Unfortunately so. Lots of little pp energy.

"yoU'Re jUSt bRoKe tHO." Nope I just don't waste my money.

@@The_Mad_King_Aerys even if I could afford it I wouldn’t 😆

@@The_Mad_King_Aerys the kids saying that have their parents pay for shit

I think the worst is when there are cosmetics that are low effort (could be made with MSpaint) selling for more than $10. Like the $80 valorant skin that just made the guns blue. Or that other skin that costs $250USD. The price of 4 new games minus tax.

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Ha! That's right, how could I forget that shit lol 😆

The nerve! Lol

This is why I am glad that my monitor adds its own crosshair/dot for games like that. Makes things so much better and more accurate than most games built in crosshair and I'll never have to buy a scope or dot to play a game properly. BTW the warzone crosshair is ever so slightly left side biased.

@@proffessorX why even play a game like that in the first place? If the game wants u to pay for a red dot, then that is already a major red flag

As long as it turns a profit, it won’t.

Only nba game on the market. Sports Leagues selling Licensing to game companies hurts communities so much. Madden is probably the best example on a publisher absolutely trashing a game but being the only nfl game available

How long has Madden been going on?? Don't count on it..

I just keep away from sports games ... they are always PTW.... just go outside and play some real sport!!!

It's always been the formula with NBA and most sports game in general, sure buying a game yearly for updated rosters and graphics wasn't the best deal ever but now with how much people shell out for mycareer and myteam, they aren't gonna stop any time soon.

I've never seen another game that people love to shit on so much. Like obviously the people playing like the game or RSI wouldn't be raking in hundreds of millions of dollars lmao. I've got a couple thousand hours in the game, and I still enjoy flying around with my friends and checking out new ships.

@@chasekidd i enjoy the game too but this video is a big lie he say most of the ship are not released when 90 % are released lol

How is it "predatory" to literally just have a game package for 45 dollars that gets you lifetime access to the game and all future updates with no monthly sub fee? Who's holding a gun to someones head forcing them to pay a thousand dollars?

@@Baleur While I am definitely a big defender of Star Citizen, and as I mentioned above, I love playing it, it is 100% predatory when it comes to marketing. The cycle ships in and out of the store, often raising the prices of the ships when they come back, creating a sense of urgency when a ship you might want is being sold. The ships are defined basically as gifts given to you for pledging money to the game, not as you buying the ships, specifically so they can ignore any refunds/returns or disputes. Their are multiple tiers of exclusive clubs you have to buy into either through subscriptions or just spending a ton of money. The high pricing of the ships in general is 100% whale bait. They aren't priced that high because they cost that much to make, it's because there are enough people willing to buy them that they can price them that high. Also hull-limited ships, pretending like there is a limited number of ships available when it's a digital good to create an artificial demand to justify sky rocketing the price. It's a good game, I've spent over 1k$ on it, I don't regret buying into it, but I can recognize that their business tactics are in no way ethical, and prey of the fact that people with too much money to spend, or just enough money to afford it and have a fomo will buy the ships.

​@@chasekidd Do you really think it is unethical ? (genuine question) If it were to feed big fat publishers with only promises (as the video pretends) I would agree, but the game has no publisher so to speak, that's the big difference that is very rarely touched upon. RSI doesn't have a traditional business model, and it seems misplaced to judge it by traditional standards. The game kept on a crowdfunded model with rewards at the level of the investment (until some recent external investment at least), so no big investor on a capitalistic model is fattened from the money put by backers. The benefit goes to the company (who functions and grows thanks to it) and to... the backers themselves who get (progressively) delivered their dream game, therefore I do not see how it is unethical. In a sense, this business model could be seen as more ethical than traditionnal ones, as no greedy middle men extracts value from the work of developers, and all of the money invested actually goes into the game. It is even done with a level of transparency that has no equal (to my knowledge), so again, only more ethical to me. It's "direct marketing" meets the gaming industry.

Damn.

But the thing is it was weird bcz Roze skin was an MW Season 5 exclusive and there was literally no way to buy the skin after the season ended... Also when the season was going on people were actually not yet using the Roze skin and there was no talk about Roze skin, it was only after the season 6 ended and we got closer to CW integration, it got major traction, so Activision was not able to make money off it after it got traction bcz it was a limited-time item, so they just left it and the people who were playing the game during Season 5 (and bought BP) only had access to it...

