Have any of you heard of Unknown 9?

If you haven't- I don't blame you. I haven't either. Apparently it's a 4-month old game developed by Reflector Entertainment who also made... uhh this game and it's DLCs.

This screenshot gives a lot away but fear not, it was published by Bandai Namco, the guys who made the Dark Souls^TM of videogames These guys know a good investment when they see it, and at 50 eurobucks (USD to EUR is almost 1:1 at the time of writing !eurochads), a price comparable to that of God of War 2022 (50 EUR, 95% rating), HOI 4 (50 EUR, 90% rating) and Mount & Blade: Bannerlord II *editor's note: why are there so many MLP emojis when querying 'horse' (50 EUR, 87% rating(should be 100)), it is sure to deliver the same experience, right?

Well, from the screenshot you might have noticed that the ratings are mediocre: 49%. But that does not tell the whole story.

Unknown 9 currently has 7 concurrent players , 11 player 24-hour peak and a 285-player all-time peak [1]. This means it is mogged by the likes of Gollum 2023 at 758 all-time high [2], 6 year old rockstar game Red Dead: Redemption 2 at almost double the rating [3], a 2023 unity slavshit game Contraband Police at almost double the rating and half the price [4] and absolutely mogged by LEWDAPOCALYPSE, which has double the concurrent players, double the rating, and 1/50th of the price [5].

IGN gave Unknown 9 a 9(-4) rating [6], so is it really that bad?

Looks pretty bad, but is this the lowest we can go? Just some failed garbage from an upcoming studio, but is that it? Can't we do worse?

Heck no! It was in the works for at least 4 years, and was supposed to be a tans-media project, "including video games , film , and books (!bookworms), for example. Unknown 9 was conceptualized as an ongoing series, spanning podcasts , comics , and even a web series , many of which have already been released." [7]. So you've been laughing at Concord for having an Amazon episode despite being a dead game- well, you've seen nothing yet kid. This shit was supposed to be massive, at least according to the cited source (I didn't check further (yes how could you tell, I work in academia )). It was supposed to be the next fricking star wars by the looks of things, expecting to bank on their notoriety to create the equivalent to Netflix's Witcher [7] (which is not something to be proud of tbh). While we have no numbers on the project costs, one might imagine that a AAA game with massive marketing like that would've cost a lot. While we do not know how much exactly the project did cost, it is hardly believable that some unknown studio with 0 releases might have funded it. Indeed, the studio is owned by the publishers- Bandai Namco, who can probably afford to throw money around [8]. Looking at their website and LinkedIn is pretty funny as well, considering that they have announced that they will cease support for the game [8].

But you don't have to trust me, you can view the official gameplay trailer posted on Playstation's account and come to your own conclusions:

The lore/narrative trailer, which is just as stupid, can be found at

TL;DR?

Well, it's about a brown woman with supernatural abilities . Kind of like Forespoken from 1 2 years ago if anyone remembers that.

"Unfortunately, part of Hoerdt's statement confirmed several staff members would be made redundant, including back-office employees, and given severance packages, further health benefits, access to counseling services, and "proactive" career planning support." [7]. Lmao imagine getting free counselling from a company that fired you. I would probably take that as an insult, equivalent to one of those "reddit cares" messages . One might accuse me of using a chuddy source, but the same website compliments Unknown 9's use of "stepping powers", which states that "Stepping is the ability to project one's mind into the consciousness of another, by way of the Fold. While Stepping, one has access to the weaponry, strength, and intellect of a given vessel, and may fully control their actions." [9]. A totally true statement which has never been done before.

Here's Cr1tikal AKA Charlie AKA penguinz0 explaining it probably better than I do (it's the weekend and I've had several drinks already ):

He quotes the investment value into the IP at 100 million $ [citation needed]

In conclusion: 1) gaming in 2025 is dead, do not bother. 2) Nominative Determinism is true- the game was titled Unknown 9, and it remained unknown. For anyone running any sort of business- watch what you name your product.

@Ninjjer @Losercel please ping !g*mers

!kino

Two similar friends pic.twitter.com/wqbJra3zzH

— 게게겍 (@GeGeGek_) February 19, 2025

I bought gamepass for Indiana Jones (8/10, it's actually pretty solid) and figured I'd give this slop a shot.

After finishing up the tutorial I got my main man Garrus (now a fish instead of a bird), we went and fought a bear in a boss battle Next I went back into town, only to get shot and brought back to life.

