https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp Been in the works for a while

Game development times are getting completely out of hand at this point. I really hoped that the advancement of game creation technology and more advanced engines, we would have seen sped up game development, but for the past decade we've seen nothing but the opposite go the point it's just ridiculous now for some games.

This also poses the other question - who thought it was a good idea to show an ES6 teaser if the game was the better part of a decade out at the time of the teaser?

What an absolutely incredible show. Start to finish, just perfect. Both main events absolutely blew me away.

I could talk for paragraphs on it, but I'll just leave it at that and call it a day.

I think it was one of the best shows I've seen in a while, and they've been putting out some really good ones lately. I can't describe it, but something about their storytelling is far more compelling right now. I know when AEW isn't hot, it feels sometimes like they're mailing it in with most of the stories on the show, just doing good matches then interrupted interviews all show, but they've got a good variety and storylines that actually make you want to tune in right now.

Also, Eddie Kingston is an absolute top-5 promo of all time, I don't care if that sounds ridiculous given some of the competition out there in the 'all-time' category. Nobody matches his pure emotion and ability to make you fully believe that he believes every word he's saying.

I'd agree here, it was a really good show - I also appreciate how it seems like they learned a lot from their build to Forbidden Door 1. It's nice that they're doing quick side segments for most of the matches, and reserving the more significant on-screen builds to people who the audience is already familiar with (Ospreay, for example, since he spent a good chunk of time in AEW last year). No more delegating half the show to the announcers going bonkers for the arrivals of 15 people who 95% of the audience has never heard of this time around.

I'd second this, provided they're interested in the role. They've been doing a wonderful job kick-starting activity into the magazine and taking the reigns in getting all the threads started, much better of a job than I could dream of doing.

Really fun show tonight, the stuff sting is doing at his age is out of this world.

The Adam Cole/MJF stuff is super fun, but I'm a sucker for this type of wrestling storyline.

Going to next week's show as my first ever AEW show! The tag match looks like it'll be great.

It was a fun show, but dare I say the blood and guts match didn't quite match my expectations, mostly due to production errors. It felt like the cameras were missing lots of important spots, which took it out of it a little bit. I get it, it's a tough match to get everything right with how chaotic it is, just a bit unfortunate. The storyline within it was good though, BCC losing because their extras weren't fully invested in the relationship whereas Elite is all close thus sticks together, Mox surrendering to save Yuta, showing his first ounce of humanity since joining BCC.

The tag match was fun though! My fiancé got a huge kick out of the dance-off, I appreciate how MJF is intimately familiar with the special secret disco button. Very interested to see where things go from here.

Hook/Jack was interesting. The match itself was good and Hook will seemingly always impress me, Perry needs to keep tweaking his heel persona for sure but he's getting crazy boos in the arena so the fans are responding well to him which is good.

All in all decent show, I'm excited to see how they start to build towards All In now that we're past Blood & Guts.

It's things like this that give an insight as to why Russo booked the storylines he did - genuine belief that the world works the way his brain does.

Pac honestly makes perfect sense there in hindsight, and he did a wonderful job in his short promo time last night. Obviously, being from England the Blackpool aspect of it is a natural fit, his style both in-ring and as a character fits perfectly with the group, and he's extremely ready for a strong heel run after being in the background for a bit for the last little while. I hope his addition to BCC is permanent and not just for this match.

Really good show. Collision has a really good flow so far, I hope it keeps up.

I, much like that crowd, am conflicted by CM Punk but I can't help but be enthralled by him, just like I was as a kid watching him, so screw it, I'm into it. Especially if he eventually goes full-heel.

Really pleased to see Bullett Club Gold get the win here - the right call for sure. As somebody who's been a shameless Guns fan since before they figured it out, to see them looking like absolute stars nowadays is awesome.

Forbidden Door card is so ridiculously stacked, and that's coming from a person who typically has zero interest in NJPW, super jazzed for tomorrow.

Wonderful news! They're the heart and soul of the company and it would be a gigantic hit to lose them at this stage of their career and AEW's lifecycle.

Beaut of a show today. Cole/MJF at All In, while historically not a match I'd have had much interest watching in that slot, works perfectly given the story they're going for. I suppose this means that we'll have CM Punk's off-brand world title being a separate entity longer than All-In, which is perfectly good, that story's got some legs on it for sure. I've had an inkling this eventually ends with Cole betraying MJF and validating everything he's always felt about not trusting people, which is a compelling story, but the concept of them actually staying friends after and proving to MJF that there's good in the world is equally compelling, could be fun.