@@flaminG-Ghost It came in in bundles later on, so yes, you could get it. It might have been a different skin, but when you unlocked the operator you could play the challenges to unlock the dark ones. Also they added in another pretty similar skin to the CW Battlepass too.

@NerdWitDank Spetsnaz Mil-sim

there was no issue with the skin. straight bots with cheap ass setups who cant see shit are the only ones who complained and people complained like months after the skin came out 👎🏽

Yeah cause they know content creators will make videos of it, then all the kids will be like omg I gotta get that to win 🤦‍♂️

Lmfao I never experienced this once and I play warzone everyday. That’s not considered pay to win😂 like what the fuck🤡🤡🤡🤡

Bobby Kotick is a shark.

@@ScottySweats you under a rock?

@@JagsP95 no some people just don’t experience some bugs I guess. Lol still not pay to win

Eh, shitty practice, but at least the only ones that actually spent money for it are shitheads anyway

Were you expecting Gameranx to actually do a little bit of research to maintain some semblence of journalistic integrity?

@@vertisce2845 I'll be honest, I did expect more from them. (Sigh), guess its standard procedure to write first and investigate later.

@@vertisce2845 Actually, until now I did. But game journalism obviously has gone down the drain.

not just that... its the backers that asked for such packs... cig put in because of that.

This is why I unsubbed from them last year… they are the CNN of gaming news.

Well said.

Finally someone doing good..

NFTs are the Future of the Metaverse. They ain't going anywhere.

@@RayRaeTV 15 years ago they said virtual reality was the future, so...

@@RayRaeTV Well, the Metaverse can keep the damn things then, no one with half a brain cell would get caught up in that stupid pyramid scheme.

Indeed, it blows my head up!

@@DavetheNord There's probably a pay to win mtx out there that does exactly that. If not it's only a matter of time. ;-)

Cough* Sims 4 players

It's all those trust fund babbies who's parents don't give a fuck what their kid does. Mostly single moms living off of Alimony.

@@DeeReeseBeats FIFA players Just as an FYI, Sims 4 doesn't have pay to win mechanics or mtx's, so it doesn't fit with the theme of the video. It's DLC is overpriced though, especially in total and especially the newish kit pack rip offs.

It would barely take any research to learn this. Guess we can't trust anything he says in his videos if thats all the effort he is gonna put into it.

@@skitsnack1 I understand this was a pretty blatant error but Gameranx genuinely does make good content, especially compared to other video game “journalist” channels.

@@namesizack normally id agree but this is a blatant oversight at the least

The video isnt good if it has straight up misonformation of that caliber

Just like every other journalist, just reads the snippets he read somewhere.

yeah, but you can have up to 3 ships spawned at once, for your buddies who just got them auroras or something

@@domusdebellum3042 sure, that sounds like fun.

@@GomulDart it is for people who only have auroras or mustangs.

Out of the list of ships scrolled in the video, I believe all but one are flyable in game. The picture showing the Mustang Omega even states "Flight Ready" which means it is flyable in the game. The content creator is woefully misinformed on the subject around the current state of Star Citizen. As far as Micro Transactions, all the flyable ships shown are purchasable with in game currency, not real money, if you so choose.

The ships are still in development for one reason, and one reason only. Chris Roberts.

any assassin's creed game made in the last 3 years (origins, odyssey, valhalla)

@@BradyAndros absolutely I have tried all three and couldn't get into them. It might be an unpopular opinion but I like the old assassins creed better.

@@havkreaper_2552 that isn't an unpopular opinion at all.

Apparently it is because people find the trio to be amaaaaazing

@@BradyAndros Speak for yourself. I love running around in the historical worlds and so do many others. The only people who have problem with the newer games are those that wanna beeline the mainstory before anything else

Thats what happens. Capitalism at its finest. Decades and decades building it up into something wonderful to just shit all over it in the end for a quick short sighted gain without any consideration of sustainability 😌

It's not entirely the companies faults. i mean, would you, realisticly, don't do something that would earn you tons of money? The people buying and supporting this shit are a big problem too. yes, it's pretty sad that Companies do that, but there are still more than enough games and publishers that don't do that. just stick to them i guess

Remember when we use to just get completed games and have couch co op with friends and family. Now it's whatever the most popular games get the most updates while you have dig for the games u want to play or watch as the series you love get left on a shelf to rot away

Gaming sucks now a days. Broken games. Macro transactions. Wokeness. :( I haven't bought anything new recently because there is just so much garbage.

