Discussion History GameBreaker / FireEmblemHeroes

* [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11086403/Why-is-the-new-U2-album-in-your-iTunes-library.html Apple automatically adding U2\\\'s Songs of Innocence onto millions of peoples\\\' libraries without their consent]]. Those who had auto-download enabled had the album added to (and later pointlessly taking up space on) the device itself. Bono\\\'s reputation as a self-obsessed \\\"capital-A Artist\\\" was further exacerbated and the stunt was met with [[https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/09/everyone-mad-at-apple-for-u2-stunt.html widespread public derision]] as Apple initially offered no real way to delete the album rather than just hiding it. This also ate into the album’s commercial and critical reception: Songs of Innocence became the band’s lowest debuting album on the UK rock charts in 33 years (peaking at #6 and lasting only nine weeks on the charts) and while the reviews spoke of an album that was decent-at-best for a band of U2’s caliber, it’ll more than likely be remembered for its incredibly botched marketing campaign.

* Spotify promoting Drake\\\'s 2018 album Scorpion by plastering Drake\\\'s image on almost every single editorial playlist, including [[https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drake_spam_1-1-768x621.jpg ones he doesn\\\'t even appear on like ambient, EDM, and gospel.]] Worse yet, the aggressive marketing campaign even made its way to Spotify Premium, a service people pay for to NOT see ads. [[https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/spotify-users-push-back-at-the-over-the-top-drake-promotion The outrage led to many angry Spotify users grilling the company on social media]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/8vf204/spotify_will_refund_this_month_if_you_contact/ with one Reddit user requesting]] [[https://imgur.com/ehxzIcq (and eventually receiving) a refund]].

*Rax\\\'s Mr. Delicious: an ad campaign so bad it essentially [[FranchiseKiller tanked an entire company]]. In a hare-brained attempt to recoup their dwindling consumer base, roast beef restaurant chain Rax ran a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGDl2AnNf0 series]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlLe6bHv0w0 of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfZZw2_AhU commercials]] featuring their new mascot, Mr. Delicious, an awkward, middle-aged, down-on-his-luck animated sales representative who does little more than monotonously drone on about the supposed benefits of eating at Rax. While likely a UrExample of \\\"weird brand Twitter\\\", especially in regards to the character\\\'s approach to deadpan humor bordering on anti-humor, these ads, coupled with the dumbed-down new slogan “You can eat here”, were nonetheless a transparently half-assed attempt at upselling the already waning fast-food chain with tired \\\"take my wife... please!\\\" humor that 1.) [[WhatWereTheySellingAgain had very little to do with the product they were advertising]] and 2.) even at the time was considered passe.

* [[https://external-preview.redd.it/oq0P-KRRQiAR1bEnr39GU9pc5fR3ww4lbWkoH47rScc.jpg?auto=webp&s=c7d3e333d9e4c6850885ddf26e5dc3811791d1d2 Green Day\\\'s \\\"NO FEATURES...\\\" billboard]] used to promote their 2020 album, Father of All Motherfuckers. What was most likely meant as a lighthearted jab at mainstream pop music was instead [[https://i.redd.it/jv4ldezngqf41.jpg widely]] [[https://pics.me.me/nothing-more-punk-than-adopting-boomer-talking-points-69151320.png chided]] [[https://pics.me.me/green-day-used-to-be-my-favorite-band-a-decade-69144439.png for]] [[https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/green-day-gets-dragged-for-bizarre-anti-trap-billboard-for-new-album-news.103362.html coming]] [[https://youtu.be/1LSW5uKZLHQ across]] like a severe case of WereStillRelevantDammit by way of played-out retro rockist snobbery.

