let’s hope it trains people to respond “NO” to such nonsense.

That is indeed unique.

I can’t see Wagner beiing able to do this again. But then again, grab a chair, grab popcorn.

Yes, No way i knew that i needed to know all that info on detergent :P

Your sentiment though well placed seems to be incorrect, there is a big risk.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

According to Valve:

Over time, the battle pass grew into a massive operation that sucked up nearly all the time, ideas, and resources of staff working on the game. In the early days of Dota 2, content updates were more varied and frequent. But over time the battle pass began to consume every idea or feature, leading to a situation where for most of the year Dota 2 had little to no new content until the next big battle pass update.

and

While work is still in progress on future updates, the first of these has shipped: ‘New Frontiers’ and patch 7.33 couldn’t have shipped as they did if we were focusing all our efforts on producing Battle Pass content. The community response to ‘New Frontiers’ has helped us build confidence that working less on cosmetic content for the Battle Pass and more on a variety of exciting updates is the right long-term path for Dota as both a game and a community

Pretty wild, as this seems to describe the issue with most live service games and high end titles in general.

TL/DR: The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released its annual Global Liveability Index on Thursday, and Vienna came in at number one out of 173 cities analysed. What makes it such a great place to live? According to the report: its ‘winning combination of stability, good culture and entertainment, reliable infrastructure, and exemplary education and health services.’

• Vienna, Austria
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Melbourne, Australia
• Sydney, Australia
• Vancouver, Canada
• Zurich, Switzerland
• Calgary, Canada
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Toronto, Canada
• (=) Osaka, Japan and Auckland, New Zealand

Of course they are.

I would like to add Sanctum 2 as a fun game. Also

• Grounded
• Raft