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Colin finally got to interview Alyssa Mercante

Omnipunctual Godot said:
He certainly didn't give SmashJT the same courtesy.
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I'm a Patreon supporter and consume most of their content - especially Sacred Symbols monikered shows.

Colin, from my read after thousands of hours of listening the guy for the last 15 years, is a well meaning but often weak interviewer when it comes to doing these more controversial or friction-possible discussions.

I've heard him push back on Jaffe a few times with political commentary; The Smash JT one is obviously a highlight recently. His interview of the plagiarist from IGN was decent….

But, when it comes to culture wars stuff he seems to plop himself weirdly in the middle.

I see it as he doesn't want burn a potential new bridge with someone, he's genuinely open to having dissenting voices but also, he knows this shit drives engagement, clicks etc…he's not dumb. He knows this stirs the pot.

I think most of us who lean right or disagree with Mercante would love to hear her get her ass handed to her in a more serious discussion- but Colin isn't into that typically. He's not a debater and he's not typically adversarial.
 
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WellSheet said:
I'm a Patreon supporter and consume most of their content - especially Sacred Symbols monikered shows.

Colin, from my read after thousands of hours of listening the guy for the last 15 years, is a well meaning but often weak interviewer when it comes to doing these more controversial or friction-possible discussions.

I've heard him push back on Jaffe a few times with political commentary; The Smash JT one is obviously a highlight recently. His interview of the plagiarist from IGN was decent….

But, when it comes to culture wars stuff he seems to plop himself weirdly in the middle.

I see it as he doesn't want burn a potential new bridge with someone, he's genuinely open to having dissenting voices but also, he knows this shit drives engagement, clicks etc…he's not dumb. He knows this stirs the pot.

I think most of us who lean right or disagree with Mercante would love to hear her get her ass handed to her in a more serious discussion- but Colin isn't into that typically. He's not a debater and he's not typically adversarial.
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I see it more as he gave her a softball interview to spite SmashJT (Colin and Alyssa agreed to the interview six days after Colin went on Smash's show), since Colin knows Mercante is currently suing Smash over what should be viewed as a clear-cut case of free speech, but you can sue anyone for virtually anything, and if you can drag out the legal process long enough, you can bleed them dry. She's a despicable piece of shit for that in my book, and if Colin didn't challenge her on it, he's no better.
 
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Omnipunctual Godot said:
I see it more as he gave her a softball interview to spite SmashJT (Colin and Alyssa agreed to the interview six days after Colin went on Smash's show), since Colin knows Mercante is currently suing Smash over what should be viewed as a clear-cut case of free speech, but you can sue anyone for virtually anything, and if you can drag out the legal process long enough, you can bleed them dry. She's a despicable piece of shit for that in my book, and if Colin didn't challenge her on it, he's no better.
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I'm admittedly checked out on the whole Smash JT / Mercante dust up.

From what I've seen before this interview made dislike her enough, and her vapid, indentitarian and anecdotal takes in the interview with him solidified it more that she's not someone I'd care to listen too
 
WellSheet said:
I'm admittedly checked out on the whole Smash JT / Mercante dust up.

From what I've seen before this interview made dislike her enough, and her vapid, indentitarian and anecdotal takes in the interview with him solidified it more that she's not someone I'd care to listen too
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Yeah, just to condense and simplify it as much as possible:
  • She's suing him for defamation (because he called her a prostitute) and "stochastic terrorism."
  • Meanwhile, she literally responded to someone on twitter who asked how she got into the business by saying, "I sucked d**k." She also worked as a cam whore. (She's deleted the exchange since then, which should be considered destruction of evidence.)
  • She's currently suing Smash (who lives in California) in New York, saying that because his website uses a Wix CMS, which is based in New York, New York should have jurisdiction in the case.
  • This should've shut the case down at the outset, since there have been numerous cases where a plaintiff tried to use flimsy internet connections to establish jurisdiction and failed (Johnson v. Huffington Post, Revell v. Lidov, ALS Scan, Inc. v. Digital Service Consultants).

I'd imagine her lawyers are likely taking this pro bono, so the costs aren't hurting her the same way they are Smash, and I'd imagine they also shopped around to find a sympathetic judge who doesn't care about the actual law as much as promoting their own politics. There's no reason why this case should still be going on in a New York court system nearly two years in.

I think Colin is just trying to launder her reputation because he hates Smash.

I know a lot of people don't like Smash, but this is an obvious case of a guy getting railroaded by the court system.
 
Omnipunctual Godot said:
Yeah, just to condense and simplify it as much as possible:
  • She's suing him for defamation (because he called her a prostitute) and "stochastic terrorism."
  • Meanwhile, she literally responded to someone on twitter who asked how she got into the business by saying, "I sucked d**k." She also worked as a cam whore. (She's deleted the exchange since then, which should be considered destruction of evidence.)
  • She's currently suing Smash (who lives in California) in New York, saying that because his website uses a Wix CMS, which is based in New York, New York should have jurisdiction in the case.
  • This should've shut the case down at the outset, since there have been numerous cases where a plaintiff tried to use flimsy internet connections to establish jurisdiction and failed (Johnson v. Huffington Post, Revell v. Lidov, ALS Scan, Inc. v. Digital Service Consultants).