* [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11086403/Why-is-the-new-U2-album-in-your-iTunes-library.html Apple automatically adding U2\\\'s Songs of Innocence onto millions of peoples\\\' libraries without their consent]]. Those who had auto-download enabled had the album added to (and later pointlessly taking up space on) the device itself. Bono\\\'s reputation as a self-obsessed \\\"capital-A Artist\\\" was further exacerbated and the stunt was met with [[https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/09/everyone-mad-at-apple-for-u2-stunt.html widespread public derision]] as Apple initially offered no real way to delete the album rather than just hiding it. This also ate into the album’s commercial and critical reception: Songs of Innocence became the band’s lowest debuting album on the UK rock charts in 33 years (peaking at #6 and lasting only nine weeks on the charts) and while the reviews spoke of an album that was decent-at-best for a band of U2’s caliber, it’ll more than likely be remembered for its incredibly botched marketing campaign.

* Spotify promoting Drake\\\'s 2018 album Scorpion by plastering Drake\\\'s image on almost every single editorial playlist, including [[https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drake_spam_1-1-768x621.jpg ones he doesn\\\'t even appear on like ambient, EDM, and gospel.]] Worse yet, the aggressive marketing campaign even made its way to Spotify Premium, a service people pay for to NOT see ads. [[https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/spotify-users-push-back-at-the-over-the-top-drake-promotion The outrage led to many angry Spotify users grilling the company on social media]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/8vf204/spotify_will_refund_this_month_if_you_contact/ with one Reddit user requesting]] [[https://imgur.com/ehxzIcq (and eventually receiving) a refund]].

*Rax\\\'s Mr. Delicious: an ad campaign so bad it essentially [[FranchiseKiller tanked an entire company]]. In a hare-brained attempt to recoup their dwindling consumer base, roast beef restaurant chain Rax ran a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGDl2AnNf0 series]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlLe6bHv0w0 of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfZZw2_AhU commercials]] featuring their new mascot, Mr. Delicious, an awkward, middle-aged, down-on-his-luck animated sales representative who does little more than monotonously drone on about the supposed benefits of eating at Rax. While likely a UrExample of \\\"weird brand Twitter\\\", especially in regards to the character\\\'s approach to deadpan humor bordering on anti-humor, these ads, coupled with the dumbed-down new slogan “You can eat here”, were nonetheless a transparently half-assed attempt at upselling the already waning fast-food chain with tired \\\"take my wife... please!\\\" humor that 1.) [[WhatWereTheySellingAgain had very little to do with the product they were advertising]] and 2.) even at the time was considered passe.

* [[https://external-preview.redd.it/oq0P-KRRQiAR1bEnr39GU9pc5fR3ww4lbWkoH47rScc.jpg?auto=webp&s=c7d3e333d9e4c6850885ddf26e5dc3811791d1d2 Green Day\\\'s \\\"NO FEATURES...\\\" billboard]] used to promote their 2020 album, Father of All Motherfuckers. What was most likely meant as a lighthearted TotallyRadical jab at mainstream pop music was instead [[https://i.redd.it/jv4ldezngqf41.jpg widely]] [[https://pics.me.me/nothing-more-punk-than-adopting-boomer-talking-points-69151320.png chided]] [[https://pics.me.me/green-day-used-to-be-my-favorite-band-a-decade-69144439.png for]] [[https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/green-day-gets-dragged-for-bizarre-anti-trap-billboard-for-new-album-news.103362.html coming]] [[https://youtu.be/1LSW5uKZLHQ across]] like a severe case of WereStillRelevantDammit by way of played-out retro rockist snobbery.

* [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11086403/Why-is-the-new-U2-album-in-your-iTunes-library.html Apple automatically adding U2\\\'s Songs of Innocence onto millions of peoples\\\' libraries without their consent]]. Those who had auto-download enabled had the album added to (and later pointlessly taking up space on) the device itself. Bono\\\'s reputation as a self-obsessed \\\"capital-A Artist\\\" was further exacerbated and the stunt was met with [[https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/09/everyone-mad-at-apple-for-u2-stunt.html widespread public derision]] as Apple initially offered no real way to delete the album rather than just hiding it. This also ate into the album’s commercial and critical reception: Songs of Innocence became the band’s lowest debuting album on the UK rock charts in 33 years (peaking at #6 and lasting only nine weeks on the charts) and while the reviews spoke of an album that was decent-at-best for a band of U2’s caliber, it’ll more than likely be remembered for its incredibly botched marketing campaign.

