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Destiny. Destiny. Best game ever. Should we talk

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about that one? Sure. It wasn't that long ago

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when we did a podcast, I don't know if it was

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the normal episode or if it was the patron, about

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how Destiny had fallen off a fucking cliff and

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just wasn't that good anymore. And then, lo and

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behold, Destiny is saved by a mobile game, Destiny

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Rising. I don't think... That Destiny has anything

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to do with it, though, unfortunately. No. So,

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it's not like... It's all net ease, mate. Yeah,

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it's not going to be all very successful and

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be like, oh, let's make Destiny free because

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we've made loads of money. So, yeah, it's all

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for naught, really. So, Destiny Rising, as far

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as I'm aware... Does it fucking... Yeah, because

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it is net ease. Yeah. Which are... hideously

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notorious for microtransactions obviously this

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is a free to play game so you have to sit there

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and think right well how are we going to make

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any money you've got your standards season pass

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boss essentially loot crates because you can

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enter like a draw thing where it will give you

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a crate and you have a chance of there's like

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a roster of things that you can get from it So

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gambling, much like crown crates and ESO and

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fucking any other type of loot crate. And then

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you've got the bundles. And then there's something

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else. I can't remember what it's called, but

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it gives you like a 90 day reward thing for every

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day that you log in. It's just your standard

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cosmetic shop. Now I've flicked through it. As

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far as I'm aware, you can. So it is. It's different

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to Destiny in that the characters that you create,

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you create one character and it's class, it's

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called Wolf. And rather than having subclasses

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and everything like that that you can swap around.

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So Destiny had, what is it, Warlock. Correct.

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Hunter. One more. And it's not Paladin. Nope.

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It begins with a T. Correct. So those classes

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aren't a thing in Destiny Rising. It's more there's

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preset characters that have different abilities.

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So he can get Ikora. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which

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is not mythic, which is mental, but anyway. But

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you... I've actually got her, to be fair. Have

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you? Yeah, yeah. And as far as I'm aware, they

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have their own preset guns as well. So Wolf uses...

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What is it? It's an assault rifle and a grenade

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launcher. So that's the only weapons that he

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can use. And then he's got a fucking massive

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sword. And then you've got the one that I'm using,

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a Tala. The dogs. The hounds. Hello. You've got

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a Tala that she uses a hand cannon and a fusion

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rifle. So that. I don't know if I like that,

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if I prefer that or not, because it kind of locks

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you to the specific class. But you haven't played

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much of it, have you? No, this is why I'm on

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it now. You're playing it now. I can't even get

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to a store or nothing. Yeah, so when you open

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up the menu, most of it's locked away, so you

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have to filter through the campaign. I think

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I've still got two or three things that are locked,

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because my problem is, and you might have the

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same problem, is that... I load it into this

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game. There's a shitload on the menu and all

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this different stuff. So naturally, I'm going

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to click through it and try and work it all out

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immediately. And then what happens is you sit

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there and you go, I don't understand any of this

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stuff. But if you just play through the main

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campaign, it explains it all to you. I really

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like the fact that you get, for 14 days signing,

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you get one of the classic guns, the old Huckleberry.

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That's a classic exotic. Well, they gave us a

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reward because there was over 10 million people.

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I see that as mad. Signed up for it. 10 million

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people. 10 million. Pre -registered for it. It's

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mad. And I managed to get the name SpongeBob.

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Did you jump off the edge? I didn't jump off

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the edge. You get achievement if you do. So far,

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I think it's good. I'll give you my honest, honest

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prediction. It'll be dead in two weeks. You reckon?

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I don't think so. I reckon... Mate, I've... I

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will disagree solely because I've never seen

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a mobile game get this much traction online before.

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And it feels so good. On the... And Destiny are,

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like... They'll give World of Warcraft fans a

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run for their money in how toxic they are. Yeah.

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Destiny fans are going mad for this. Like, this

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is... This is so good. Because it's PC only,

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sorry, mobile only, but they do actually recommend

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that you emulate it on PC because it's also got

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full controller support as well. Yeah, I think

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I'll just connect a controller to my phone and

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just bang it out because the phone's big enough

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to... I've seen a lot of people say they just

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mirror it to their telly and then just use their

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phone. But I don't know how invested... I'd have

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to be really invested to do shit like that. But

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we'll have to wait and see. I haven't even touched

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the surface yet. I don't... The shooting's a

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bit... It's a bit uncomfortable, man. I have

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it on auto at the moment. What, full auto? Yeah,

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so it just shoots itself, but occasionally when

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I have to hit something in a specific area, because

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they're all the same enemies from fucking Destiny,

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like the servitors and that, I'll ADS to it and

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I'm in the centre and stuff. So with the... Because

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my one is... I use the manual shooting, but the...

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What's it fucking... What's it called when it

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helps you... lock onto a target aim assist aim

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assist is fucking is tuned up to fuck in this

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game so like you're never missing anything and

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mine like auto ADS's when I attack someone so

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if I press the fire button it auto goes in anyway

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what does the auto fire do so you run up to an

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enemy and what happens you just automatically

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start shooting it Yeah, if you're just running

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and you move your cursor to where an enemy is,

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you'll just shoot. All right, okay. And then

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when you're not aiming, it will stop shooting.

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Does that not take the fun out of it? Yes, but

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also no, because I find it all a bit fiddly.

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I'm not very good with my... Dexterity and the

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thumbs. Yeah, with a controller I'm fine, but

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on stuff like that, because there's no buttons.

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Yeah, because I had to change, because obviously

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you get a fire button on the left -hand side

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as well. I got rid of that. I fucked that right

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off because it was doing my editing. And then

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I made the right hand fire button smaller because

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I kept finding when I was jumping, I kept fucking

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shooting as well. The jumping is fucking annoying.

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It is a bit difficult, isn't it? The movement

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of it. The amount of times I just jumped once

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when I was trying to jump twice and just fell

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in a hole. Yeah, yeah. A controller would definitely

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make it a lot better. Backbone, maybe. PVP's

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coming for this. You imagine fucking playing

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people. Well, PVP's kind of already in it. I

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don't know. I haven't got far, but I read earlier

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that PvP is going. And playing against people

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with a controller, against people using their

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phone, you are going to wipe the floor with them.

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I can't remember what the mode was called, but

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Roman was playing a lot of it. His ADHD is in

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full fucking swing. He did it with Diablo Immortal,

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where he's just straight into it. So everything

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is done. He maxed his characters out last night.

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And then they did a server reset and increased

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the level. And he was kicking off last night

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because there was nothing I could do. I fucking

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maxed out. And then server reset and by 1 o 'clock

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this afternoon, he's maxed out again. But he

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was playing a game mode where it was, I don't

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know if it's in normal Destiny, but you're, it's

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kind of like a PvPVE. And then you're like collecting

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data. And when you kill someone, you can take

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all of their data? Gambit, is it? Is that Gambit?

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Well, that sounds like Gambit. Yeah, he was playing,

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we'll call it Gambit then if it is Gambit, he

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was playing Gambit and playing against real people,

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absolutely fucking wiping the floor with them.

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Killed their whole team twice, I believe, in

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a row. Yeah, nice. It's a bit fucking mad. yeah

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it's so far it is decent i'm just not holding

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too much weight on it because in my head i feel

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like where i can just see that store turning

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into diablo more i can see people hitting a wall

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that they aren't aware exists yet because because

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content is locked behind resets and then hitting

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a wall and then boom Suddenly on the store, here's

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this thing that you can get that gives you fucking

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engrams or whatever. Are they in charge of that

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other gacha game? Which one? The Zelda one. What?

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Genshin Impact? Yeah. Who is that? Genshin Impact.

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That is... Oh, MiHoYo. Yeah, MiHoYo, Shanghai,

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MiHa Touring Film Technology, Company Limited.

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The connection between NetEase and Genshin Impact

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mainly arises from NetEase's involvement in plagiarism

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scandals. Great. Great. What games have they

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done then? Because they've definitely done gacha

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games. Marvel Rivals. They're the Marvel Rivals.

