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I love proceedings where they set a start time but no end time. This is going to be hours of torment.

LordEntrails said:

If there are records... I don't think Justin created or kept much in the way of records.

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There has to be some records: bank statements, bills from companies, emails with prospective suppliers, etc.

Will there be records that meet the expected standard? Probably not. But ultimately that will just help Wizards of the Coast's favour since well, who do you think the jury is going to believe about what's the gaps? The expert witness who they pay, or the guy who had multiple meltdowns about not having his paperwork ready for the bankruptcy he initiated after a month of preparation?

LordEntrails said:

Does he even know what the truth is? Aren't there some folks who can not discern reality from their own desires? Seems like he might be one of those people who see reality through their own desires of the moment and not objectively.

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That's pretty much everyone, to one extent or another. People's brains work differently, and memories and perceptions of reality all vary from person to person. It's why when you ask a group of witnesses what they saw, they all saw something different. Ever see two people argue about something that happened and each swears they are right and the other is wrong? Their perceptions of the reality that happened is different. Throw in confirmation bias into the mix, and there you go. Just look at cultists. A group of people who believe in something clearly not true and it doesn't matter what you tell them, they will believe otherwise.

I am not saying Justin is on the extreme end or is like a cultist, I'm just commenting on human behavior in general.

Okay, so if anyone was really emotionally invested in Michael K Hovermale having a redemption arc... I regret to inform you that the odds of that have dropped... dramatically.



For those not aware, Mark Kern, aka Grummz, is a former Blizzard employee who more or less embodies the toxic environment that has been brought up in multiple lawsuits. He left Blizzard at the height of the late 2000s video game boom (so about thirteen years ago... yet it still his sole positive employment claim) - when investors were seeing how Blizzard was making obscene money by limiting their development costs and maximizing their audience... and he basically did the opposite of that. He more or less single-handedly ended an investor funded company through extravagant stunt purchases (most famously a tricked out gamer bus).

After that, he was infamous for jumping on board with the Gamergate movement and jumping into all their reactionary nonsense, he claimed he was going to make a new social network... but it turned out to be just like a guest book type thing where you could only post to the public feed... then he claimed it was a non-profit for the benefit of gamers and more legit than Crash Override despite it being struck off the register at the time, etc. Basically he was bad enough there was not just a thread, but a whole Twitter account dedicated to documenting his antics.

In 2016 he started an IndieGoGo promising he would make a MMO about Mecha vs Kaiju - that would be spiritual successor to the game he was supposed to make at the company he bankrupted by purchasing a bus, and made so little progress with that over the next five years that people were asking... what even happened to it? The answer to that is... it basically pivoted into selling overpriced fap material:



The whole project has operated very much like a crypto-scam, starting with irrational prices for pre-orders with no clear delivery date (or even why you would want the project) to becoming insular to protect True Believers from FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt). He used to post to Twitter, upload to YouTube and stream on Twitch, but now it's all pretty much done entirely in his Discord... they have a forum but it's dominated entirely by his volunteers who and hence, almost never has any thing worth reading about posted there.

Which y'know... I would think would be disappointing if I paid $150 USD



What I'm saying is, he is very much the Justin LaNasa of video games.

Wincenworks said:

Okay, so if anyone was really emotionally invested in Michael K Hovermale having a redemption arc... I regret to inform you that the odds of that have dropped... dramatically.

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I'm indifferent to Michael's fate, actually. I've developed a level of disdain for Mr. LaNasa, and watch the self-inflicted slow motion train wreck with some interest. Mr. Hovermale, well, he can fade off into the sunset.

Update from Luke Gygax's Facebook page: "If you are a spiritual person I’d ask for your prayers for my brother Ernie. As many of you know he is battling some serious cardiovascular issues complicated by other factors. He was back home for a few days but was rushed back to the hospital late last night. I don’t have detailed information nor is it my place to share his health information without his permission. However this appears to be a dire situation so we can use all your prayers and good wishes to see him through this one. Post on his page so he can see how many people are rooting for him when he recovers."

Jennell Jaquays posted a public sentiment as well, which I think matches my own.

I think it's time to show Ernie what it is to be in a loving environment rather than one filled with hate. While the bigots he hangs out with are merchandising gravestones, the people he turned his back to are the ones with positives thoughts toward his recovery.

I sent him (Ernie) a PM on Facebook wishing him better health and letting him know that I'll be praying for him. I, too, suffer from a bad heart (I had a massive heart attack back in 2020 and had to have two stents installed in an artery). I was never more afraid in my life than I was that first night in the ER and cardiac ward at the hospital. I can't help but feel sympathy for Ernie in his current condition.

Tales and Chronicles said:

I think it's time to show Ernie what it is to be in a loving environment rather than one filled with hate. While the bigots he hangs out with are merchandising gravestones, the people he turned his back to are the ones with positives thoughts toward his recovery.

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I agree. While part of me hopes he would make things "right" near his end of days, that's his decision, and regardless of how I feel, his entire family is going through a really hard time, and I wish them all the best.