Psst - I'm over here too! I just didn't tell the mods about this one because I usually use this account to complain about stuff lol.

Anyhow - be sure to check this zine out when it drops!

Hello Creators. I know that Youtube is probably blocking views from us viewers who use adblock. Despite that, I will not be turning it off. You want me to use youtube raw like that? Are you fucking nuts?

I am a genius. You can sort Hoyo Characters based on their backstory

*Sees the new "voice resource adjustments"* so like is Hoyoverse going to like impolode or something if they signed like. The NAVA AI rider? Not even the iterim agreement at this point just the rider that get tacked on the end of the contract.

Is that like. hard.

Hey do you think there's some sort of mascot character that has the voice of a chainsmoker. I think we deserve one.

So. The Star Rail Anniversary Event. You know, the one where you collect coins and level up booth?

Yeah so I can confirm that you can take at least 6 days to finish the entire event. Maybe less if your rolls are better, I dunno.

But. Yeah I optimised all the fun out of it lol.

Hey. Another question regarding the whole "Genshin Impact vs Union Bloodbath" thing: Do. Do people know that a company signatory doesn't mean they join the union? Do. Do people know that?

Or did I misunderstand something??

+Hoyoverse. Buddy. Listen to me: I think this could be the funniest thing you could have done in the history of all three game's development.

+ ask for whatever waivers, don't care. What I care is that in the end, they *sign the agreement* because:

1. Morally correct thing to do, ethics wise at this point.
2. It would be *very funny* to see an entire community crash out in real time. +

So. The funniest thing for Hoyoverse to do (Not necessarily the *right* or *correct* thing, but the *funniest* thing) is that after all this drama and the community calling for the blood of unions or whatever, is that...they sign the interim agreement. They can negotiate whatever and +

-their game - well, the consequences are already here.

-it's really obvious with Genshin.
And with how Reddit is structured, the echo chamber gets really loud, and the kinds of reddit users these games attract means you have people who think they're smarter than like. A lawyer. So as soon as someone they already didn't like says something bad about-

The unfortunate thing is that Gacha Players are very susceptible to what I call "The Video Game Tribalism Effect" where they *have* to insist that their game is the best and that the devs of their game are the greatest in the world ever. Bigger communities will have the effect amplified so -

Like. Genuinely. People *keep* saying this but they...don't bring up any examples of it? So. Like genuinely: has this ever been the case?

Sorry to bring back the Genshin vs Union thing again but I have another question: Has there ever, in the history of Video Game Voice Dubbing, ever been a case where a project had turned union, and the non-union actors that were already on the project recast?

A lot of Genshin Players are suddenly Employment Law Specialists huh?

*Points at The Genshin Impact Subreddit* What the fuck is wrong with them. Why are they spouting so much anti-union shit.

"Sag-Aftra is a mafia trying to monoplise on English Voice Dubbing!" <- statement made by the utterly deranged. What the fuck is wrong with them.

Maybe there is something critically wrong with me. Have you heard of a grown adult who has a favourite Thomas the Tank Engine Chracter and it being fucking Arthur? Arthur! Of all Trains!

How do I tell people my favourite transformer is fucking Evac, as in the one from the 3D Transformers Ride? Huh? How the fuck am I meant to tell people that without sounding like some strange themepark nerd?

Oh wait, I can shill my series "poetry older than words" - a #genshinimpact FanFic Series, focusing on #Aether, and the metaphor of the travelers being stars taken to it's extreme. All through the lens of science, engineering, and legal philosophy.

archiveofourown.org/series/2343730

Escapism

Woah blue sky. Awesome.