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What, NetEase? That's the big one. It says, yes,

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Destiny Rising is considered pay to win due to

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its gacha system, which allows players to spend

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real money to pull characters and upgrade them

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through a loot box style mechanics. Players who

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spend more money can acquire stronger versions

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of characters faster, giving them a significant

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advantage, especially in competitive modes like

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player versus player. They made Diablo Mortal

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as well. Yeah, because it's one of those ones

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where I... I feel like I speak for both of us

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where you go, if you were to play Diablo more

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on your phone now, it's going to be enjoyable.

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Same way as if I play it on my phone now, I'm

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going to enjoy it. But how long does that enjoyment

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last and how invested do you get into a game

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when you know that there are going to be people

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that you'll run into where they just have a deeper

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wallet or they're more willing to spend money

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on a mobile game and wipe the floor with you?

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Roman was telling me about some geezer that's

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already dropped 150 quid on it. He was a YouTuber

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because he was trying to get one of the goth

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characters. I can't remember what she's called.

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But she looks really cool. And yeah, dropped

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150 quid to get her. And I believe the loot box

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system is the only way that you can acquire her.

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Things like that is where I could see them. here's

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this new character that's really fucking sick.

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Oh, 10 quid. Because it's done by... Sounds a

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bit cheap. Well, it's done by a chance. Because

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when you play through the campaign, it will get

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you to do a draw and it will explain it to you.

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But it gives you in the right -hand corner the

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probability of you getting the character from

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the box. And it's fucking very clever, but not

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clever at the same time because it'll be like...

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It'll be like... 1 % and then put a slash through

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it and then it'll go 50 % for two days. That

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kind of shit. It goes, all right, I'll just spend

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some money in the next two days and oh, surprise,

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surprise, the currency you need is also on a

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deal. Isn't that a shocker? Yeah. Oh, but I can't

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get it with the 799 pack. I need the 799 and

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the 399. I'll just spend the 1599 and get the

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bigger one. Because the 1599 gives me, Plus 200

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more silver. Exactly. We're wise to your tricks.

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I'm telling you. That's the shit that happens.

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And they're very... Look, I'm not ripping it.

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If it's free, you've got to get your money somehow.

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I understand it. But we've all been caught far

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too much. And this is exactly how these games

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work. They're absolutely fantastic for the first

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couple of weeks. Incredible. Gain a shitload

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of traction. And then, boom. They start hitting

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you with the clever... fucking micro transactions

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and a lot of people will fall for it and a lot

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of people like with myself and Steph and even

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you to a point where with Diablo Immortal everyone

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went nah I'm not paying any more money to get

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better I ain't doing this see you later I'll

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move on to something else Destiny has got an

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advantage being huge anyway as I say all Destiny

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players They spend loads of money on Destiny.

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I've spent loads of money on Destiny. Yeah. All

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the expansions, obviously, which I think is fair

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anyway. But then, you know, oh, fuck it. I'll

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get some Quicksilver and buy some shit from the

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store. I mean, you just do, man. Oh, I want that

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skin for my gun and stuff. Well, I mean, it's

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also not canon. Oh, that's shit. It says Destiny

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Rising is not canon to the main story. main Destiny

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universe. It is set in an alternate universe

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and developed by a separate company, NetEase,

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licensed by Bungie for the mobile game. While

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it draws from Destiny lore, it takes many liberties

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featuring elements that contradict established

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canon such as the existence of tamed Ahamkara

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Ahamkara A -H -A Ahamkara and other unique lore

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elements. I don't know. Hamkara! What the fuck

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is that? I don't know. I'm not sure I like that.

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It all seems a bit pointless. What, because it's

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not canon? Yeah, it's all just make -believe,

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isn't it? Let's have a look. Oh, the Hamkara.

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Oh, yeah, I've seen that. It's like a weird fucking

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evil lizard thing, Venus flytrap thing. I don't

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know what it is. It's huge. Yeah, I'm with you,

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:50.210
to be fair. I don't like that. If it's not canon.

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It seems a bit pointless. It's very fucking similar

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to Destiny. I just thought it was a prequel,

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because the way they were talking, it sounded

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very prequel -y. Well, it's... Because it said...

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Go back. No, that's the fucking... It says...

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Yeah, while it draws from Destiny lore, it takes...

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It's set in an alternate universe and developed

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by a separate company. I mean... It's not an

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alternate universe if your core is in there.

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It's all pretty... Well, the core is in there.

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The traveller's also there. That's what I mean.

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It can't be. I don't know. Heck it. We'll see,

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won't we? It'll probably have some staying power.

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But like you say, if it tries to do anything

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disgusting, it will be out there and people will

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be like, nope. I already looked at the season

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pass and went, nope, not interesting. I'm not

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touching that. A lot of people already bought

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that. Yeah, of course they fucking have. That's

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what happens, man. Like I say, I'm not against

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it at all. I'm just saying, at the end of the

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day, if you're downloading a free -to -play game,

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expect that sort of shit because where else are

00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:54.559
they going to get their money? But yeah, if you

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were getting that kind of stuff in a pay... paid

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for game then by all means kick off but I'm just

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telling everyone that's going to listen be aware

00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:04.840
they're very smart at getting money out of your

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wallet yes so just don't fucking Diablo Immortal

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nearly got me fucking many many times it did

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.019
get me a little bit but not not as bad as something

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:18.860
like ESO did it's the number one app on the app

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store and had more viewers on Twitch than the

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core game did yesterday well okay okay fuck knows

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:36.539
man it's that um it taps into the uh being able

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to take one of your favorite games mobile being

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able to take that with you being able to pull

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your phone out and go i'm just going to play

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some destiny it's just it's just weird it's like

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san andreas on your phone um even with emulators

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to a point just that Being able to use it on,

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play a game that you're so familiar with on a

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device that you're incredibly familiar with because

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most people use their phones every single day,

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all day. It's just a nice niche. That's where

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mobile gaming is just getting bigger and bigger,

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man. Because the game itself doesn't actually

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look half bad either. No, it's alright. And it

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plays decent. I haven't had any lag. Mine runs

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at 60 frames per second the entire time. which

00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:25.259
is quite cool. Yeah, we'll see, man. What am

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I? Fuck it. Shit game. Not interested anyway.

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I've been playing a different game. Would you

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believe it? Do you want to know what it is? Go

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on. Helldivers. You've been playing Helldivers,

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:41.319
yeah? Yeah, they're doing... There's a Halo.

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Yeah, I bought that. You have to pay for it.

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Well, yes. Well, you don't. You can unlock it,

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can't you? You can... You know, they've got them

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little passy things, haven't you? I don't know.

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I haven't played Helldivers since it first came

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out. Yeah, well, you know, when you first play

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it, you get that little war bond thing and you

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work your way through the battle passy thing.

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Oh, yeah. But they never go away. Yeah, yeah,

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yeah. The stuff's in there. But you can unlock

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enough credits to then buy it. Yeah. But I just

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fucking... I think they're quite generous. It's

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like seven quid. Whatever. Get fucking... For

00:18:15.410 --> 00:18:17.529
seven quid in Call of Duty, you might get a fucking...

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a calling card. Do you know what I mean? In this

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you get new weapons, fucking equipment, gear,

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clothes, fucking all sorts of shit. But yeah,

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I never, I played, I played All Dives a bit but

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I never really give it much of a fair shake and

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I don't know why because I've always just thought

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it was a bit samey, you know, and I feel like

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it was well hectic so I drop in three other people

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and they just know what they were doing and I

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just follow them and I wouldn't know what was

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going on. But I've done it. I've just been playing

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solo. I have played a couple of multiplayer games,

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but I've been dropping solo and actually doing

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stuff myself so I actually understand, oh, this

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is why. Or you put the missiles in here, then

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you go here, then you have to go over there and

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do the relay and move it. So when I actually

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go in with other people, I actually know what's

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going on. But it's fucking insane, mate. Last

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:10.819
time I played it, it was just bugs. And now there's

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fucking... The Illuminat. What's that in? Illuminate?

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Illuminate. Yeah, yeah. They're fucking crazy.

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And they're like on fucking Earth and shit. And

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then you get these massive ships come over and

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just bomb you, like carpet bomb you as they go

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past. Fucking spaceships and all sorts of shit.

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And then you got the fucking Necrons or whatever

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they're called. Autobots. I don't know what their

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name are. Yeah, the robot fuckers. It's madness.

