Fists Of Fiction

 I must admit, Margeraet Weis and Tracy Hickman, who, IMO, created one of the greatest fantasy worlds of all time, suing Wizards of the Coast fills me with a nostalgic sense of pride.  The lawsuit also notes that Weis and Hickman, as they were writing  Dragons of Deceit , had complied with several requests from Wizards that “proposed certain changes in keeping with the modern-day zeitgeist of a more inclusive and diverse story-world,” which Wizards was entitled to do by the terms of their licensing agreement. Weis and Hickman claim in the suit to have complied with all requested rewrites, including one that reportedly took 70 pages to resolve, over issues that included the story’s use of love potions, certain characters’ names having negative connotations, and unspecified matters of inclusivity. That does raise an obvious follow-up question, however. In the version of events presented in Weis and Hickman’s lawsuit, which is the only version we have access to at time of w...

Boxing mirrors real life example #1: In the world of boxing, white people are less privileged than minorities. In the world of American boxing, Asians are less privileged than blacks and Mexicans. This is a culture issue, not a race issue. If a specific race really was privileged, that privilege would carry over everywhere. Since we don't see that happening, such as in areas of boxing, we can conclude that a race is not privileged, but really privilege is determined by culture, which is determined by, for the most part, reality. The sport of boxing came around, which is really a meritocracy, and thus, eventually, blacks and latinos started emerging as the dominant boxers, which in turn, makes people living in the culture of boxing value black and latinos. Same thing with pretty much all sports. The culture of education favors asians. The culture of America favors white people. The culture of Japan favors Japanese people. If you want to break into a culture where you're NOT FAVO...

View this post on Instagram The Lomachenko disrespect has to stop. When he came into the division there were 4 separate belts. Now there's a unified champion and most of that was down to him. I don't even like Lomachenko. For multiple reasons I won't get in to. But as boxing fans we always complain about the best fighting the best. Anyone who was a champion at lightweight Loma wanted to fight. And the weight classes he was in before. He isn't even a lightweight and still was in the undisputed fight. I'm not making excuses. It's just nice to see the best fighting the best which is why we were all so excited for last night. He didn't duck two time email champion Devin Haney. No matter what. You have to respect someone who did everything they could to unify the division and try to become undisputed. The best fighting the best that's what it's all about. The biggest take away from last night. Don't crown someone too early. I'v...

Teofimo Lopez Sr. send Vasyl Lomachenko straight to hell. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/l7CBQpq1ML — Most Valid Opinion MVO Uncensored Podcast (@izdatyofaceee) October 13, 2020 In boxing, as in life, the ability, the skill one possesses to do whatever it is they're supposed to do, is the only thing that matters.  Everything else pales in comparison. Whatever one does, it needs to be with the purpose of increasing the skill or ability, otherwise its pointless.

 I was watching some old UFC fights, specifically DC vs Jon Jones 1 & 2, and it made me recall something Joe Rogan said on his podcast a while back. He mentioned how much he didn't understand why the fans had so much disdain and hatred for DC, even going as far as to like Jon Jones over DC.  In a later interview or podcast, he mentioned how he didn't understand why the fans didn't like Mighty Mouse either, which made he recall an interview, where Mighty Mouse said something along the lines of the following: "I don't do anything. I don't get in trouble, I don't do drugs or beat my wife. I just win fights, go home, and play video games. I'm a company man." It dawned on me, that DC and Mighty Mouse were similar in the fact they they're both amazing fighters. Definitely hall of fame material.  DC won championships at light heavy and heavyweight, and was absolutely dominate at light heavyweight for years, his only losses being Jon Jones which we...

  It isn't graphics (although they're great), it isn't the gameplay (although that's great), it isn't the story (that's great as well) its the characters. More specifically, its one character, the protagonists, Jin Sakai.  I can't think of another video game character, aside from maybe Master Chief, that resonates with me so much. Stop reading if you don't want spoilers. His backstory is great. His father was murdered by bandits leaving Jin the last member of the Sakai clan. The mongols invade the island of Tsushima, and Jin, along with every single samurai on the island, engage in a bloody battle on the beach of komoda.  During the battle, all the samurai die, while the leader, Lord Shimura, Jins uncle is captured.  Jin himself, sustain a wound that leaves him unconcious only to be brought back to life by the thief, Yuna.  It is here that Jin's journey from honor bound samurai to the "whatever it takes" Ghost is extraordinary.  It isn'...

I'm not going to sit here and say fighting should be at the top of high culture, but its definitely a better medium than pretty much anything under NPR.  The fact that it is placed at the bottom shows the person that wrote this thinks all fighting is nothing but mindless brutal violence. Two bloody men beating each other senseless with their fists, knees, and elbows while a drunken crowd cheers on. While this does happen (just like 50 shades of grey is written porn) it ignores the actual science and skill of the sport.  One most possess a certain level of intelligence, to understand timing, angles, and technique, to fight at a high level.  The "educated liberal elite" looking down his nose at fighters as "uneducated barbarians" is no different than "ignorant backwoods racist" looking down his nose at black people as "dim-witted inferiors". It comes from the same place. Ignorance.