Are we reading the same thread? Mike pretty clearly lays out that he was never in the business to be somebody’s dancing monkey, which is what he felt he was becoming, so he bounced. He might dress it up in harsh language, but ultimately it sounds like there was just a culture clash between what he wanted to do and how it was being perceived by the powers that be. Seems pretty reasonable to me to dip if you are just wanted to be like everyone else.
Tbf too, I’d also be a bit bitter if a dude who tried to make a dumb racial joke at me on a live stream has now somehow failed upwards into a position at Capcom while I was told by the same company that I was wasting my time with a passion project, but that’s just me.
at least people got a answer about why ect so they dont bother gootecks anymore on his cc channel.
he seems to have plans too to continue with it, really wonder which direction it will go. i liked that they put other games with other people on the channel but i guess they couldnt afford to keep them to continue with it since no one is working for free…
to change the topic -
“Talking to the “Pro Gamer Couple” Momochi and Chocoblanka about esports
as a job and the severe reality of money” http://fugutabetai.com/?postid=561
I love Trent and NIN, and I remember being blown away when I first heard Hurt back when I bought The Downward Spiral on CD (that is how we got our music before the internet). But even Trent himself admitted that Cash owns it now.
Also now I get to feel even more old when people reference Hurt as “that one old man song from the sad Wolverine movie”.
Yeah yeah I know what Trent said, and Cash is a god. His version is as good as the original and better in some ways, but overall the original has better arrangement and Reznor’s voice really captures the sense of someone at the end of their line. Cash’s take I think is more better captures someone at the end of their life which is another dimension altogether. Hurt in the context of The Downward Spiral and that era is just complete and whole. Nobody can take that away, not even Reznor himself.
he sounds bipolar to me. my friend had that bad and when we told him we actually cared about him he never really believed it. now he’s dead because he didn’t trust the doctors and the meds he was supposed to take, especially for Valley Fever. he was always on some crazy obsessed projects that never got done and blamed the “system” and society for those projects failing.
it sounds like Ross is somewhat aimless in life and having existential problems.