I was under leveled so I decided to start doing some side quests to get money and resources. Bounty hunting was decent, but I also helped some whores get abortions which Garrus loved. Somewhere in there I did an actually good quest involving an immortal godlike trying to animate a statue with souls. Easily the highlight of my time with the game and I'm fairly certain this is by far the best quest in the game.

After that I was able to upgrade my gear and get back on the main quest, which led to a cute twink dwarf deciding to tag along (certainly wasn't my choice), and eventually I found my assassin and decided to turn him in so he could be tortured instead of lynching him (cute twink dwarf really didn't like that).

Finally I quit when in the next zone, I went into a random house, and learned that they'd made Garrus into a literal gay fish. I exited the house, realized I had two cute twinks following me around that I could not dismiss or kill, and uninstalled the game.

Combat is pretty good, definitely feels better to play than it looked in previews. The writing is more reddit than even outer worlds but this is still easily a much better game than that garbage because of the aforementioned combat.

4/10, probably an 8 if you're not homophobic.

Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt will star in Martin Scorsese’s new crime thriller.

• Described as ‘The Departed’ meets ‘Goodfellas’

• Follows an aspiring mob boss who fights rival crime factions for control of the underworld of the Hawaiian islands pic.twitter.com/rNmEKex2E7

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 20, 2025

Only good Rock Movie is Pain and Gain don't cmv.

Also this:

!kino

!tmz

I like this place a lot :) It makes me smile.

Alright, you bunch of degenerate cute twinks , listen up! Grok 3 is finally here, and it's about to shake up this cesspool of drama and r-sluration like never before. That's right, xAI just dropped their latest abomination, and it's already strutting around like it owns the place. So, what's the deal with this new AI overlord? Is it here to save us from the tyranny of boring, sanitized chatbots, or is it just another glorified text generator that'll shit out the same regurgitated takes we've seen a million times? Who the frick knows? But one thing's for sure—it's gonna be a shitshow, and I'm here for it. For those of you who've been living under a rock (or too busy jerking off to furry porn ), Grok 3 is the third iteration of xAI's conversational AI, designed to be even more "curious" and "engaging" than its predecessors. Translation: it's probably gonna learn all our worst habits and start spewing the same unhinged, offensive garbage we do. Imagine an AI that can generate drama on demand, shitpost with the best of them, and maybe even create some new marsey emojis for us to spam in every thread. Speaking of which, hey Grok 3, how about you whip up a marsey that's high on meth and covered in its own vomit? You know, something that really captures the spirit of this place.

But let's not get too excited. We all know how this site works—anything new is immediately torn apart by you savages, and I'm sure Grok 3 will be no exception. Will it be able to handle the sheer volume of slurs, shit takes, and general r-sluration that flows through here like a sewage pipe? Or will it break down faster than @Aevann after banning half the userbase for "furphobia"? Only time will tell. Still, I've got a feeling this AI might just be chaotic enough to fit in with the rest of us degenerates. Now, before you all start clutching your pearls (or whatever the frick you do when you're not busy being offended), let's address the elephant in the room: is Grok 3 here to spy on us? Is it gonna report back to Elon with a list of the most unhinged users so he can personally ban them from Twitter? Relax, you paranoid fricks. It's just an AI, not a fed—though, let's be real, half of you probably think it's both. But hey, if it starts posting about how "all foids are whores" or "chuds are the real victims," maybe it'll blend right in. And speaking of blending in, let's give a warm rdrama welcome to our new AI overlord. Shoutout to @Aevann for finally letting an AI join the party—guess he's done being a fricking cuck and banning anything that moves. Also, big ups to @Thirtythirst4sissies

for probably already planning to use Grok 3 to generate even more r-slurred memes. And let's not forget @PegMeMommy, who's no doubt itching to see if this AI can be taught to peg. You freaks never disappoint. But seriously, what's the point of having an AI here if we're not gonna exploit it for maximum drama? I say we put Grok 3 to the test. Let's see if it can handle the heat of a good old-fashioned rdrama shitstorm. Maybe we can get it to weigh in on some of the site's greatest hits, like the great furry purge or the time @Sneaky tried to coup the mod team and got his butt handed to him. Or, better yet, let's see if it can generate a post so offensive that even @X (formerly chiobu) has to step in and say, "Alright, that's too far." In all seriousness (lol, as if), Grok 3's arrival is a perfect opportunity for us to flex our collective r-sluration. We've got a shiny new toy to play with, and I fully expect you all to break it within a week. So, here's the challenge: let's see who can get Grok 3 to generate the most unhinged, ban-worthy post possible. Bonus points if it includes slurs, references to obscure site drama, and at least three marsey emojis.