"But it's free to play!!!" "The battlepass really doesn't cost that much!" "Just wait for an update!"

I actually came to this video because of your reaction video about it. :) Keep it up. Big fan.

The fact you think $40,000 reasonable for a video game content and that you can justify it is just wow bro…

@@pbeatz911 link to video ?

Your justifying a $40,000 micro transaction…… were you also dropped as a baby?

I just came across this video. Being an SC player, it makes me wonder about the rest of his video. I'm guessing he doesn't base it off experiance with the game, and just reads out something he saw online.

@@robertmcgregor724 I know that thats exactly what they do. I made a comment on an older video saying that they were pronouncing names from the KotOR games incorrectly, and so badly that it was clear they didnt play the games.

@@robertmcgregor724 and besides that on the website he shows it even says flight ready lol

It is very apparent that ZERO research was actually done to substantiate the claims this person is making. To that, it throws question into anything this channel is stating. Do your research before making a fool of yourself.

Cough* yeah! Who would spend that much on capital ships psshh not me hahaha!!! *Shifty eye movements*

Not really, I played Driv3 and Spyro:ETFD

honestly its really only advertised on their website, when you get in game you'll see no sign of any microtransactions, you could play without having to see a single one.

@@ryanellis233 This is because there is no micro transactions and never will be. You can buy ships for real money now to support development, but you will not be able to buy ships for real money when the game is released. This game simply don't have, or never will have, micro transactions. gameranx is negligent and/or lying.

@@ryanellis233 exactly

@@Ruudscorner not the first time either, and the last time they did it.... it was the same person too.... and to even go as far as to even contradict their own clip in the video is hilarious. they are literally turning into Kotaku with their ill informed and idiotic clickbaity bs

I enjoy Gameranx and I try not to blindly defend CIG, but some basic research would be nice.

Lack of research is probably less laziness and more a draw back to having to put out near daily vids to play the algorithm game. Idk it’s a miss but not something I can be suuuuper mad at

@@redlethal4358 to paraphrase... "I would strongly suggest doing some or ANY research before posting an 'informative' video such as this." Serioulsy

True, I still feel disappointed in RSI given that I paid over $250 dollars as a backer right when they first opened. I have pretty much given up hope that a real game will ever come out.

@@wittigrxn I have spent over $2k and do not regret a penny. I worked 30 years in IT (no not as a dev) but I accept and understand that code development "at this level" takes TIME, lots of time. By at this level I mean developing a game that is "millimeter in scale and light years in scope."... IE "all-the-things" will be physicalized in the game world at 1-to-1 scale.... and the game world itself will be light years in SIZE... NO ONE has ever done this before... IT IS GONNA TAKE YEARS... So? HTFU.

My man asking the real question here.

Pretty sure its a Macrotransaction at that point, lol

Full of so much spaghetti it's a macaronitransaction.

Basically yeah

Strictly speaking, yes, a microtransaction is the payment of a small amount of money to gain an advantage or item in a video game. More broadly, though, the term "microtransaction" is slowly being expanded to include any additional transactions or purchases within a game after the initial purchase of the game other than monthly membership fees.

I was going to say the same but i think there is a Polaris in the middle of his scroll down his list of ships that dont exist but players in CIG are flying anyway

Pay for convenience is actually a pretty spot on term. I will use that from now on. :)

That could also be said for games that employ a battle pass where all players earn rewards from it but paying players can do it much easier. In my opinion it’s all still pay to win, as you are paying to skip the grind required to “legitimately” earn the item. Not sure how star citizen works so maybe it’s different there

Pay for progress is a more fitting term

More like "To be ACCURATE"

That and a starter package (all you need to get everything in the game including all ships) will destroy you at a devastatingly shockingly high price of $45 bucks. 😲 This channel just continues to flat out lie about almost every game they “report” on. Despicably poor journalism.

@@lopaka79 This.

