Weirdo
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@Mufasa0062 I said to myself "please don't... don't braai..." then I saw a braai🤣🤣 typical saffas
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Answer is not "300"
Tell me the answer winner deserves $1000
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Jannik Sinner says he handled the loss to Novak Djokovic in Australia in a very normal way, ‘Sometimes, it's okay to lose’
"I experienced it in a very normal way. I am 24 years old, and I just want to play good tennis anywhere in the world, that's all. Sometimes, it's okay to lose. What I have done in the last two years, along with Alcaraz, has attracted a lot of attention. It just happened as it did. Now, let's try to get back into the rhythm, feel the tournament pressure again, and see what happens."
Source:
puntodebreak.com/en/2026/02/15/…
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I am a senior vice president at a $68.7 billion gaming company.
Activision-Blizzard.
We have a 30-year-old franchise.
Warcraft.
Millions of players. A subscription model that prints $15 a month per user. A cash shop on top of the subscription. Paid expansions on top of the cash shop.
Our former creative director just told the press he wishes we hadn't called it "Warcraft."
He said the name sounds intimidating.
He helped create the name.
We ran focus groups. The focus groups said the brand needed to be "more approachable." We asked the focus groups if they played the game. They did not. We took their advice anyway.
Our VP told an interviewer we want players to experience "weddings, raids, and new adventures." She listed weddings first. Before raids. In a game called Warcraft. Nobody in the room flinched.
She also said "No one thinks the same about Warhammer."
She compared our franchise unfavorably to a competitor. On the record. As a defense of the franchise.
The forums are on fire. Twenty-year veterans are writing goodbye posts. One thread is titled "Think I'm done with WoW." Another calls our pre-patch a "player purge."
We called our GDKP raiders "delusional."
We timed a cash shop bundle to launch during the Trading Post anniversary -- the one event where players earn free cosmetics. We offered 200 discounted items but kept the monthly currency cap at 1,000. The math doesn't work unless you open your wallet.
The community noticed. We described their concerns as "feedback we're monitoring."
We are always monitoring. We have never once changed course because of monitoring.
The players say we're "Disneyfying" the game. Turning gritty into cute. War into weddings. Orcs into mascots.
They're not wrong.
The data says approachable properties have wider TAM. Total addressable market. That's the metric now. Not "subscribers who love the game." Not "community that built this franchise." TAM.
TAM doesn't post on forums. TAM doesn't write goodbye letters. TAM doesn't have 20 years of muscle memory and lore knowledge and raid nights that turned into real friendships.
TAM is a number in a slide deck that makes a board feel comfortable.
We added player housing. Players have asked for it since 2004. We launched it in 2026. Twenty-two years. We described this as "listening to our community."
We are very good at listening. Eventually. When the feature aligns with a monetization roadmap.
Here is what I know and cannot say in a meeting:
The name was never the problem. The name built this. The name survived server crashes and subscription drops and an activision merger and a harassment scandal and a $68.7 billion acquisition.
The name is "Warcraft" and for 30 years nobody was confused about what it meant.
The problem is not that new players find the name intimidating.
The problem is that old players are starting to find us unrecognizable.
And we don't have a focus group for that.
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@PalmyrPar My dad had me when he was 51, he died last year age 82 (i was 32)... so yeah it kinda sucks.
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He’s gonna be an elderly retiree by the time the kid is 18, and an old man at the end of his life when the kid is even starting to think of having his own.
This is obviously not the way it’s meant to go with having children. Extremely depressing.
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'How I Met Your Mother' star Josh Radnor has first child at age 51.
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@ClarksonsFarm1 These networks don't seem to understand... it's the PRESENTERS that make the show. Hell Hammond, May en Clarkson can sit the whole show just talking about freakin toast and it would be very entertaining. They made Top Gear just as they made The Grand Tour.
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@SteveLovesAmmo She doesn't know a thing about Christianity She needs to be quiet.
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This legend making videos at 4AM in New Zealand 😭😭👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nice jacket 🫡
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@rugbymemesclub @RugbyReg @BMcSport @seanny202 @CaptSpringbok As a Saffa I'm happy... 90% of the Springbok fans were obnoxious... needed to get humbled.
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How good was that.
Brisbane, Queensland 🇦🇺 English
@WaspAIBoudoir What I also think would be nice is like ass fingering pics😅
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Who will walk away with the SA Rugby Men's Player of the Year Award tonight? 🇿🇦🏆
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A man shows off his height transformation surgery
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Let's hear it, can you predict the score of our final game this year? 🤔
Make your prediction now for your chance to win a $250 All Blacks Shop Voucher! 👇
#AllBlacks
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