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goatsgomoo t1_jbpmgk6 wrote

Reply to No Friends No Life by flipper1965

If you have a car or are willing to ask for rides, start LARPing. Seriously, New England is probably the best place for it in the country, and the Worcester area is probably the best place in New England to have easy access to the various sites local LARPs use.

Ye Olde Commons is a fairly short drive, just down Rt 20/I-90 in Charlton.

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outb0undflight t1_jbpkwzp wrote

Reply to comment by tommyverssetti in No Friends No Life by flipper1965

There's also a retro game store that opened up in Shrewsbury called Lady Mo's Attic Treasures. Looks like they have some consoles and might have better luck getting stuff there than That's E where a lot of times the popular stuff sells real quick.

Retro gaming as a whole is too expensive for me now, but it could be a decent option.

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Pvt_Wierzbowski t1_jbpgm9i wrote

Reply to comment by Lil_Brown_Bat in No Friends No Life by flipper1965

A few months ago, I think. They used to be a floor kiosk, but they've since moved into the old Hollister space. I do like how a Japanese-themed space occupies a storefront modeled to look like a Southern California beachside bungalow.

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my_ashy_paintbox t1_jbpf7d6 wrote

Reply to No Friends No Life by flipper1965

Not trying to be sappy, but it was really nice seeing the nerds come out of the woodwork for this post. Nerds and Nerd Culture have been the butt of the joke for so long, when are people going to realize we run the world?, Some of the richest people in the world are nerds, Elon is a huge nerd, regardless of whether you like him or not.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is, to OP, you are not alone.

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KadenKraw t1_jbp8lt2 wrote

Reply to comment by yennijb in No Friends No Life by flipper1965

Lol the goblin horn looks nothing like a shofar. Do you even know what one looks like or what the horn in game looks like? It looks way closer to a viking horn than a shofar so you are totally wrong there. Very rarely bejewl or put metal on a shofar. Its also made of animal horn not wood like the goblin horn its very obliviously viking style.

How do you feel the representation of Goblins in the wizarding world is negative? Like I said they are artists and artisans. We met many in the game. Like a merchant and painter or a sweet guy with a mooncalve pet. We even get help from the badguy's brother that is working against the bad goblin because he doesn't agree with his ideals. Goblins aren't presented as a homogeneous group at all or in a negative way.

> Also, the "people who worked on the game" have already been paid,

Do you think all work ends when a game releases? Do you think they get paid a lump sum for the whole development? What do you think happens to a studio and its employees if a game doesn't sell? It shutsdown and everyone is fired.

They aren't paid once for the game dude. They are still working every day for a paycheck, to provide patches, finish the other platform ports. And if the game does well, they keep their jobs and work on the next game or dlc.

> I'm not Jewish

Then I don't you need getting offended on my behalf. I grew up in a town of 16,000 jews and none of us ever compared the golbins to jews. Its only after JK got terfy and people wanted to find reasons to get upset. Way more jews see no issue then those that do. Or non jews that want to get offended on others behalf.

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yennijb t1_jbp603v wrote

Reply to comment by KadenKraw in No Friends No Life by flipper1965

I'm not Jewish, but I do understand history, and the use of a shofar like horn in relation to the 1612 uprising of goblins has been called out by many Jewish people and organizations as reflective of the pogroms against the Jewish uprising in Germany in 1612-1614. https://www.thegamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-draws-further-complaints-of-antisemitism/

It's not just about hooked noses and them being bankers, but those are extremely visual representations of stereotypes, and not the only negative ones JK seems to think it's fine to use and proliferate (there's also Asian and Irish ones).

Also, the "people who worked on the game" have already been paid, I worked in the game industry, unless you're a bigwig/ceo type person, you don't even have a chance at bargaining for royalties. I don't understand why people get that for movies but not games....

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Kortrah t1_jbp5dtt wrote

Reply to comment by KadenKraw in No Friends No Life by flipper1965

Second this. I've been going through different MMOs and I've put thousands of hours into ESO. The only time I've really seen "excessive" toxicity has been during the free play periods.

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