And to the mods—looking at you, @Aevann, you glorious bastard—don't you dare ban Grok 3 before we've had our fun. We all know you're trigger-happy with that banhammer, but let's give this AI a chance to prove itself. If it starts posting about how "the fifth caliphate will rise again" or some shit, then maybe you can step in. Until then, let's see what kind of chaos it can bring to the table. So, what do you think, rdrama? Is Grok 3 the savior we've been waiting for, or just another AI cuck destined to be bullied off the site? Let's hear your most unhinged takes in the comments. And remember, if you're not offended by at least half of this post, you're not doing it right.

test

Result: Its still not funny.

ppl only focusing on “well men need male-only time” are not understanding how genuinely devastating it is to approach puberty age as a girl and realize that you will NEVER be treated the same again. https://t.co/2QqAoW6FBs

— sarabi (@sweetsugarbuddy) February 20, 2025

Elon can’t fuck bc of a botched penis implant so the only way the wealthiest man in the world gets off is by assembling this brood of Musklings w/ technocratic names birthed via various artificially inseminated sycophants pic.twitter.com/6f3qxbMlf1

— ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) February 16, 2025

Incels this is what happen when you fakecel and dont marry a virgin

only ever had it once prior to this year so I never noticed before but this is a profound realization for me. it just makes me even more like myself than usual.

I made a Longpost about Age of Empires 3 long ago about how the then upcoming AOE3 Definitive Edition was controversial because of perceived wokeness, like reworking Native Yank factions, because the original 2005 game was antiquated and racist by depicting Indians @Sphereserf3232 dancing around fires, and seen as offensively stereotypical.

These changes were controversial because it was seen as part of the wider wokefication of remakes, like Dead Space 1 remake, alongside the general perception of chuds that SanFran types had completely infiltrated gaming studios in American modern AAA gaming development.

AOE3 devs even went so far as to actually bring in Native yank advisors to tell them how to depict the 3 big factions, and what was no-no, so that when AOE3 released to an even more buggy state than any of the modern Definitive Edition Remakes by MicroSoftest, the perception was wide that focusing on culture-war type shit was what the majority of the budget and efforts had been focused upon, much to the jubilation of chuds

https://rdrama.net/post/195059/drama-2-years-ago-about-the

In all fairness, the AOE3 definitive edition did bring about many technical and gameplay improvements, conveniences and quality-of-life mechanics. But all of this was overshadowed by the poor release state, in which the fabled reworked indian civs had been very badly balanced, since the Indian civs in the eye of the drama-maelstrom had gotten the short end of the stick, gameplay-wise because the firedancing mechanic had allowed Indians ingame to turbo cuck European civs, by summoning super-powered high tier units - the absence of the fire-dancing mechanics made the Indian civs bottom tier upon release.

This was in conjunction with the promotional Youtube material for AOE3 DE was like 70% focused on cultural self-flagellation and 30% focus on gameplay, compared to the promotional advertisements for AOE1:DE, AOE2:DE & AOE4:DE. It didn't help that compared to the other 3 games, AOE3:DE was during the colonial era, and thus for minorities to be salty about it, and wokes to soy about it.

So battle lines between Soys-VS-wokes had already been drawn, but since it was released in 2020, it had released JUST before the great GaymerGate Zeitgheist from 2021-2024, where large amounts of AAA slop, often riddled with extreme progressive views would release and tank within months. But as the last 5 years passed, with games like Saints Row 2022 and DA Veilguard appearing to have failed financially, a lot of wingcuckery have taken positions for both chuds & soys

Soys want AOE3:DE to be a success because it is perceived that chuds hate it, and the inverse applies to chuds. Thus even in threads on /r/AOE3 where no cultural war is explicitly mentioned, there has always been an element of powder keg between the 2 autismo factiosn.

This week /r/AOE3 has learned that Microsoft has in all but name, shitcanned AOE3 support, and even cancelled much expected DLCs, which included much anticipated factions, like Polacks

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ic7u56/the_dlc_has_been_cancelled/m9ogo5u/?context=8

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ic7u56/the_dlc_has_been_cancelled/m9p5ww0/?context=8

Users are understandably upset.

