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[JoshuaFH]

When boofing the blood of Christ just isn't good enough.

[Great Order]

Hit an owl with my car. I'm hoping it isn't dead, the thud wasn't that loud and given the angle it flew into the road it's possible it hit the side in which case it might have been stunned and spun around a bit, but I'm not hopeful.

The only thing I'm glad about is that something like that makes me feel so shit. I'd hate to be the kind of person who could, I dunno, laugh it off or something.

[Eric Blank]

It wasn't your fault, birds are just kinda dumb.

Once, a dove flew out in front of my car while driving, and then turned the direction we were going. I slowed down, but it still slapped ass first into the middle of the windshield with a light thud and slid up to the roof. So you wouldnt be the only one here who had a little giggle at an animals expense.

[King Zultan]

There's always a chance that it isn't dead and can recover.

Just be glad that it didn't shit all over the windshield like what happened when a friend of mine hit a large bird, and that didn't even kill it as if flew away right after doing that.

[McTraveller]

Microsoft looks like it has the green light to buy Activision now.

I don't understand why the media thinks it's about Call of Duty; It's not about Call of Duty!

If people don't understand how what Microsoft did to Minecraft, and is doing to Bethesda properties, isn't bad... I guess they deserve what they get.

Note: I don't dispute that Microsoft has added features to Minecraft.  But they also made it more difficult to use, it now requires a Microsoft account, and cross-platform play is tedious, especially when trying to play with non-Microsoft properties, among other things. Their support is also terrible; we tried to contact them regarding family accounts or something related to Minecraft, and they never responded.

[ChairmanPoo]

I think Microsoft Minecraft is fine and never had any problems.


And honestly Blizzard is a shitty company (though not nearly as objectively bad as Markus Persson) so maybe Microsoft might attenuate its more tedious practices.

[dragdeler]

What annoys me most about it is that the stupid microsoft store that is integrated into windows, will might becoome unavoidable before it will inevitably go through X iterations and where that leaves DRM and acquired permanent licenses, well you can be sure nobody will give a rats ass. MS is weird like that, they do have the highest legacy support built in but at the same time they show time and time again that they will literrally throw their own trademark features over board, just to innovate for innovations sake.

[hector13]

Microsoft looks like it has the green light to buy Activision now.

I don't understand why the media thinks it's about Call of Duty; It's not about Call of Duty!

If people don't understand how what Microsoft did to Minecraft, and is doing to Bethesda properties, isn't bad... I guess they deserve what they get.

Note: I don't dispute that Microsoft has added features to Minecraft.  But they also made it more difficult to use, it now requires a Microsoft account, and cross-platform play is tedious, especially when trying to play with non-Microsoft properties, among other things. Their support is also terrible; we tried to contact them regarding family accounts or something related to Minecraft, and they never responded.

Not yet, they need approval from UK, US, and EU regulators for the deal. The UK regulator has said no, and Microsoft are appealing, and the FTC are challenging it through administrative courts as well as this federal judge thing too.

[TamerVirus]

the FTC are challenging it through administrative courts as well as this federal judge thing too.

Court says Nah to FTC

[hector13]

the FTC are challenging it through administrative courts as well as this federal judge thing too.

Court says Nah to FTC

That was the federal thing I meant. They can appeal, but they’re taking a different route too, at least according to the BBC.

As I say, the UK regulator has already said no. If that isn’t overturned or reviewed, the merger can’t happen.

[Egan_BW]

I think Microsoft Minecraft is fine and never had any problems.


And honestly Blizzard is a shitty company (though not nearly as objectively bad as Markus Persson) so maybe Microsoft might attenuate its more tedious practices.

Adding more evil to the evil empire won't diminish the evil, just make it even worse then the sum of their parts.

[ChairmanPoo]

Its not a matter of evilness. Blizzard as it is... I've not touched one of their products since warcraft 3. The always online stuff sealed the deal.

I think its unlikely microsoft will touch that but here's to hoping

[Frumple]

As I say, the UK regulator has already said no. If that isn’t overturned or reviewed, the merger can’t happen.

Is it actually a "can't happen" or more a "well, they can't operate in the UK" thing? Because I could see them going "lol, who gives a damn about the UK market" at this point, heh. If you got the US and EU markets you can probably pretty safely tell the UK to get stuffed.

... anyway, if it does go through I don't expect it to make either of them worse, and might even make actiblizz somewhat less terrible to its workforce, but I wouldn't have high expectations. "Not worse" does not necessarily entail "better", ha.

[hector13]

As I say, the UK regulator has already said no. If that isn’t overturned or reviewed, the merger can’t happen.

Is it actually a "can't happen" or more a "well, they can't operate in the UK" thing? Because I could see them going "lol, who gives a damn about the UK market" at this point, heh. If you got the US and EU markets you can probably pretty safely tell the UK to get stuffed.

... anyway, if it does go through I don't expect it to make either of them worse, and might even make actiblizz somewhat less terrible to its workforce, but I wouldn't have high expectations. "Not worse" does not necessarily entail "better", ha.

According to the Beeb, it needs to be approved in all three to go through, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the scenario you present happens if the FTC are forced to approve it.

[scriver]

Has the EU approved it? I was hoping they wouldn't