* Spotify promoting Drake\\\'s 2018 album Scorpion by plastering Drake\\\'s image on almost every single editorial playlist, including [[https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drake_spam_1-1-768x621.jpg ones he doesn\\\'t even appear on like ambient, EDM, and gospel.]] Worse yet, the aggressive marketing campaign even made its way to Spotify Premium, a service people pay for to NOT see ads. [[https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/spotify-users-push-back-at-the-over-the-top-drake-promotion/#:~:text=The%20promotion%2C%20dubbed%20%E2%80%9CScorpion%20SZN,playlists%20on%20the%20same%20day.&text=One%20Reddit%20user%20shared%20how,that%20post%20soon%20went%20viral The outrage led to many angry Spotify users grilling the company on social media]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/8vf204/spotify_will_refund_this_month_if_you_contact/ with one Reddit user requesting]] [[https://imgur.com/ehxzIcq (and eventually receiving) a refund]].

*Rax\\\'s Mr. Delicious: an ad campaign so bad it essentially [[FranchiseKiller tanked an entire company]]. In a hare-brained attempt to recoup their dwindling consumer base, roast beef restaurant chain Rax ran a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGDl2AnNf0 series]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlLe6bHv0w0 of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfZZw2_AhU commercials]] featuring their new mascot, Mr. Delicious, an awkward, middle-aged, down-on-his-luck animated sales representative who does little more than monotonously drone on about the supposed benefits of eating at Rax. While likely a UrExample of \\\"weird brand Twitter\\\", especially in regards to the character\\\'s approach to deadpan humor bordering on anti-humor, these ads, coupled with the dumbed-down new slogan “You can eat here”, were nonetheless a transparently half-assed attempt at upselling the already waning fast-food chain with tired \\\"take my wife... please!\\\" humor that 1.) [[WhatWereTheySellingAgain had very little to do with the product they were advertising]] and 2.) even at the time was considered passe.

* [[https://external-preview.redd.it/oq0P-KRRQiAR1bEnr39GU9pc5fR3ww4lbWkoH47rScc.jpg?auto=webp&s=c7d3e333d9e4c6850885ddf26e5dc3811791d1d2 Green Day\\\'s \\\"NO FEATURES...\\\" billboard]] used to promote their 2020 album, Father of All Motherfuckers. What was most likely meant as a lighthearted TotallyRadical jab at mainstream pop music was instead [[https://i.redd.it/jv4ldezngqf41.jpg widely]] [[https://pics.me.me/nothing-more-punk-than-adopting-boomer-talking-points-69151320.png chided]] [[https://pics.me.me/green-day-used-to-be-my-favorite-band-a-decade-69144439.png for]] [[https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/green-day-gets-dragged-for-bizarre-anti-trap-billboard-for-new-album-news.103362.html coming]] [[https://youtu.be/1LSW5uKZLHQ across]] like a severe case of WereStillRelevantDammit by way of played-out retro rockist snobbery.

* [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11086403/Why-is-the-new-U2-album-in-your-iTunes-library.html Apple automatically adding U2\\\'s Songs of Innocence onto millions of peoples\\\' libraries without their consent]]. Those who had auto-download enabled had the album added to (and later pointlessly taking up space on) the device itself. Bono\\\'s reputation as a self-obsessed \\\"capital-A Artist\\\" was further exacerbated and the stunt was met with [[https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/09/everyone-mad-at-apple-for-u2-stunt.html widespread public derision]] as Apple initially offered no real way to delete the album rather than just hiding it. This also ate into the album’s commercial and critical reception: Songs of Innocence became the band’s lowest debuting album on the UK rock charts in 33 years (peaking at #6 and lasting only nine weeks on the charts) and while the reviews spoke of an album that was decent-at-best for a band of U2’s caliber, it’ll more than likely be remembered for its incredibly botched marketing campaign.