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And there's an expansion because it's just launched

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on Xbox, isn't it? Mm -hmm. A couple of days

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ago. So the player count's gone crazy. But they've

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got a new expansion or a new big update thing

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coming. Like the third or something. But then

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you're going into the enemy's base. You're going

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underground like the old miners, you know what

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I mean? It looks really cool. So I thought, fuck

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:03.319
it, I'll give it a go. And I've been playing

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that and having a lot of fun. And I enjoy playing

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it on my own. Does that mean we can't play it

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:11.180
together? No, no. You're not a stranger, are

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:13.799
you? You know just as much as I fucking do. Yeah,

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:16.579
yeah. You'll be struggling together. But when

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you play with three other people, it's fucking

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impossible. And I'm so worried about shooting

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:25.640
them by accident. I don't want to do anything.

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.480
I don't want to throw any grenades or nothing.

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It was like when I played with Connor and he

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just knew exactly what was going on. And I was

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:33.240
like, but I don't know what's happening. He was

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like, well, just follow me. And then you shot

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:38.220
him in the head. Yeah, but he fucking killed

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:41.640
me and all. Deserved it. It was great, Vance.

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I was playing it with someone the other day,

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just a random. And he said something. And I just,

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I thought, fuck it. I just unmuted. I went, for

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the emperor. And he went, the emperor protects.

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Fucking nerds. Yeah. And then I just said, the

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emperor's a heretic. I said, blood for the blood

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:03.400
god. Skull for the skull throne. And he giggled.

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:14.119
So are you, Are you the Halo skin? Not the Master

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:16.680
Chief. It's the ODST in it. It's not actually

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the Halo. The ODST are like the little troopers.

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But yeah, I'm using that kind of skin, but the

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:25.640
gun's really cool. It's got the Halo AR. Did

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:28.279
you play Halo? No. Oh, it's got the Halo AR.

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You would know what it is. It's got the bullet

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counter on the top. It's a good gun and helps

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:39.220
me with my brain. I'd be like if I'd never played

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Fortnite before and then started playing it now.

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I'm pretty sure I've just got the default skins.

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:46.180
Yeah, yeah. I haven't got fuck all on there either.

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I've got nothing. Just the basic shit. Because

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there's so many. There's stratagems to unlock.

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There's shit modules. How you get cars and big

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:58.299
mechs you can get. Someone dropped something

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down the other day and then they were pinging

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:02.380
it and I'm guessing they wanted me to pick it

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:05.099
up. So I got in it. Big fucking walking tank

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:09.420
thing. And then he died and I was trying to fucking

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:13.259
reinforce him or whatever it's called. And I

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:15.039
took so long because I didn't know what button

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:17.400
it was to get out of the fucking thing. He quit.

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:21.779
Left me on my own. But it's funny, because I

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:24.299
joined his mission. I joined his mission, he

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:26.500
dropped that, and then he fucked off. Yeah, made

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:28.140
him leave his own mission. Yeah, that's rad.

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Decent. I just carried on. I'll re -download

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it, man, because I do like Held On. It's a fucking

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:36.579
good game. Very, very good game. I like having

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:40.960
the number of bullets on the gun, because...

00:22:41.770 --> 00:22:44.910
I've got a terrible habit of whenever I fire,

00:22:44.990 --> 00:22:47.109
to instantly reload. Yeah, yeah. And you lose

00:22:47.109 --> 00:22:48.970
all your ammo, don't you? Yeah. Because you fire

00:22:48.970 --> 00:22:51.029
one bullet, you reload, that's a whole magazine.

00:22:51.130 --> 00:22:53.349
That's one thing that I have, it was a big learning

00:22:53.349 --> 00:22:54.910
curve. I was like, why am I running out of ammo

00:22:54.910 --> 00:22:56.930
so quick? I was like, because I'm fucking reloading

00:22:56.930 --> 00:22:59.769
all the time. Yeah, so I like that, because I

00:22:59.769 --> 00:23:01.589
just fire that until it's zero. Because haven't

00:23:01.589 --> 00:23:03.309
they got like swords and stuff in it as well

00:23:03.309 --> 00:23:05.710
now? I haven't seen any swords. I picked up a

00:23:05.710 --> 00:23:08.529
fucking trench shovel the other day and was hitting

00:23:08.529 --> 00:23:11.150
things with that, but... I haven't actually seen

00:23:11.150 --> 00:23:14.509
any swords. The jump pack is a fucking game changer.

00:23:14.509 --> 00:23:17.730
I unlocked that. So now you can actually jet

00:23:17.730 --> 00:23:21.509
pack up on top of buildings and shit. I hated

00:23:21.509 --> 00:23:24.170
not being able to jump. I hate it. But now I

00:23:24.170 --> 00:23:26.089
can jump. There's another one as well called

00:23:26.089 --> 00:23:27.769
the hover pack where you can hover in the air.

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It's fucking sick, man. I think Helldivers 2,

00:23:33.029 --> 00:23:35.150
because it's always been really popular. I know

00:23:35.150 --> 00:23:38.829
it had that little dip where... They were nerfing

00:23:38.829 --> 00:23:41.569
shit and stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah, they were

00:23:41.569 --> 00:23:43.509
fucking around with stuff. Yeah, but I think

00:23:43.509 --> 00:23:45.410
the community pissed off a lot of people left,

00:23:45.529 --> 00:23:47.990
but it's still a really fucking big community.

00:23:48.690 --> 00:23:50.849
But this is obviously like... Now the Xbox are

00:23:50.849 --> 00:23:53.369
in it as well. It's fucking massive again. But

00:23:53.369 --> 00:23:55.250
I think it's going to be one of them games like

00:23:55.250 --> 00:23:57.130
Fortnite. I think it's just going to continue

00:23:57.130 --> 00:23:59.950
to adapt and change. Yeah. Because you started

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off, it was just landing on planets and shooting

00:24:01.789 --> 00:24:04.750
shit. Now there's like... Different planets,

00:24:04.829 --> 00:24:07.710
like fucking Earth and different missions, different

00:24:07.710 --> 00:24:11.250
types. Fucking tanks to roll around in, cars,

00:24:11.589 --> 00:24:15.289
fucking mechs. All the different stratagems and

00:24:15.289 --> 00:24:16.910
stuff, all the different weapons you can get,

00:24:16.950 --> 00:24:19.009
and now they've changed the whole game again.

00:24:19.049 --> 00:24:21.609
You're going to be going into underground places

00:24:21.609 --> 00:24:24.190
and going to attack the enemy. I feel like they're

00:24:24.190 --> 00:24:25.890
just constantly going to keep building on it

00:24:25.890 --> 00:24:28.710
until the game either gets too big and they can't

00:24:28.710 --> 00:24:30.809
do no more, or Helldivers 3 comes out. Well,

00:24:30.829 --> 00:24:33.650
at the moment, they've had, in the last 24 hours,

00:24:33.670 --> 00:24:37.930
just under 128 ,000 people playing on Steam.

00:24:38.190 --> 00:24:44.150
Yeah. And then... just under 400 000 on xbox

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and then i don't know about playstation so it's

00:24:46.789 --> 00:24:49.769
safe to say probably a million people which is

00:24:49.769 --> 00:24:51.750
a hell of a lot of people to be playing a fucking

00:24:51.750 --> 00:24:54.849
game especially in in in the in how considering

00:24:54.849 --> 00:24:58.730
how many other games there are um playing something

00:24:58.730 --> 00:25:02.210
like like held it's just i really enjoyed it

00:25:02.210 --> 00:25:05.210
um i think i just sort of stopped stopped playing

00:25:05.210 --> 00:25:07.609
it because there was other Yeah, have a shit,

00:25:07.650 --> 00:25:09.069
man. Have a shit to do. I didn't stop playing

00:25:09.069 --> 00:25:10.609
it because it was bad. I just stopped playing

00:25:10.609 --> 00:25:11.890
it because there was other stuff that was going

00:25:11.890 --> 00:25:17.630
on and that took my fancy. Yeah, same. It's definitely,

00:25:17.990 --> 00:25:22.710
it's got that game itch that it scratches where

00:25:22.710 --> 00:25:25.369
you can take it as seriously or as fucking fun

00:25:25.369 --> 00:25:27.589
as you want. Because it's not free to play, is

00:25:27.589 --> 00:25:29.829
it? No, no. I think it was like 20, 30 quid.

