With more and more Metaverse and NFT hype rolling out by the day, I wanted to share this with more people. It hasn't had many eyes yet.
I've said it for a while.
GameStop are making their own metagame universe and all their partners are invited.
My guess of what's happening is a metagame universe as a social platform where you can shop for anything like in Ready Player 1. You buy it there and the physical version arrives at your house, tied to NFT so you can wear it in the metaverse too.
That place to hang out becomes the login portal for games or watching VR things with friends or desktop games etc.. or a blockchain based stock market made by Loopring.
More:
> Instead of logging on Facebook to see what your friends are up to. Or Steam to invite a friend to play a game.
> You open a "game" on your computer that's a universe where you and your friends walk around to socialize and catch up. If you find a game you like you all hop in that portal inside the universe and it logs you in. Your ID is tied to the character you logged in as kind of thing.
> Now you tie NFT cosmetics to it and you can wear or drive cool shit around the universe (or games that support it) and even gamble the NFTs if that's your thing (CSGO knives anyone.) Or even blockchain based real estate in the universe.
> It's the entire economy inside the Digital world, that is tied to physical items through blockchain and NFTs
These guys just said they are actually doing at least something with that, mentioned metaverse specifically. and since that image now accept LRC to buy stuff at GameStop.
Gamestop are partnered with everyone, Nintendo, Sega, Funko, and Microsoft, even esports, Pokémon, and whatever they can interact with on a card table like [nft Legos](https://www.brickfanatics.c
... keep reading on reddit ➡So many of us that have been here a while remember the hype and speculation that came with the trademark application for Gmerica back in August.
Searching today shows additional filings for the same corporate address (625 Westport Parkway Grapevine) and from the same attorney of record's office (KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP).
There are two pending registrations for "GAMESTOP" under the company ELBO, Inc.
It looks like ELBO was the previously used parent company for EB games before the combination. The last trademark application under this company was 2018 until Sept of this year.
GAMESTOP application 12/6/2021
Reading the details this may be for an in-house peripherals/cabling/hardware brand?
GAMESTOP application 9/24/2021
this covers:
>IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Batteries
>IC 020. US 002 013 022 025 032 050. G & S: Gaming chairs and beanbag style gaming chairs
>IC 028. US 022 023 038 050. G & S: Interactive electronic video gaming chairs and beanbag style gaming chairs optimized to increase performance in video games
I'm wondering if this means GameStop is being broken off into a sub-company under a bigger parent company using the old ELBO co.
Also note the actual GAMESTOP trademark branding/font is different.
The other two registrations are for:
and
Someone better versed in company incorporation rules and trademark types will have to chime in as to what implications these applications have, but at the very least they are expanding their brands. GameStop gaming chairs anyone?
Adding this because automod needs more length for a DD. This is the filing class for the 12/10 GameStop filing:
>009 - Primary Class
>(Electrical and scientific apparatus) Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking (supervision), lifesaving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing
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Chapter 1: Moonlight
Two Years Earlier...
Seated on a chair before the piano was a towering figure who's light skin, broad physique, and shining blonde combover contrasted handsomely with the surrounding monotonous concrete. The man was clad in nothing but some dark red synthetic fiber shorts and a maroon blindfold thoroughly blocking his sight. He sat with great posture, as his hands began moving over the keys. For those with the talent, the ability to play a favorite piece blindfolded was always a source of pride.
Behind him, a little to his left, sat an athletic, albeit thinner looking male. He wore a modest midnight blue long sleeve t-shirt with three buttons that went down from the collar, and some snug fitting dark blue sweatpants. His hair was cropped short, but still had a certain neatness to it . He slumped in a beanbag, hands in his pockets.
Off to the right, but not too far away, sat a bulky man, his sculpted muscles locked in a stony stillness. His expression was carefully neutral, though hints of grief swam behind his eyes. Medium length hair covered his head, with a split through the top that was a little bit more on the left side. His hair flowed elegantly off the sides of his head but was barely above his ears at most. He proudly wore a black long sleeve turtle neck with black khakis. He sat openly on a cushioned chair with his arms crossed and one knee bent and twisted about forty five degrees to the right.
The blonde's fingers finally grazed the black and white tiles, a euphoric ringing of the notes filling the air, yet neither of the two men in the audience showed any improvement in mood. The thinner one closed his eyes, simply closed his eyes and listened, as the larger one stared off into nothingness, clearly lost within his thoughts influenced by the music. The pianist kept up his gentle assault of the keys, as the piano smoothly recited Claire de Lune.
As the soft rhapsody slowly came to an end, the large man let out
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For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
Series info, and message to the readers.
Everyone was quiet. “So what’s the plan?” Aly asked, her heart going out to Allan for his decision to help Yilkie.
“Well first let’s figure out if everyone is in.” Allan said, turning to Jalla and Tillia. “Jalla, Tillia, we told you roughly about what went on while we were on Aly’s homeworld, but I want to make sure that you know,” he turned to Aly, “I also want to know everything you know about your people’s weapons systems, what kind of fighting we could be looking at if this is the council, anything you think that we might need to know.”
Aly, Jalla, and Tillia nodded. Allan and Aly explained in detail everything that had happened the last time they saw Yilkie. “Yilkie had not reached out to us, so I was wondering what had happened, I had hoped that he was simply being thorough and waiting until he had established the watchdog group that I asked him to.” Allan said, pacing and trying to think of everything that could have gone wrong. “I knew that they would try something. I had just hoped that it would not happen this quick, that maybe the Quillinar would have time to grow accustomed to the idea that the council of purity is a relic of a bygone era…” Allan trailed off his thoughts consuming him.
“So what do the two of you think?” Aly asked, she knew that Jalla and Tillia were capable fighters, but she also knew that their people tended to stay out of conflict.
Jalla and Tillia looked at one another. “If our Alpha goes to fight, then we will as well. It is that simple.” Jalla said, and Tillia nodded.
“Thank you.” Aly said to the sisters before turning to Allan. “So what will you do?”
“We don’t know enough. Aly, I think we should reach out to everyone we can, see what information we can get. For now, let’s head back to station Xenttrop Theta.” Allan thought for a moment. “Aly, can I send a message to Eddie?”
“If you know his email address, I can send a message to the repeater that I emplaced and used to access your world’s network. But it can only be text.” Aly said, “But I do not know if that would be the right thing to do.”
“Good,” Allan said, “okay so for now this is the plan, let’s see if we ca
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It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
“BOOM”?!
Because his Visa didn’t work.
Because the audience only responds in a low ha
A happy Uncle.....
"Beauty, because beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder!"
When I got home, they were still there.
"That's what they're fighting about."
I’d never seen him be 4.
