They also come from a law background (Daredevil is an attorney whereas the Punisher used to be a cop), so they both know they're fucked if the cops catch them and how to mitigate that risk.

Hm, does that mean Spider-Man, Superman, and Supergirl would be viable, as their day jobs in the media means they can distort or enhance the fact of their existence as necessary?

Or Batman's rich business interests could be leveraged to also keep his visibility at the point that Gotham City could tolerate?