00:25:29.970 --> 00:25:34.940
30 quid, I think. Yeah, you can just drop in

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.799
and just fuck about and shoot, or you can take

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:38.799
it seriously. I watched, when I went to bed last

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:41.200
night, I was watching someone on YouTube do it

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:43.579
on, like, there's loads of people that do this,

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:46.019
but they do it on the hardest difficulty setting.

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:48.859
Drop solo. And they, like, run around, like,

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:51.359
stealthing, man. They throw fucking smoke bombs.

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:53.700
They get smoke fucking airstrikes dropping in

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:55.859
on them. They're killing everything stealthy.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.680
It's madness. And they're so fucking good. And

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.240
it's the hardest difficulty. It blows my fucking

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:05.740
mind. I drop into a medium game mode on my own

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:08.859
and it's like, I don't know, it's like a meme.

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.539
It's just, you know that meme with Tom Cruise

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:12.339
running from explosions? Yeah, yeah. That's what

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.359
I'm like. I'm just fucking running. I'm dying,

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:17.019
getting battered all over the place. I haven't

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.400
got enough bullets to shoot the fucking bugs.

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:20.480
What am I supposed to do? I don't know how to

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.759
deal with it. That's why I always take the jetpack.

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:27.099
I can only apologise the ice cream man set my

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:32.299
dogs off. He sure did. Now we've all got double

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:37.180
flakes. Yeah, I'll give it a download. If I can

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:41.140
see what the crack is. Very good, very fun. Very,

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:43.960
very good. Very, very fun. I've also played another

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:48.519
game. Go on. I only played it for about... half

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:51.500
an hour last night after I finished playing Helldivers

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:53.940
and Rogue Trailer and Rematch. Anything else

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:58.779
I normally play. No Man's Sky. Yep. That was

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:01.700
the thing I wanted to talk about. I jumped on

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:06.440
that. I hadn't looked at anything to work out

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:09.160
how to do this, what, where. And I just kind

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:11.880
of stumbled across it. And I built a ship and

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:14.160
then I turned it off. But before I turned it

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:17.259
off, I flew it out into space, opened the ramp.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:20.799
jumped out jumped out then my ship but i'd set

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:24.400
the ship to autopilot and it was just off and

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.240
i was just floating like oh shit i didn't realize

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.420
this would happen so i had to like try and get

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:31.140
back to my ship and then land on it and then

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.319
i just landed on the top and i was just looking

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:36.599
around space well weird isn't it it's sick fucking

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:40.200
weird so fucking cool um and yeah and then i

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.960
put a flying alien in my in my ship because you

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:45.200
can put all the stuff that you collect, like

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:47.299
the stuff that you build, you can just put them

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:49.000
in your shit. Like, like you can, you know, when

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.079
you're building your freight and you can put

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.660
stuff wherever you want. Yeah. It's like that.

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:54.460
So I just put one of my ornaments down. It was

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:56.119
right in the way. And then I spent 10 minutes

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:58.539
trying to work out how to delete it. Done that

00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:02.440
and turn it off. Yeah. But yeah, that is fucking.

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.619
Yeah. The only thing, the only thing that I miss

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:09.160
from it, um, and I, and I, I don't suppose it'll

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:12.009
ever get. It'll never get put in because it's

00:28:12.009 --> 00:28:18.789
just a sandbox survival light. But it's a fully

00:28:18.789 --> 00:28:23.970
fleshed out campaign. I'd love it. With actual

00:28:23.970 --> 00:28:27.009
quests and stuff like that. But I think that

00:28:27.009 --> 00:28:29.849
takes away from some of the magic of what No

00:28:29.849 --> 00:28:33.210
Man's Sky is. In that you just use your own imagination

00:28:33.210 --> 00:28:36.670
and the tools you've got around you to do whatever

00:28:36.670 --> 00:28:40.779
the fuck you want. But I just miss that story

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:46.240
-driven aspect of it to make me have more of

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:49.440
a purpose playing it. Yeah, I know what you mean.

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:51.539
If I could add one thing, it'd just be proper

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:55.980
combat. I want actual fucking humans to fight

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:58.279
and shit. I don't want to just fight robots all

00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:00.160
the time. Yeah, I want to be able to raid someone

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:03.640
else's ship. Why? When I blew you up, you cried.

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:06.039
Yeah, I know. But I didn't know what was going

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.829
on. You want to make someone else cry? Yeah,

00:29:07.930 --> 00:29:10.750
whereas now, you know what I mean? If you've

00:29:10.750 --> 00:29:13.309
got it so that you now can create your own ships

00:29:13.309 --> 00:29:15.690
and you can jump out of them and stuff like that.

00:29:16.049 --> 00:29:19.150
Let me board, let me be a pirate. Let me board

00:29:19.150 --> 00:29:20.569
someone else's ship. Obviously, they've got to

00:29:20.569 --> 00:29:24.230
have their PVP turned on. But let me get involved.

00:29:25.150 --> 00:29:27.930
You can be a pirate to some extent because there's

00:29:27.930 --> 00:29:30.230
all that pirate space stations and stuff so you

00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:32.309
can run stuff that's illegal and then when you

00:29:32.309 --> 00:29:34.670
jump in the systems you can get fucking flagged

00:29:34.670 --> 00:29:36.269
up and all sorts of different stuff. Yeah, I

00:29:36.269 --> 00:29:38.609
used to do that quite a lot. I accidentally shot

00:29:38.609 --> 00:29:41.190
the pirate space station yesterday because I

00:29:41.190 --> 00:29:43.849
thought X was go forward but it wasn't. I bet

00:29:43.849 --> 00:29:46.049
they were fuming. Yeah, they sent the Sentinel

00:29:46.049 --> 00:29:50.559
ships after me. That was annoying. But I'm too

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.359
long in the tooth, mate. I dealt with them quick,

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:54.400
sharp and carried on my business. You know what

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.779
I mean? Yeah. My problem is if I jump back into

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.980
it, I won't have a fucking clue what's going

00:29:57.980 --> 00:30:00.799
on. Which I did, to be fair, not long ago. And

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.859
I just... I sorted out all the expeditions on

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.940
my freighter, sent them all out on expeditions

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:08.700
again and turned it off. That's exactly what

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:10.140
I done last time I turned it off. Took a shitload

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:12.420
of money. I don't know if it is a shitload of

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:15.200
credits or if it isn't. I have no idea. But either

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.799
way, I'm talking like billions of credits is

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:20.440
what I managed to accumulate. Well, I had 180

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:23.180
million and that's all I've got. Yeah, I've got

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:25.720
so much money. It's unbelievable. And then I've

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.539
got so many things in my storage that's just

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:33.509
worth. Like 750 million credits and stuff. I

00:30:33.509 --> 00:30:37.029
don't know. I don't know if that's good. I have

00:30:37.029 --> 00:30:46.170
no idea. I saw some crazy, crazy ship builds

00:30:46.170 --> 00:30:49.650
already. I saw someone built a Star Destroyer

00:30:49.650 --> 00:30:51.849
from Star Wars. That's fucking sick. Right outside

00:30:51.849 --> 00:30:53.589
the Anomaly until it looks like the Death Star.

00:30:53.730 --> 00:30:56.730
How does it work? Do you find an engine or something

00:30:56.730 --> 00:31:01.490
or is it... It is... It's basically like Starfield

00:31:01.490 --> 00:31:06.809
is. I found it in the space station. There's

00:31:06.809 --> 00:31:08.230
like little teleporters. You jump on them, it

00:31:08.230 --> 00:31:11.369
takes you to like a massive fucking massive area.