* Spotify promoting Drake\\\'s 2018 album Scorpion by plastering Drake\\\'s image on almost every single editorial playlist, including [[https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drake_spam_1-1-768x621.jpg ones he doesn\\\'t even appear on like ambient, EDM, and gospel.]] Worse yet, the aggressive marketing campaign even made its way to Spotify Premium, a service people pay for to NOT see ads. [[https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/spotify-users-push-back-at-the-over-the-top-drake-promotion/#:~:text=The%20promotion%2C%20dubbed%20%E2%80%9CScorpion%20SZN,playlists%20on%20the%20same%20day.&text=One%20Reddit%20user%20shared%20how,that%20post%20soon%20went%20viral. The outrage led to many angry Spotify users grilling the company on social media]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/8vf204/spotify_will_refund_this_month_if_you_contact/ with one Reddit user requesting]] [[https://imgur.com/ehxzIcq (and eventually receiving) a refund]].

*Rax\\\'s Mr. Delicious: an ad campaign so bad it essentially [[FranchiseKiller tanked an entire company]]. In a hare-brained attempt to recoup their dwindling consumer base, roast beef restaurant chain Rax ran a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGDl2AnNf0 series]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlLe6bHv0w0 of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfZZw2_AhU commercials]] featuring their new mascot, Mr. Delicious, an awkward, middle-aged, down-on-his-luck animated sales representative who does little more than monotonously drone on about the supposed benefits of eating at Rax. While likely a UrExample of \\\"weird brand Twitter\\\", especially in regards to the character\\\'s approach to deadpan humor bordering on anti-humor, these ads, coupled with the dumbed-down new slogan “You can eat here”, were nonetheless a transparently half-assed attempt at upselling the already waning fast-food chain with tired \\\"take my wife... please!\\\" humor that 1.) [[WhatWereTheySellingAgain had very little to do with the product they were advertising]] and 2.) even at the time was considered passe.

* [[https://external-preview.redd.it/oq0P-KRRQiAR1bEnr39GU9pc5fR3ww4lbWkoH47rScc.jpg?auto=webp&s=c7d3e333d9e4c6850885ddf26e5dc3811791d1d2 Green Day\\\'s \\\"NO FEATURES...\\\" billboard]] used to promote their 2020 album, Father of All Motherfuckers. What was most likely meant as a lighthearted TotallyRadical jab at mainstream pop music was instead [[https://i.redd.it/jv4ldezngqf41.jpg widely]] [[https://pics.me.me/nothing-more-punk-than-adopting-boomer-talking-points-69151320.png chided]] [[https://pics.me.me/green-day-used-to-be-my-favorite-band-a-decade-69144439.png for]] [[https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/green-day-gets-dragged-for-bizarre-anti-trap-billboard-for-new-album-news.103362.html coming]] [[https://youtu.be/1LSW5uKZLHQ across]] like a severe case of WereStillRelevantDammit by way of played-out retro rockist snobbery.

As for the \\\"HP drain from allies\\\" bit, it might be worth mentioning that some GlassCannon units \\\'\\\'want\\\'\\\' to be damaged to hit skill thresholds, so that after Líf is done tanking they can descend on the enemies like locusts without having to worry about surviving a round of combat. This sort of thing has been theorycrafted to hell and back since Líf\\\'s first appearance, but was reliant on his playable version being able to actually tank. Now we know he can, and I think that\\\'s significant enough to consider.

As for the \\\"HP drain from allies\\\" bit, it might be worth mentioning that some GlassCannon units \\\'\\\'want\\\'\\\' to be damaged to hit skill thresholds, so that after Líf is done tanking they can descend the enemies like locusts without having to worry about surviving a round of combat. This sort of thing has been theorycrafted to hell and back since Líf\\\'s first appearance, but was reliant on his playable version being able to actually tank. Now we know he can, and I think that\\\'s significant enough to consider.

You misread Deadly Balance\\\'s description. The Penalty part is if the debuff is on \\\'\\\'him\\\'\\\', not the target. Granted, I also misread the skill earlier and [[EpicFail thought the ENEMY got the special acceleration]] instead of him. [=IntSys=] really needs to make these descriptions clearer.