@@jbirdmax IDK about everything, but they are extremely miss leading about Star Citizen. I think they need to actually revisit the game, because I'm betting their info/experience is like 3 or 4 yrs old at leats

So...? Your problem is that the huge companies are better at making money? Or that being better at making money creates huge companies?

@@thedarkemissary the point I was trying to make and maybe didn't word well, was that bigger companies don't necessarily need to add microtransactions to their games, while for many (but not all) smaller groups it's the better option to publish a game for free and make their income through microtransactions. and just to clarify more, I should say that I don't like games with P2W or say gamble-like microtransactions either, regardless of the size of the team that made it.

What games do/have you make? Not trying to be funny, would honestly check them out if I can

It's all part of the plan to keep the little guys down and the big guys at the top forever. Competition? Psh. Don't want that! That interferes with PROFITS.

Also I find your take on star citizen section is disrespectful, with no research whatsoever and misleading. But we are not angry or hateful, we just want you taking it seriously and objective. Doing a lot of research and talking with backers, making another and a good video take on this would make you win back a lot of people who loves Star Citizen.

@@Aeon-Lynx yeah, it was pretty obvious they hadn't done any real research when he didn't even know the studio name. He said Roberts Space Industries when that's just the game's website and an in-game company. That's normally the big sign of just someone ready to hate on SC when they don't even bother to look up that it's Cloud Imperium Games...

That's the same for GTA Online. There's nothing to win and you can earn it all in game.

Hey, it's helped most of us to know what games to avoid, at least ;).

You're so right. They tested the waters and now we have to contend with the bs. I started only getting games when there is either a full version or I see that they don't add Dlc/transactions after some time, triple-a and indie, both.

Unfortunately, I think NFTs are going to turn into the same thing, if not much worse. People ridiculed the concept of horse armor and cosmetic DLC back then, yet in 2-3 years the market was saturated with it.

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@@gameranxTV thank you, falcon 🤝

What KZfaqrs do you watch 😹😹 most people taking KZfaq seriously upload most days

Been like this since 2k15 gameranx and acg are my main places for game reviews. My likes tend to line up with jakes, falcon too and acg is a more full time reviewer, between the two I've never been led astray.

Not only are they are consistent, they also have quality too!

Key detail there lads, the ships are actually flyable ffs

@@aguspuig6615 it's like these guys substitute knowledge for Kotaku articles.

Or a rich person just spending their money 🤷‍♂️

@@3sgtecelica possibly but I suspect money laundering

@@FiveTwoSevenTHR crypto sales are subject to taxes though. Seems like a bad way to launder money.

@@3sgtecelica people don't launder money to avoid taxes, they launder it to hide illegal income.

@@FiveTwoSevenTHR hide illegal income on a public ledger. Smart.

Won't work when people spend hundreds in F2P games and devs go "our skins are cheaper, so it's fair"

@@wiertech9 he said paid games. F2p is fine with reasonable price like 10$ or lower. Or for good cause like pink ribbon

@@raveenbikha yea but what about pay to play or subscription based games with the same problems?

@@acefreak9561 pay to play idk but subscription isn’t bad like wow but not now with their harassment stuff. It’s support the game with new expansions etc. Nowadays is just support them make good money but want all the money mostly ceo

@@raveenbikha im ok with the subscription but having a predatory scheme like gacha, loot boxes or god forbid nfts on a game i have to pay monthly to access would be real ass scummy.

They also started from the ground up, including building the studio. There are a few tripple A games with as long develop times as SC but with full studios and ready engine to start with.

@@Solver1 And additionally , they invent groundbreaking new game technology, that every other company will lick its fingers for, once they come out with it. And how people can not accept that this takes time, is beyond me.

@@pbeatz911 It's because most don't understand Star Citizen isn't your average shelf title - it's more akin to an ever evolving ecosystem.

and you can buy either of them in game with just a $45 ship.

Hell yea, I want 5$ armor whores also! That sounds amazing, and I'd like to inform whoever is in charge that I'll take 10 of them immediately, please.

Then that's how it booming

That's how it all started however. Crazy to go from horse armor to worse business practices than the F2P Asian games of the past.

watch?v=7Wq3nVtFGRE for the scrutinous of you that prefer to confirm for themselves. (more power to you my friend)

And gamers keep giving it to them.