00:31:12.470 --> 00:31:14.109
And then there's a computer in it and you can

00:31:14.109 --> 00:31:17.230
just buy the parts that you want and then put

00:31:17.230 --> 00:31:20.950
them on. But I assume there's other ways to get

00:31:20.950 --> 00:31:23.250
parts because they're not going to put everything

00:31:23.250 --> 00:31:26.029
in just one section. Do you put it on like a

00:31:26.029 --> 00:31:28.150
current ship that you own? No, you start from

00:31:28.150 --> 00:31:29.750
scratch. Start from scratch. So you build the

00:31:29.750 --> 00:31:32.789
ship. And can that ship engage in combat? Yeah,

00:31:32.809 --> 00:31:35.650
yeah. I've got guns on it and stuff. To have

00:31:35.650 --> 00:31:39.630
it actually be usable, you have to have landing

00:31:39.630 --> 00:31:45.029
gear, cockpit, living quarters, ramp. So what

00:31:45.029 --> 00:31:47.009
happens with your normal ships? And gun and thrusters.

00:31:47.190 --> 00:31:49.150
You still keep them, didn't you? Do you use them

00:31:49.150 --> 00:31:51.269
anymore? I don't know. Can you land it in your

00:31:51.269 --> 00:31:54.710
freighter? Of course you can. I assume. I don't

00:31:54.710 --> 00:31:56.819
know. I'd assume so it wouldn't make no sense

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:59.420
yeah but then it is a ship that you can't live

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:01.839
in anyway yeah I don't really know so Sam does

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.420
it make your freighter well it wouldn't make

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.920
your freighter redundant because your freighter

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:06.900
is able to because I'm pretty sure it allows

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:10.940
for teleportation between the two yeah like what

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:14.339
you can do now in your freighter in your HQs

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:16.279
and stuff like that and your camps well they

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:19.539
basically said that to do this The reason games

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.700
don't do this in any sci -fi is to be able to

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:23.240
get out of the shit mid -space and all that shit.

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:25.660
They've had to, like, rebuild the fucking game

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:28.940
from the ground up. And this is not, like, the

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:31.119
end point of where they're going to. This is

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:35.259
the start point of new shit. So, like, the framework

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:37.880
for going forward in No Man's Sky. So it's going

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.500
to probably open up a lot more opportunities

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:43.640
for more cool shit. So hopefully, yeah, there'll

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.509
be even more sick stuff. But it was busy on there.

00:32:46.569 --> 00:32:48.410
There's so many people in that space anomaly,

00:32:48.650 --> 00:32:52.750
man. So many people. That's when you used to

00:32:52.750 --> 00:32:54.490
sit in a space anomaly for a little bit and people

00:32:54.490 --> 00:32:56.410
would just give you shit. Yeah, it's never happened

00:32:56.410 --> 00:32:57.910
to me. That's what I used to do. Never happened

00:32:57.910 --> 00:33:00.390
to me. Fucking loved it. That's why you're so

00:33:00.390 --> 00:33:04.569
fucking rich. Mysterious eggs and weird parts,

00:33:04.789 --> 00:33:07.470
washing machines, fucking all sorts of shit.

00:33:08.230 --> 00:33:11.440
Random shit. Yeah, it's cool though. I enjoyed

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.960
it. I wish I could sit here and tell you that

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:14.160
I'm going to jump on it. I just know that I'm

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:16.480
not going to because I just don't have the time

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:19.700
nor the... It is just... I'm just not in that

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:23.440
survival mood. Yeah, you have to be in the mood

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:26.359
for that sort of stuff. I'm not in it. I want

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:30.180
to kill things. Violently. Helldivers it is.

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.799
Helldivers it is, brother. Sounds like liberty.

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:40.200
Do you want to maybe have a little... back and

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:43.880
forth about project ethos what the fuck is that

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:47.619
no exactly that's question number one and i'll

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:49.440
answer it for you i spoke i mentioned it to you

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:53.119
the other day did you rock stars medieval gang

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:56.960
oh that yeah that's apparently leaked rumors

00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:02.559
and and other stuff from 2019 up until now apparently

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:05.079
do you want me to read the well did you read

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:08.469
the article i sent you I skimmed it and looked

00:34:08.469 --> 00:34:11.630
at the screenshots, and I was like, I don't need

00:34:11.630 --> 00:34:13.809
to know anymore. Rockstar, Medieval, and a couple

00:34:13.809 --> 00:34:17.010
of AI images, yes, please. Red Dead Redemption

00:34:17.010 --> 00:34:22.429
2, but Medieval, yes. Yeah, apparently it was

00:34:22.429 --> 00:34:26.150
rumoured that shortly after Red Dead 2, they

00:34:26.150 --> 00:34:32.730
began working on a Medieval setting, and I'm

00:34:32.730 --> 00:34:34.750
trying to remember it off the top of my head

00:34:34.750 --> 00:34:37.420
rather than just Googling it. Apparently, it

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:42.079
was rumoured to be called Project Ethos or Project

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:47.579
Medieval, something like that. And there was

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:51.159
obviously rumours that were spreading on Reddit

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.420
and things like that, 2019, and then I believe

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:57.579
it was 2013, that apparently they're all coming

00:34:57.579 --> 00:35:02.929
from a creditable source of... leaking information

00:35:02.929 --> 00:35:06.670
about games I can't remember the person but they

00:35:06.670 --> 00:35:11.630
correctly predicted things like Red Dead 2 and

00:35:11.630 --> 00:35:16.829
GTA 6 and certain aspects that sort of wouldn't

00:35:16.829 --> 00:35:21.929
be common knowledge so kind of like saying the

00:35:21.929 --> 00:35:24.909
person that's leaking this stuff has successfully

00:35:24.909 --> 00:35:27.230
leaked stuff in the past so let's give it some

00:35:27.230 --> 00:35:33.900
validity and I think it was in 2023, there was

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:38.920
a composer or someone who works for Rockstar

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:42.159
did an interview and let it slip that they were

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:46.920
doing a lot of work based around the orchestral

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:52.420
medieval setting. And I think people were sort

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:55.440
of like, well, why is that happening then? Well,

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:59.699
medieval music, what's that for? And then...

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.599
I believe it was another company that is a sister

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:08.340
company to Rockstar. They didn't trademark it.

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:12.539
They did something to do with project ethos,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:17.480
which sort of lines up with... So that's why.

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.619
It was just a little article that I saw. I, for

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:28.489
one, would love a medieval GTA. Possibly made

00:36:28.489 --> 00:36:32.969
by Rockstar India. Or at least maybe involved.

00:36:33.329 --> 00:36:35.190
There's a lot of information about something

00:36:35.190 --> 00:36:38.289
that isn't real or has no official confirmation,

00:36:38.389 --> 00:36:41.429
which means it probably is real. Or at least

00:36:41.429 --> 00:36:44.050
something was real then scrapped. Who knows?

00:36:44.570 --> 00:36:47.670
Hopefully it's real. Crazy that they would have

00:36:47.670 --> 00:36:51.269
Red Dead, GTA, and whatever this medieval game

00:36:51.269 --> 00:36:52.889
is. Fits well in the timelines, though. Yeah,

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:54.610
and they'd probably be the biggest games ever

00:36:54.610 --> 00:36:58.300
made. And then, obviously, they got Bully. Yeah,

00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:00.440
they're probably going to connect all them universes

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.599
together. That game would... A medieval GTA would

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:10.900
be astronomical. Well, GTA make a space game

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:14.679
or a fantasy game or... Like it would... Anything

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:16.280
that they do, you just know it's going to be

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:18.539
the best shit in that genre. You'll just be like,

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:20.619
what setting do you want? That was going to be

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:22.519
the best of that. But then would it be like...

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:26.230
Would you then have the... The eventual downfall

00:37:26.230 --> 00:37:29.150
where it's like, oh my God, they just kept coming

00:37:29.150 --> 00:37:31.730
out with banger after banger after banger until

00:37:31.730 --> 00:37:35.090
they didn't. Kind of like West Ham and their

00:37:35.090 --> 00:37:37.670
performances at the moment or Man United. You

00:37:37.670 --> 00:37:40.530
know what I mean? Once upon a time champions

00:37:40.530 --> 00:37:46.289
sitting at the top and then more recently utter

00:37:46.289 --> 00:37:50.630
shit. You know what I mean? Putting it kindly.