I'd imagine her lawyers are likely taking this pro bono, so the costs aren't hurting her the same way they are Smash, and I'd imagine they also shopped around to find a sympathetic judge who doesn't care about the actual law as much as promoting their own politics. There's no reason why this case should still be going on in a New York court system nearly two years in.

I think Colin is just trying to launder her reputation because he hates Smash.

I know a lot of people don't like Smash, but this is an obvious case of a guy getting railroaded by the court system.
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1000% i want smash to win
 
I got to the 11-minute mark and had to stop. I was really disappointed in Colin's take that the problem people had with Saros is that the main character was of Indian descent. Now there may very well be people who had some issue with that, but the discourse I've seen has NOTHING to do with the main character's race. It had everything to do with the fact that players find out they're playing as a piece of shit who cheated on his wife. Whom then suddenly became a lesbian. Now, to be fair, Returnal's story was about a self-absorbed, delusional bitch who got herself and her child killed. So, Housemarque is already on a streak here of making us play as douchebags that we don't realize are douchebags until the end. Of both the male and female variety. However, MY issue here is that Colin tried to identify the Saros backlash as simply racism. That's just lazy.
 
Varteras said:
I got to the 11-minute mark and had to stop. I was really disappointed in Colin's take that the problem people had with Saros is that the main character was of Indian descent. Now there may very well be people who had some issue with that, but the discourse I've seen has NOTHING to do with the main character's race. It had everything to do with the fact that players find out they're playing as a piece of shit who cheated on his wife. Whom then suddenly became a lesbian. Now, to be fair, Returnal's story was about a self-absorbed, delusional bitch who got herself and her child killed. So, Housemarque is already on a streak here of making us play as douchebags that we don't realize are douchebags until the end. Of both the male and female variety. However, MY issue here is that Colin tried to identify the Saros backlash as simply racism. That's just lazy.
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yikes Colin I thought you were better than that
 
To spare everyone the hassle of desperately trying to recall who TF that hot chick is we are talking about: 🥲 🔥❤️‍🔥🚒🧑‍🚒

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Omnipunctual Godot said:
Is it just me, or is there something disgusting about posting a lewd pic in a Walmart bathroom with toilet, special needs handle, and toilet paper on full display?
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Special needs people also have the right to show how hot they are! 🔥:p😘

: Myuni! .... Myuni! Stop it and go to bed now! It has been a long, hard day at work!
 
WellSheet said:
I'm a Patreon supporter and consume most of their content - especially Sacred Symbols monikered shows.

Colin, from my read after thousands of hours of listening the guy for the last 15 years, is a well meaning but often weak interviewer when it comes to doing these more controversial or friction-possible discussions.

I've heard him push back on Jaffe a few times with political commentary; The Smash JT one is obviously a highlight recently. His interview of the plagiarist from IGN was decent….

But, when it comes to culture wars stuff he seems to plop himself weirdly in the middle.

I see it as he doesn't want burn a potential new bridge with someone, he's genuinely open to having dissenting voices but also, he knows this shit drives engagement, clicks etc…he's not dumb. He knows this stirs the pot.

I think most of us who lean right or disagree with Mercante would love to hear her get her ass handed to her in a more serious discussion- but Colin isn't into that typically. He's not a debater and he's not typically adversarial.
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I'm a Pateron supporter too. And a fan for the same 15 years. So you know his goal is never to have public fights. He hates the thought of it. He's from the real journalist type thinking where the goal isn't to start a fight, but to have a conversation.

He recognizes that the culture wars stuff is wack and both sides EQUALLY have their crazies. And that there's no real reason to make one side look worse than the other.
 
Varteras said:
I got to the 11-minute mark and had to stop. I was really disappointed in Colin's take that the problem people had with Saros is that the main character was of Indian descent. Now there may very well be people who had some issue with that, but the discourse I've seen has NOTHING to do with the main character's race. It had everything to do with the fact that players find out they're playing as a piece of shit who cheated on his wife. Whom then suddenly became a lesbian. Now, to be fair, Returnal's story was about a self-absorbed, delusional bitch who got herself and her child killed. So, Housemarque is already on a streak here of making us play as douchebags that we don't realize are douchebags until the end. Of both the male and female variety. However, MY issue here is that Colin tried to identify the Saros backlash as simply racism. That's just lazy.
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Why do y'all hate playing as characters that are so-called "douchebags"?

We've done it before in the past and it was never a problem. Why is it a problem now?
 
adamsapple said:
er ... is there a back story that would make this interesting?

without context this means nothing ..
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Back when the gamergate 2.0 started Alyssa Mercunt became one of the biggest Sweet Baby Inc defenders and most vocal among the videogame "journalists" against the "chuds". She worked for Kotaku and used the website like it was her personal blog to push her leftist agendas. Eventually she got fired, tried to make a youtube channel that no one cared about and found a job in a restaurant or something like that. Shes a tourist and the last place i want to see miss Cunt is back in the videogame news.
 
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