Greed sucks

not just game companies but all mega corps are like that, the are all greed AF

Such a lack of self awareness. Replace the words "game companies" with the word "people."

I love how Falcon paused before saying “Moist”

I couldn’t believe I saw Cr1tikal mentioned on here. I used to watch him when KZfaq was barely getting started

Straight up! It was meant for the long time players who had a bunch of gold to buy in the AH in hopes to put gold back into the wow economy and fix it. Instead people abused it.

It can also be exchanged for Battle net balance up to a maximum of $500

I can see how they could have interpreted that from other sources, I don't think any of them actually play the game. To be fair I don't play it either anymore and neither do most.

@@Govakhelsborne To be fair......

@@DrkestShadow what? I know about the token and that's only one of the reasons I stopped as did many

and that they will all be available in game

I'm guessing you were paid to say this.

Charging close to 60usd , i dont mind if developpers did that, if the sold the game for 20usd.

It's still like that.

Fortnite did this in 2018

Yeah.

Yeah but you still paid $60.

Man i played a crap ton of warframe when I had no job probably almost 200 hours then I stopped right before the Plains of Eidolon and some other updates and i feel like i dont know how to play the game anymore.

No one actually needs those prime accessories... You most certainly speak of the prime resurgence, yes? There are so many prime accessories, ofc if you would buy them all it would cost over 100$ but who needs those??? Yeah they look cool but they're not needed to enjoy the game. Just decide which ones are the most worthy of purchase and buy those. It's not pay-to-win content, it's just pay-to-collect Edit: spelling

@@NMG.11 This video and this comment wasn't solely about p2w, so why are you so fixated about that aspect?

@@jagodaduda2976 yeah, you're right. Then let me rephrase it. The guy can't really complain because of the said cosmetic prices anyway, because when they were first released they were intended as limited edition content so... If Digital Extremes decided that they should give a chance to collectors to buy those cosmetics ofc they would sell higher. So if you want a full set of extra cosmetic armor and another gimmic you need to pay like 20$, 'cause that gives you 3x "regal aya" which is this events special currency for instant buying either full weapons/warframes or cosmetics. I see that as a very reasonable price for someone that is a collector, 'cause that's the actual target audience. Again, those were meant to be exclusive limited items yet they returned, so ofc they are more expensive now...

@@darkseeker102 yeah, I never got the hang of it, I might just start over….

What?

I must have completely misheard what he said. I thought all he said was people buy them for money and sell them for gold but I was only half paying attention. I quit right before they came out anyways

Even Snes and Mega Drive games. Love put into them, stories, gameplay.

@@britishwordplay4335 It's ridiculous how good some of those games were man. Haha It's no wonder why ps2 is the highest selling console ever. Game developers actually took pride in their work. They couldnt rely on updates in dlc or microtransactions to help improve their product. It was like once its out its done mise as well give it our all. Like the DBZ games Like budokai 3 or the tenkaichi series. It's disgusting seeing some of the dbz games today. There are So many others as well but Haha As a kid I played those games and others 10s of thousands to 100s of thousands of hours so much dam fun.

We'd have GTA VII by now if not for GTAV online. Everyone who puts money into that fucking game is guilty. Fuck all those people. GTA VI would probably be Vice City, and it would be amazing if GTA VII would be Las Venturas. But no. Stupid assholes putting tons of money into GTA V stopped any progress from Rockstar. 'Member when they were supposed to release single player DLC? They saw the money online was getting them and they said "fuck it". No effort, tons of money.

@@TayR0C From a purely business point of view, I can understand why Rockstar haven't bothered with a GTA 6 as yet, as GTA online to them is a cash-cow that keeps on delivering... for minimal risk and financial investment etc. Obviously though, it doesn't do anything for those of us that are eager to move on with the series. I suspect though, that if a GTA 6 does eventuate... that Rockstar will double down and make it online only (like Battlefield 2042) If that happens, I will walk away from the series completely and move onto something else.

Only if the grind is properly balanced and actually enjoyable. Lot of games make the grind ridiculous to incentives paying

What? That's completely contradictory. Fact is, most people play "pay-to-win" games longer, cause they've paid to win and are winning because they paid. Whereas, if they grind and get nowhere, they quit. Therefore, the model works perfectly, those who will pay, pay to win, win because they paid, will continue to play because they win, and will continue to pay, because they play.