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.699
We won't talk about West Ham today. I actually

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:59.699
put out a tweet on my West Ham account for the

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:02.960
first time in about four years. That's how bad

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:05.699
it's been. Can I quickly have an interlude to

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:09.079
find out what that tweet was? It wasn't bad at

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:11.800
all. I just don't tweet West Ham stuff anymore

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:16.460
because I don't use it for that. For that purpose

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:18.820
anymore. Sorry for the people that aren't used

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:22.030
to this. It's just a little byproduct. It's nothing

00:38:22.030 --> 00:38:24.269
bad. I just said, this is probably my first tweet

00:38:24.269 --> 00:38:26.269
in literally like three or four years about West

00:38:26.269 --> 00:38:30.190
Ham. Because I just poke the, what's the word?

00:38:30.250 --> 00:38:34.610
That's not the word. I just bring up the podcast

00:38:34.610 --> 00:38:37.429
on it. That's the only thing I talk about. Genuinely

00:38:37.429 --> 00:38:39.789
starting to believe West Ham are cursed. Two

00:38:39.789 --> 00:38:42.889
steps forward, ten steps back. European champions

00:38:42.889 --> 00:38:45.650
to whipping boys. Always love you West Ham, but

00:38:45.650 --> 00:38:50.869
Christ almighty. Irons. Lions. Lions. Lions.

00:38:51.969 --> 00:38:56.710
Yeah. Yeah, if Rockstar has a downfall like that.

00:38:56.710 --> 00:38:59.429
If they made a football game. It's only because

00:38:59.429 --> 00:39:05.269
of how you never fly too close to the sun. Icarus.

00:39:05.269 --> 00:39:09.409
And obviously we are the sun. So, at some point,

00:39:09.489 --> 00:39:13.750
what goes up must come down. Eventually. And

00:39:13.750 --> 00:39:15.690
I just feel like that would be a sad day and

00:39:15.690 --> 00:39:17.980
it will probably happen when we're like... you

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:21.619
might even be dead. But when I'm fucking 50 or

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:24.400
whatever, and you go, remember how good Rockstar

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:28.099
used to be? Oh, Rockstar. Now look at them. They're

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:32.300
fucking, I don't know, they make tyres. No longer

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:34.320
a gaming industry. I just thought it was quite

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:37.039
interesting to see, especially with GTA 6 being

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:40.780
not round the corner, but round the corner. Rumours

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:42.920
that's been delayed again until September now.

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.980
You reckon? That's what it said the other day.

00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:48.409
Let me have a little rumour of another pushback.

00:39:48.789 --> 00:39:54.929
GTA 6 delay. This is from the 12th of August.

00:39:55.610 --> 00:40:00.130
Yeah, delayed. As one research firm predicted,

00:40:00.269 --> 00:40:02.369
the video game industry was relying on GTA 6

00:40:02.369 --> 00:40:08.730
in 2025 to help turn things around. That's great.

00:40:09.010 --> 00:40:12.630
There is no official confirmation. The game is

00:40:12.630 --> 00:40:15.489
still scheduled. for its current release date

00:40:15.489 --> 00:40:19.369
of May 26th, 2026, as announced by Rockstar Games.

00:40:19.510 --> 00:40:21.750
While some unofficial reports and leaks suggest

00:40:21.750 --> 00:40:24.090
a possible internal discussion for a future delay,

00:40:24.349 --> 00:40:28.190
Take -Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has

00:40:28.190 --> 00:40:31.550
publicly stated his very, very high conviction

00:40:31.550 --> 00:40:36.090
that the date will not change again. Yeah, so

00:40:36.090 --> 00:40:41.730
26th of May, 2026. Oh, God. Just after my birthday.

00:40:42.670 --> 00:40:46.750
It's just so, even this month, next month is

00:40:46.750 --> 00:40:48.170
quite a heavy one. Because what do we have? We've

00:40:48.170 --> 00:40:54.070
got FIFA, EAFC, 26. Or is it October? It's October.

00:40:54.130 --> 00:40:56.369
You've got Ghost of Yotai on the 2nd, Battlefield

00:40:56.369 --> 00:41:02.670
6 on the 10th, and then Outer Worlds 2 on the

00:41:02.670 --> 00:41:06.250
29th. And then I believe you have Dying Light

00:41:06.250 --> 00:41:10.829
The Beast is... I loved that last game, man.

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:13.480
Loved it. Dying Like the Beast looks fucking

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:16.039
sick, you know. Dying Like 2, that one we played.

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:18.739
19th of September. How good was that? Did you

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:20.139
finish it? You did, didn't you? Yeah, of course

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.980
I did. It was so good. Of course I did, bruv.

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:24.280
Well, Dying Like the Beast features Crane again.

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:26.539
Yeah, the main dude. Well, obviously he's fucking,

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:32.940
he can turn into a... But I've also seen that

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:41.619
you can now execute the... Volatiles. Volatiles,

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:44.519
which is quite cool. Giza, the clip I saw, I

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:47.900
say a Giza, it was Crane, turned round and there

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.960
was a volatile there. And obviously the thing,

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:51.960
he must have injured it to a certain point because

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:54.639
he just grabbed hold of it, battered it, and

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:57.079
then grabbed hold of the back of his head, fucking

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:59.739
kneed him in the face. He went down to the floor

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:01.800
and then he just ran over and just started crushing

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:03.780
his head in. And I was like, you don't do that

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:06.360
to volatiles. That's never happened before. But

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:09.719
obviously, Mr. Crane, isn't just Mr. Crane anymore.

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:14.500
He's Mr. Crane slash Beastie Boy. Mr. Crane.

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:17.519
Mr. Crane. What a good game. Great game. Very

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:21.139
good. But I am only interested in EAFC and Battlefield

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:24.159
and Dying Light. You're interested in EAFC? Fuck

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:31.079
yeah. Oh, that sounds good this year. Why? What's

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:33.280
different about it compared to every other fucking

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:37.320
version of it? We had that, didn't we? We did.

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:40.679
I'll tell you if you feel the gap because I saw

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:44.360
something about it. I'm not sure if I liked it,

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:46.539
which is going to be a fucking pain in the arse

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:49.159
and I can never find how to... EAFC, I feel like,

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:51.179
is just such a weird... But it does work, doesn't

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:54.199
it? FIFA. FIFA worked as a name. I wish it was

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:57.500
still called FIFA. But EAFC. I hate the fact

00:42:57.500 --> 00:43:00.090
it's called EAFC. EAFC. Because it'll always

00:43:00.090 --> 00:43:02.210
just be fucking FIFA. Do you know what I mean?

00:43:02.449 --> 00:43:05.510
Yeah. It'll just be FIFA. It's almost like everyone

00:43:05.510 --> 00:43:07.150
watching Grand Tour and going, well, this is

00:43:07.150 --> 00:43:10.170
just Top Gear. You just put a different suit

00:43:10.170 --> 00:43:13.170
on it. Exactly. I mean, Grand Tour is pretty

00:43:13.170 --> 00:43:14.750
fucking good. What is it that you're trying to

00:43:14.750 --> 00:43:19.710
find? I don't know if it's like a published thing

00:43:19.710 --> 00:43:22.789
or if it's just something. Oh, here we go. Here

00:43:22.789 --> 00:43:26.750
we go, baby. Here we go. Get it up, me chavvy.

00:43:26.809 --> 00:43:29.179
Right. This is exactly what I've always wanted

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:32.619
from fucking FIFA, career mode. Because this

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:36.360
is the sort of stuff that makes it unique. Right,

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:39.860
unexpected events are coming to EAFC 26 career

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:42.880
mode, adding drama and unpredictability to every

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:49.159
save. Here's a list of every event. Abrupt retirement.

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:54.579
Okay, I'll elaborate for you. Was that the end

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:57.360
of the list? No. The event sees an experienced

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:59.599
player forced to end their career after a serious

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:02.340
injury setback. Young, abrupt retirement is even

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:04.420
harsher as a promising youngster suffers career

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:06.199
-ending blow before even reaching their potential.