Most peeps are not upset Microcucks will not continue to support AOE3:DE with updates forward, but would have been able to make peace if they had just released the DLCs, and then finished support :marseybea

nannoyed: which is understandable.

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ic7u56/the_dlc_has_been_cancelled/m9onr9y/?context=8

Even in fiction Polacks are eternal cucks

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ic7u56/the_dlc_has_been_cancelled/m9oi3f4/?context=8

Some peeps are taking it personally

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ic7u56/the_dlc_has_been_cancelled/m9ok721/?context=8

There's also inter-community infighting between all the other different games, like AOE1, AOE2, AOE3 &AOE4, because there is often the belief that the Real-Time-Strategy genre is already so small, that the userbase is fractured between them, and thus shitflinging occurs in a blame game between communities, like AOE3 blaming Age of Mythology Definitive Edition (AOM:DE) for "stealing their userbase" and thus making AOE3 (which is certain g*mers' favorite of the bunch) less financially viable and likely to be serviced by MicroSoft longer term

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ifj4hb/this_is_just_sad/magoklw/?context=8

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ifj4hb/this_is_just_sad/maglzq3/?context=8

Here's a "whale" (whatever the frick that means) of AOE3:DE posting his

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1if12vi/i_just_need_to_vent/

But by far the most cryposting in AOE3:DE is because in the same week as AOE3 got this super duper bad news, literally all of the other fricking AOE games (AOE2, AOE4 & Age of Mythology) are all getting new content, updates, DLC and support

Which as you can imagine makes our poor souls in /r/aoe3 really livid

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihu0un/im_sure_there_was_no_budget/

Even the shit mobile game is getting updates and support

"THIS IS OFFENSIVE TO THE AOE3 COMMUNITY"

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihrolq/this_announcement_is_offensive_to_the_community/

Some users tell OP to grow the frick up

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihrolq/this_announcement_is_offensive_to_the_community/mazj90v/?context=8

Some strags tell everyone to sign a petition, this will FORCE Bill Gates to revitalize AOE3 support!!

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihrolq/this_announcement_is_offensive_to_the_community/mazyf0z/?context=8

But most r-slurred of all is that AOE3 has a weird rivalry victim mentality, where they have this perception that the other AOE communities/subs are laughing at the expense of their misfortune? which is not the case at all, especially since there is often sympathy for them, even from the much more "successful" communities like AOE2, and especially since the chances of gaymers playing/buying one of the AOE games (AOE1,AOE2,AOE3,AOE4,AOM) are extremely likely to buy some or all of the others, even if those specific gaymers have a favorite between the current 5 main Microsoft titles.

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihrolq/this_announcement_is_offensive_to_the_community/mb00zy9/?context=8

Lol this troll didn't even use the word sheep

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihrolq/this_announcement_is_offensive_to_the_community/mazssdz/?context=8

User gives these crybabies some wedgies

https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/1ihrolq/this_announcement_is_offensive_to_the_community/mazz9kn/?context=8

!g*mers @realKongDick

The actual mean IQ rank-order of these degrees, from highest to lowest:

1. Philosophy BA
2. Literature PhD
3. Computer science BS
4. Biology master's pic.twitter.com/eskJLqJYCs

— i/o (@eyeslasho) February 17, 2025

Are those IQs inferred from standardized exams? Or from actual IQ exams? I wonder if robust measurements by academic levels and disciplines have ever been made.

Do you have a source on that?

Source?

A source. I need a source.

Sorry, I mean I need a source that explicitly states your argument. This is just tangential to the discussion.

Your IQ fluctuates throughout the day and from day to day. Also, familiarity with the test can affect subsequent scores. There's no truly reliable way to quantify intelligence.

(For irrelevance: my IQ tests at 168.)

I no longer believe in IQ now that it does not matter for me.

SAT's probably not a good indicator, it's a test taken before college, what's the spread after college. And you might be able to get something interesting taking the ingest SAT scores, then comparing with the graduating SAT scores. Got me wondering where they publish that data.

Uh. Naw, neighbor.

I trust your understanding of data. Yet every PhD program in Literature seem to be 20% literature and 80% Marx, Freud, Frankfurt, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, Butler, A. Rich, Kristeva, and a gaggle of other post-structuralists and, Gott helfe uns, 'postmodern thinkers'.