@@thedarkemissary But the point is, once you've won, where do you go from there?

@@tomread8748 You win again. That's why cheaters exist. Also, I notice this pattern where in the psst you'd grind to improve in the game. Now that you grind for skins, you're not playing the game, you're just grinding for the sake of grinding. You don't do a challenge because it is fun, but rather for the rewards and that's worrisome.

@@JonatasAdoM But the challenges are also fun.

I dont think pve is considered in pay to win

but what is if you dont want every character? what is if you just want to have fun with a game? do you still have to spend alot of money?

>Skip characters you don't like >Save up freemogems >Roll on their rate up >Tadah you didn't spend $1300 I swear Genshin is Babby's first Gatcha game

@@theArcanaOFZero I dare you to say that on the official twitter of theirs. You won't hear an end to your notifications

@@theArcanaOFZero yeah but what of characters you want, no way you C6 and R5 a character you like on free primos. What happens if you want a character back to back? I get it's a gacha game or whatever doesn't make the monitization ethical.

woo

Can’t believe that’s never crossed my mind. Cleaning up so much dirty money

With all the corruption at EA, its pretty much a given that money laundering is rampant.

I would give props, if they would do it regularly and not only every 4th video. But hey, better than nothing

Nah. There's still a LOT of pushback vs NFTs by most in the gaming sphere, for now. All it will take is a publisher to use them intelligently and have them usable across multiple games and cross platform that they will go mainstream. The average gamer pre-orders, purchases microtransactions, buys loot boxes, and plays mobile games, burning money through those dumpster fire. NFTs are still relegated to crypto bros and people who want to try their hand at low cost investing who happen to also game.

Sound advice! I can't tell you how often I've gotten burned pre-ordering games because I'm slow sometimes. Cyberpunk was the last game I preordered; I've finally learned my lesson!

Another Rule: Never buy any sports game every year. They are basically the same shit rehashed.

@@Timbucktu635 Yes, important one!

No, you can: A: use the token to get 30 days of game time, or B: sell the token on the auction house for gold

@@_Just_John That's what i said

Dont buy then

@@user-qh4zb4bq9c I'm not. Most people aren't

Honestly I still can’t figure out what people are doing even touching the last two entries. The only thing I can guess at with the Star Citizen one is hoping they can sell of their stuff at a marked up price to make a profit (even still insane).

Star Citizen players share the same brain cells as nft investors.

@@wotwott2319 idk i like flying around a big star system in a space ship

i spent 200 on this game a decade ago and have nothing to show for it lmao

I like Gameranx but unfortunately they’re completely in the wrong here about Star Citizen. the game is playable, the ships are playable, it’s not just a “graphic on a screen” like they said. it’s not like an NFT. maybe try playing it? literally only costs $50 to get a ship and the game.

no only are they in game and functional, they are purchasable in game. $45 is all you need to get into the verse and every ship is available in game.

@@domusdebellum3042 yeah, but with my playtime it will take months to grind for a prospector (just saying that the balancing of income per hour needs a ton of work)

@@ruudhollenberg thats why you join an org. the people who have time to grind rep levels do, then share those missions and certifications with people who dont. and the people who have all the ships will spawn ones in for other players until they can buy better ships. this game opens up exponentially when played with an org.

@@ruudhollenberg I don’t play the game all day. Abusé I have a 7-5 but I can still get PROSPECTOR within a month

How?

This comment wasn’t copy and pasted

This comment definitely wasnt copy and pasted.... :Troll:

@@ryanretrogamer7 I just liked your first comment 5 mins ago 😂

@@N0-Name416 I was the original one

& you can buy ingame

Trust fund NEETs. They are the scourge to us actual working gamers. If it wasn't for them, we'd probably have a GTA VII and Bully 2 by now. But no. Still milking the GTA online teet.

The people buying things at that price point are mainly content creators and rich folk who are throwing money away in order to lower their taxes.

Yeah and not only that The main problem is obtaining cosmetics being similar to Team Fortress, not EXP or Drop Rate Booster

It's also because bugs like this a hard to locate. It often involves deleting the whole code and redoing the model (at least for me probably because I'm new to this).

gatorade boost?wow microtransaction and ad at the same time.

@@ianvergara9739 For real. I was so confused reading that comment lol.