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:11.260
Is that in career mode? Yeah. So does that mean

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:16.739
that you could just inflict pain on someone and

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:19.619
get them to retire? Basically, yeah. So you could

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:23.960
end... Ashley Prince, career -ender. yeah that's

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:26.360
me well no I'm not playing I'm the manager but

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:30.739
the but yeah it's annoying because it happened

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:32.719
to us with West Ham we had Dean Ashton one of

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:34.920
our best ever strikers we've ever had like could

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:36.519
have gone on to be one of the best strikers in

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:39.119
the Premier League and he got called up for the

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:41.199
England squad Sean Mike Phillips injured him

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:43.019
on international duty and he had to retire at

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:45.280
like 23 he was one of our best players we've

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:48.199
ever had happens and it's annoying when you say

00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:50.489
you spent 30 million on a player It's cheap these

00:44:50.489 --> 00:44:52.570
days, I suppose. He gets injured in his first

00:44:52.570 --> 00:44:55.289
game. What happens if that's the case? What then

00:44:55.289 --> 00:44:57.809
happens for the rest of your... I've just signed

00:44:57.809 --> 00:45:00.909
a five -year deal with you. Rhys Langdon's coming

00:45:00.909 --> 00:45:05.510
to West Ham to save him. I'm a... Oh, fuck it.

00:45:05.550 --> 00:45:07.610
I'm a striker. Why not? Of course you are. Of

00:45:07.610 --> 00:45:10.230
course I am. He's up there somewhere. Get me

00:45:10.230 --> 00:45:12.949
up the front. Big lad up top. I've signed a five

00:45:12.949 --> 00:45:17.210
-year deal. I'm on... Let's say it's 120 million.

00:45:17.690 --> 00:45:21.320
It's a big signing. For a big geezer. First game,

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:26.420
I've snapped my ACL and torn my Achilles. I'm

00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:31.159
done. Who's done? Me. Why? Why not? You can come

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:33.079
back from that. Can I come back from that? Yeah,

00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:35.059
but if you choose to retire, there's a difference.

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:38.280
Okay, I've snapped my Achilles. I've ruptured

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:41.880
my... Sorry, I've snapped my ACL. MCL's gone.

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:44.079
I've ruptured my Achilles and someone's snapped

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:48.690
my femur in half. Mikel Antonio is 35 years old,

00:45:48.750 --> 00:45:51.150
broke both his legs in a car crash and now he's

00:45:51.150 --> 00:45:55.570
trying to play football. ACL, MCL, Achilles,

00:45:55.929 --> 00:45:59.889
femurs snapped in half, I've lost all my teeth

00:45:59.889 --> 00:46:03.030
from a boot to the jaw and I've got no eyelids.

00:46:04.429 --> 00:46:07.289
So you can never sleep again. I can't sleep and

00:46:07.289 --> 00:46:10.530
I can't play. What then happens? Nothing. Are

00:46:10.530 --> 00:46:13.570
you choosing to retire? Well, I can't play anymore.

00:46:13.929 --> 00:46:16.820
Well, you can. We'll keep chucking you out there,

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:19.159
mate. Your fault, you've got no sleep. Have a

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:23.780
Red Bull. If you choose to retire, well, first

00:46:23.780 --> 00:46:26.360
of all, footballers are insured. Yeah. So if

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:29.340
anything happens, they're covered. So if they're...

00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:31.619
Well, you mean the club's covered or the footballers...

00:46:31.619 --> 00:46:33.940
I'm not sure exactly how that works, but I know

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:38.239
every footballer has insurance. But if you were

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:41.820
to retire, I assume either your insurance would

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:46.500
pay or... you can come to a mutual agreement

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:48.639
with a club and be like, look, I'm on a five

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:50.400
-year contract for fucking, I'm going to earn

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:53.500
10 million. If you give me 4 million now, I'll

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:55.880
leave. So you're saving six, but obviously you

00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:57.719
get like a payout. Do you know what I mean? I

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:59.539
imagine, I'm guessing that's how it works. Sometimes

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:01.400
it'll be good to sign a contract and then just

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:03.320
fucking break it back. Well, that's why a contract's

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:05.940
always good because you're guaranteed that. Jared

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:08.559
Bowen signed a nine -year deal or six -year deal

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:11.619
or something with us. So it's a thing because

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:13.929
you're like, oh, well, My money's not going to

00:47:13.929 --> 00:47:16.489
go up, probably. But I've guaranteed this wage

00:47:16.489 --> 00:47:18.829
for six years, whatever happens. Oh, no, my couple

00:47:18.829 --> 00:47:21.510
of million isn't going to fucking go up. Yeah,

00:47:21.510 --> 00:47:23.230
I know, but you know you always want more if

00:47:23.230 --> 00:47:25.389
someone's earning more. Right, anyway, that was

00:47:25.389 --> 00:47:27.949
the first one, so we'll move on. Leave of absence.

00:47:28.110 --> 00:47:30.489
Player absences cover different situations where

00:47:30.489 --> 00:47:32.849
squad members are unavailable. A player may simply

00:47:32.849 --> 00:47:35.550
be absent for a few days, take personal leave,

00:47:35.690 --> 00:47:38.380
go on vacation or face an... indefinite absence

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:40.780
with no clear return date family leave is another

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:42.719
case where personal matters take priority over

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:47.119
football bank and budget problems bank dilemmas

00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:49.619
limits what you can spend within your financial

00:47:49.619 --> 00:47:53.440
institution restricts activity leaving you unable

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:56.659
to compete complete transfers or cover wages

00:47:56.659 --> 00:48:00.360
budget malfunction is an administrative mistake

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.639
that unexpected unexpectedly cuts into your available

00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:09.690
funds Board interference. Board overruling represents

00:48:09.690 --> 00:48:12.329
moments when the board steps in to block or force

00:48:12.329 --> 00:48:14.469
a transfer against your wishes. Like with what

00:48:14.469 --> 00:48:16.429
West Ham does at the moment and their current

00:48:16.429 --> 00:48:18.769
owners. Yes, mate. Thanks. Chairman interference

00:48:18.769 --> 00:48:23.150
goes further with the club's hierarchy meddling

00:48:23.150 --> 00:48:25.969
in tactics. Like what West Ham does at the moment

00:48:25.969 --> 00:48:28.949
with their owner. That's it, mate. Or pushing

00:48:28.949 --> 00:48:31.170
certain players into the spotlight to raise their

00:48:31.170 --> 00:48:34.489
transfer value. Like what West Ham does with

00:48:34.489 --> 00:48:42.019
their current owner. Contract showdown. This

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:44.300
event forces you into negotiations when a player

00:48:44.300 --> 00:48:47.079
demands a new deal and refusing can spark unrest.

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:50.300
Pay or sell is even tougher as a player insists

00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:53.139
on either a renewed contract or immediate transfer.

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:56.500
Loss of confidence. This particular event reflects

00:48:56.500 --> 00:48:59.199
a situation where a player's debut or form dips

00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:01.820
so badly that their morale takes a sharp hit.

00:49:02.730 --> 00:49:05.050
Overwhelmed player highlights when an individual

00:49:05.050 --> 00:49:07.130
admits they cannot handle the pressure of top

00:49:07.130 --> 00:49:09.230
-level football, leaving you to manage their

00:49:09.230 --> 00:49:14.130
fragile state. Matchday disruptions. Dodgy food

00:49:14.130 --> 00:49:16.170
affects your squad before a key fixture with

00:49:16.170 --> 00:49:18.130
food poisoning forcing you to make changes to

00:49:18.130 --> 00:49:20.809
your line -up. Hotel mayhem happens when rival

00:49:20.809 --> 00:49:23.130
fans disrupt your team's hotel with fireworks

00:49:23.130 --> 00:49:25.849
or noise, leaving the squad tired. Travel slip

00:49:25.849 --> 00:49:28.090
-up adds another huge hurdle as transport delays

00:49:28.090 --> 00:49:30.010
leave your squad fatigued and underprepared.

00:49:30.730 --> 00:49:33.690
There's 10 more of these. 11 more. Are you done?

00:49:33.949 --> 00:49:35.489
No, go on. Keep rolling through them. We can

00:49:35.489 --> 00:49:37.690
get through it. I can just give you the names

00:49:37.690 --> 00:49:39.489
rather than read out what they do. Give me the

00:49:39.489 --> 00:49:41.289
names. I'm sure I can work them out. All right.

