• Gordon Calhoun
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    1016 days ago

    Pretty sure with the current ongoing conflicts, WWIII has already kicked off and we just haven’t fully accepted it yet.

    • Bob Robertson IX
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      I mean, if we’re truly keeping count then I think we’re up to WW5 at this point.

      • WW3 = Cold War
      • WW4 = War on Terror
      • WW5 = America: The Nazi Years
    • @[email protected]
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      516 days ago

      I consider ww3 started back in 22 when Russia invaded ukraine, like how ww2 should count from when japan invaded china

      • @[email protected]
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        115 days ago

        So then 2014?

        Meanwhile Myanmar is going through hell and 95% of the population can’t find it on a map

  • NONE
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    3116 days ago

    Kinda weir not seeing a mention to moths in this post, coming from you.

      • @[email protected]
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        314 days ago

        Possibly the peak of the franchise, assuming you enjoy drag racing more than professional musicians launching cars into space.

        • @[email protected]
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          115 days ago

          Yeah cause the rest of the fast franchise is so grounded and serious, don’t they go into space in one of these, I mean come on

      • @[email protected]
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        1516 days ago

        You think THAT’S an unpopular opinion? I personally think that they should never even have made the first one.

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮
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          People I know IRL who hate on the last few because they were so over-the-top; I think they’re the best because they were so over-the-top.

          So just driving under a truck, or drifting is cool, but jumping a building to blow up a helicopter with your car is dumb? Whatever. 🙄

          • @[email protected]
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            114 days ago

            So just driving under a truck, or drifting is cool, but jumping a building to blow up a helicopter with your car is dumb?

            That’s correct.

          • @[email protected]
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            1416 days ago

            First one is like a time capsule of street racing and car culture of the moment. It was better because it was grounded in reality. The driving and stunts were cool because they were believable. The new stuff is just over the top action.

            To each their own :)

            • @[email protected]
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              1416 days ago

              The first one shows a criminal gang and you know they’re serious because they have a truck full of stolen dvd players…it’s a great product of its time

          • @[email protected]
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            316 days ago

            Yeah, the best way to make a bad movie good is to make it into a farce*, whether on purpose or not.

            Examples include: Crossroads, Commando, The Room

            *though there are of course truly great (and usually criminally underrated) movies that were farces on purpose from the start

    • @[email protected]
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      314 days ago

      If nothing else, it gave us a banging song for memes, or in my case sailing in valheim and swinging boats around rocks.

  • Lemminary
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    5116 days ago

    And War 10. We’re skipping War 9 because the number nine sounds too much like “death” in some languages and the marketing team likes big round numbers.

    • @[email protected]
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      I thought it was because “War 9” is too similar to “Win 9” or Windows 9x. This could cause software compatibility issues so its best to just skip straight from 8 to 10.

    • @[email protected]
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      1416 days ago

      Right now we’re releasing War 10, and because War 10 is the last version of War. It’s all about War as a service.

      • @[email protected]
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        615 days ago

        Okay, just for shits 'n giggles we’ll throw in a War 11. Just mind that it can’t be fought with perfectly good legacy weapons, those will need to be replaced.

      • FackCurs
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        War 8 with a large regional sub-conflict called War 8+ War X (pronounced ten) which revolutionizes warfare. You’re gonna love it. Gets renamed into War Xs but nothing much is new. Kicks back into War 11 and local conflict War 11 Pro which is smaller than the regional War 11 Pro Max though honestly, they’re all the same.

        Eventually gets rebranded as War 2026 even though conflict is taking place in 2025.

        • Captain Aggravated
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          Meanwhile there’s some annoying neckbeards over here acting all superior talking about GNU/ArmedConflict or as I’ve recently started calling it GNU + ArmedConflict.

    • Mîm
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      Those are just different release titles for the first one.

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      I disagree. WW3 is already underway and is primarily informational. Combat is a combination of targeted strikes, drones and artillery etc Cyber warfare will also be a big factor.

      Truth has been increasingly elusive and with AI we will no longer know what is true and what isnt because we can’t even believe our eyes.