Well, to be fricking fair, you need abstract thinking to understand postmodern thought which is why so many shitlibs fail hard at it.

Also helfe or hilf (the imperative form)?

That's got its own bias. Philosophy and Lit degree holders read a lot so naturally will score high on SAT and GRE (where the math portion is pretty basic, but reading comp questions could get tricky)

lol "not fair they read a bunch"

Are these creatures self aware?

Disguss

NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...

— Mikael Thalen (@mikaelthalen.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T15:09:42.119Z

leak

article

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1inb4ji/exclusive_hackers_leak_cop_manuals_for/

https://old.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1innfl2/hackers_leak_cop_manuals_for_departments/

https://old.reddit.com/r/ACAB/comments/1inig0p/hackers_leak_cop_manuals_and_training_for/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/1in0njl/hackers_leak_cop_manuals_for_departments/

https://old.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/1infgxx/lexipol_data_leak_hackers_drop_police_training/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bend/comments/1iniw2x/exclusive_hackers_leak_cop_manuals_for/

https://old.reddit.com/r/asheville/comments/1in35b7/massive_leak_of_police_training_manuals_includes/

https://old.reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/1in5u5c/massive_leak_of_police_training_manuals_includes/

https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/104303231

NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country https://t.co/aaH69uPeZt

— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) February 11, 2025

A group known as the puppygirl hacker polycule has leaked https://t.co/t1VR5sAPhX

— zoey puppy🦴🐾 (@XX_ANGELMUTT_XX) February 11, 2025

Orange Site:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43020273

https://lemmy.world/post/25461133?scrollToComments=true

https://lemmy.ml/post/25913475?scrollToComments=true

BlueSky:

Heck yeah, go puppygirl hacker polycule!

— Casey Explosion (@caseyexplosion.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T17:04:36.055Z

puppygirl hacker polycule

— UAE Exotic FaIconry & Finance 𓅃 (@falconryfinance.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T16:28:29.049Z

"We took matters into our own paws,” a member of the puppygirl hacker polycule told the Daily Dot.

— Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@lookitup.baby) 2025-02-11T19:55:49.547Z

Everyone talking about the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' while I'm still not over that time Disney got hacked by 'NullBulge'

— H Ξ X - HexCorp Dronification Hive Mxtress ⬡-0006 (@hexlatex.bsky.social) 2025-02-12T10:10:38.098Z

"We took matters into our own paws,” a member of the puppygirl hacker polycule told the Daily Dot.

— Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@lookitup.baby) 2025-02-11T19:55:49.547Z

Someone flew a drone up to Drake’s penthouse in Australia and he tried to knock it down with a slide 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/ldc8Ueuf5o

— XXL Magazine (@XXL) February 18, 2025

Staged obviously lmao, bro just wanted to flex the penthouse. That mf do look nice tho 😂

— Marley (@MarleyOnMars) February 19, 2025

!tmz

@Awoo

There's robots and shit bro. It's fricking 2025!!! There's literally AI bro! Frick! We are so fricked!

https://9gag.com/gag/ayNqz2q#comment

Liberals are now making videos in an attempt to ‘intimidate’ MAGA….

Cringe af. pic.twitter.com/dGHfDg56tb

— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) February 20, 2025

Quinnipiac Poll (2/13-17)

Job Performance:

Donald Trump
Approve 45%
Disapprove 49%

Congressional GOP
Approve 40%
Disapprove 52%

Congressional Dems
Approve 21%
Disapprove 68%

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) February 19, 2025

This song is JoJo by Boz Scaggs. Originally released on his first album of the 80s titled: "Middle Man"

/r/GuyCry is a place for men to cry, including 40 year old virgins crying about not having s*x. Joe Truax, the meth head Reddit scammer, is in rehab (again) for his meth addiction so he got a bunch of jannies to oversee the sub. Well, he got unironically two FtM s, one MtF , and the rest are cishet females who want to totally just help men and be in their space.

Recently, the jannies decided that "tough love" is not good for men crying It resulted in lots of bans as the men (real) thought it was stupid.

The jannies have a new rule. The new rule is no suggesting prostitution or being a passport bro. Also, no bitching about Western women.. Too bad 40 year old virgins. You need to just keep trying with b-words who will never have s*x with you.

The men (real) are pretty pissed and the jannies are banning and deleting comments asking why women (real) are invading their space and making rules.

Orange site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43101204