00:49:44.570 --> 00:49:50.429
Media and leaks. tactical breach wages leak exit

00:49:50.429 --> 00:49:53.809
interview fans to the rescue hometown boost money

00:49:53.809 --> 00:49:57.170
injection sponsor surge financial returns new

00:49:57.170 --> 00:49:59.909
ownership outbreak international injury crisis

00:49:59.909 --> 00:50:03.289
international team injuries homesick player training

00:50:03.289 --> 00:50:06.329
injury clash inside access under the spotlight

00:50:06.329 --> 00:50:09.329
carefree improvements use it or lose it sell

00:50:09.329 --> 00:50:12.469
to buy spending push results ultimatum and last

00:50:12.469 --> 00:50:15.050
chance use it or lose it does that mean like

00:50:15.050 --> 00:50:18.360
you've got Couple of hundred million left in

00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:20.059
your budget. You need to spend it. Otherwise,

00:50:20.159 --> 00:50:23.099
you ain't getting it. Let's have a look, shall

00:50:23.099 --> 00:50:26.679
we? How very interesting. That's a lot of stuff.

00:50:27.280 --> 00:50:29.400
Documentary coverage. Inside access follows your

00:50:29.400 --> 00:50:32.219
club across the full season. Exposure and revenue

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:34.139
are testing how players handle constant attention.

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:36.940
Under the spotlight, rings the cameras to your

00:50:36.940 --> 00:50:38.920
national team during a major tournament offering

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:40.679
visibility but adding pressure on the squad.

00:50:41.300 --> 00:50:44.619
Badget carryover, yeah. Carefree improvement

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:46.840
allows you to carry 100 % of your unused transfer

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:49.000
budget into next season. Use it or lose it is

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:51.099
the opposite of removing any unspent funds at

00:50:51.099 --> 00:50:53.420
the end of the campaign. There's so much stuff.

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:55.619
But this is what I've always wanted in career

00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:59.440
mode. Stuff like that because it matters. Because

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:02.579
I make things up in my own head. I'm not playing

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:05.320
him because he's been a knob. But it comes from

00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:09.110
like, I don't know. Being shit in a game or something,

00:51:09.230 --> 00:51:11.809
I'd be like, oh, he was a knob. So will that

00:51:11.809 --> 00:51:15.030
all be completely random throughout a season?

00:51:15.289 --> 00:51:17.349
Yeah. So all that sort of stuff might happen,

00:51:17.389 --> 00:51:19.929
might not happen. That is quite interesting.

00:51:19.949 --> 00:51:21.750
And it's annoying, isn't it? Because you get

00:51:21.750 --> 00:51:23.769
your best player and you're trying to get promoted

00:51:23.769 --> 00:51:26.349
into Prem or something and he's like, oh, fucking

00:51:26.349 --> 00:51:28.309
Real Madrid want me, fuck off, I'm leaving. And

00:51:28.309 --> 00:51:30.289
then you're like... And it's really annoying,

00:51:30.510 --> 00:51:32.469
but in a good way because it gives you a story

00:51:32.469 --> 00:51:34.710
to them. And I love a story. You know I love

00:51:34.710 --> 00:51:36.550
a story. And we know that no one's turning down

00:51:36.550 --> 00:51:39.599
Real Madrid. No, exactly. No, I mean, that's

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:42.079
just not happening. Fuck football, man. Football's

00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:44.820
dead. Yeah. So that's coming. When does that

00:51:44.820 --> 00:51:52.119
come out? To you or to me? What do you mean?

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:56.079
Oh, because you're pre -ordering it. No, you

00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:59.230
know I'm buying a big boy. That's what I do.

00:51:59.409 --> 00:52:01.369
What's the big boy? I don't know. The ultimate

00:52:01.369 --> 00:52:03.429
edition, whatever. I probably won't, to be honest.

00:52:03.530 --> 00:52:06.809
Whatever option allows me to play it early, I'll

00:52:06.809 --> 00:52:08.309
buy, but I won't buy it. Because the ultimate

00:52:08.309 --> 00:52:10.750
edition is mainly for fucking ultimate team.

00:52:10.849 --> 00:52:12.550
I don't really fuck with that team much these

00:52:12.550 --> 00:52:19.469
days. E -A -F -C. E -A -F -C. 26. 26. It's in

00:52:19.469 --> 00:52:23.989
the game. 26 early access. It's like a week early,

00:52:24.050 --> 00:52:26.639
I think you get it for. Release date and early

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:29.900
access. Pre -order the Ultimate Edition. A new

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:33.860
season is nearly here. EA Sports FC 26 releases

00:52:33.860 --> 00:52:36.460
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00:52:36.460 --> 00:52:39.719
5, 4, Xbox Series X, S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch,

00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:44.389
Switch 2 and PC. The club is yours. EA Sports

00:52:44.389 --> 00:52:47.469
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00:52:47.469 --> 00:52:49.510
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00:52:49.789 --> 00:52:51.469
There's an England flag on your ceiling. England

00:52:51.469 --> 00:52:55.309
26 Ultimate Edition by God Save the King by 26

00:52:55.309 --> 00:52:58.349
August to get incredible content for your football

00:52:58.349 --> 00:53:00.469
ultimate. Just tell me when the fuck it comes.

00:53:03.289 --> 00:53:06.110
Could have just looked on the store man and got

00:53:06.110 --> 00:53:08.409
this up for you. Ultimate Edition on the 19th

00:53:08.409 --> 00:53:13.099
of September. Oh yeah. So not long. EA Play Pro

00:53:13.099 --> 00:53:18.719
Ultimate Edition Access on the PC 19th. So it's

00:53:18.719 --> 00:53:22.219
three weeks. Early access, 10 -hour trial on

00:53:22.219 --> 00:53:25.780
19th of September 2025. And the standard edition

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:29.260
is on the 26th of September 2025. That's annoying.

00:53:29.400 --> 00:53:30.960
You get 10 hours, so it's like an hour a night.

00:53:31.820 --> 00:53:34.239
Yeah, decent, isn't it? Do we not have a price?

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:37.519
It's about a one. It's about a one, are you?

00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:40.440
Something like that. But then you used the old

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:42.300
trick, didn't you? You used your old fucking

00:53:42.300 --> 00:53:44.519
trick -ty trickster. Go on. If anyone's going

00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:47.559
to buy it, you sign up to EA Play for a month

00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:49.940
for like £1 .99 or whatever it is, and then you

00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:52.099
get your fucking 10 % discount, and then you

00:53:52.099 --> 00:53:54.239
go, oh, bosh, and then you cancel the EA Play,

00:53:54.380 --> 00:53:57.400
and you've got it cheaper. Oh, bosh. Well, apparently

00:53:57.400 --> 00:54:02.260
you can get the ultimate edition for Xbox One

00:54:02.260 --> 00:54:09.739
and Xbox Series X and S for 26 quid. I'll be

00:54:09.739 --> 00:54:15.099
up for that. I don't know why that's there, but

00:54:15.099 --> 00:54:18.980
I don't think that's right. Yeah, £99. Yeah.

00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:25.420
Or £89 .99 if you have EA Play. Worryingly, my

00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:28.519
wife listens to these, so it's not that much.

00:54:28.780 --> 00:54:31.860
What, she listens to the podcast? Yeah. How many

00:54:31.860 --> 00:54:35.559
has she listened to? Lately, all of them. Why?

00:54:36.500 --> 00:54:40.760
When did she start doing that? A couple of months

00:54:40.760 --> 00:54:45.960
ago. Oh, no. Fuck her. Will she listen to this

00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:48.099
one? Yeah, she listens to all of them. So will

00:54:48.099 --> 00:54:49.900
she know about the Baldur's Gate collector's

00:54:49.900 --> 00:54:50.719
edition and how much that costs? Yeah, she's

00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:52.340
fucking bought it up. That's how I found out.

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:55.699
Was it with Baldur's Gate or something? She was

00:54:55.699 --> 00:54:58.699
like, thought about spending £500 on something,

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did you? Yeah. And then she just pressed play

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and I was like... Oh, she had it ready. She had

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the receipts, baby. Oh, dear. Mm -hmm. Okay,

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well, we best end it there, then. Go and do the

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Patreon, because she doesn't pay for that. No,

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she doesn't. See you later, everyone. Ooroo.

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Ooroo.