So happy for Shida, she deserves a run in front of fans and the division needs a shake-up. I wasn't sure whether they'd be willing to do it tonight so it was a pleasant surprise.

Swerve getting the promo we've all been waiting for him to get. A true mega-heel promo that makes him look legit as hell. This is how you start getting his character to the levels we've all wanted him to get to.

And a win for Trent? Over Moxley/Penta? That's a heck of a win, glad for him.

The first bits of All In hype levels are starting to set in, and that's good.

Wow what a show. My first ever AEW show in person, some thoughts from the experience.

• I hope the crowd volume translated well on TV - it was electric in there all night

• Don Callis heat was absolutely nuclear, I don't think anyone in the arena heard a word he said

• I can now put on my resume that I've been scissored by Anthony Bowens. On that note - The Acclaimed are potentially the single most over act with the crowd. 50% of the merch is Acclaimed merch and outside of booing Don Callis, the crowd was definitely the hottest for either them or Kenny.

• Kenny Omega is somehow even more impressive in person - hot damn he's just a level above when it comes to making you believe it's real with how he performs every move

• Without any spoilers, rampage is a really fun one. Definitely worth tuning in on Friday.

• The only other live show I've been to is when Smackdown came to edmo like 15 years ago - even with the large gap I'm wowed by the difference in experience between a WWE show and an AEW show - you hear people talk about how WWE shows are shows made for TV that happen to be filmed live and AEW shows are shows made for the live experience that happen to be on TV and I can definitely agree - you almost don't realize there's commercial breaks going on at an AEW show if you're not actively paying attention for it.

• I apologize for us accidentally booing Stu Hart. We're all hardwired to boo the moment anyone says the word Calgary, even in casual conversation. It's not something any of us can control

Just wanted to pop in and say that the improvement on the list view over the initial release is huge! The quick updates and improvements across the board have quickly made it my go-to lemmy app to hold me over until Kbin-specific ones come out.

Thanks for the work you're putting into this!

I found this week's to be a bit of a step below the last stretch. They've been on a real hot streak though lately so a down week one of these days was sure to come. With all of The Elite getting the week off though and them holding significant MJF/Cole developments for Saturday this was bound to happen. The in-ring action was really good though, as always. Swerve/Darby is such a good pairing that you can never complain about a Wednesday when you get to see them do what they do.

That sign about the Women's division says it all though regarding them. I can't help but wonder what the root cause here is, is it a WBD thing by any chance or just a Tony thing? You've heard scattered reports over the years about how WBD does have an influence on who gets screentime and whatnot and in ROH you're seeing a much better booked women's division. I can't help but wonder if it's a WBD directive to limit their minutes due to historically lower ratings for their segments and to focus primarily on the marketable women like Britt/Jade/etc which is hurting the division at large.

I think it was entirely real, and I vaguely recall Tony Khan himself acknowledging it, it's just that it's more of codifying rules they've informally had for a long time and that there's no shortage of exceptions made for the talent they trust. Anyone thinking it would significantly affect the on-screen product like a night and day difference was out to lunch for sure.

Solid show! Like a couple others were saying, I agree that it's really great to have Dynamite and Collision having such distinct styles. It really helps keep you excited for both.

Solid in ring action tonight. Jay White is everything he was advertised to be and more so far.

I can see where you're coming from there for sure, but I guess it's more the sense that it was a tad silly that there wasn't anyone from England in a faction named Blackpool Combat Club ever since Regal left. Regionally named factions without anyone in the faction being at least presented as being vaguely from the area is an odd concept to me.

I would remark that it would be equally silly if there wasn't any American or anyone presented as being vaguely American in style in the Hollywood Hunks and would probably make the same note if they finally added an American to that faction.

I find it particularly interesting how MJF translates so well in both our cases. I always would have thought that he would have been much more of a 'smark hit' than someone who would come across well to brand new watchers. Exact same thing here, without having any idea who he is and even his history as a massive asshole (given her first exposure to him was when he was already into the 'fake babyface' role last week), the moment he's on screen her interest is at 100%. His natural charisma and ability to work in any role (be it comedy, reluctant temporary face, serious heel, etc) must be really translating really well and it says a lot about just how special of a talent he is that he can capture new fans right off the bat while keeping his stuff interesting to the hardcores as well by backing it up with great in-ring psychology and whatnot.