Fortnite has just debuted a new Chapter, and with it, they landed one of the most famous superheroes ever to lead their new season: Spider-Man.
Spider-Man rests at the end of the battle pass as a reward, but this is not the only place he’s shown up in the last week or so. He was also added to Marvel’s Avengers, the superhero looter, as a PlayStation exclusive character.
In many ways, it seems like Avengers got the short end of the stick when it comes to their deal with Sony to use Spider-Man in the game. The deal limits them to providing Spider-Man to only one portion of their playerbase, PlayStation players, splitting the game and annoying fans, while Fortnite Spider-Man is accessible through that season for all platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC.
Past that, it’s clear that Sony limited what kinds of costumes Crystal Dynamics was allowed to make for Avengers Spider-Man. By far the most common request was for the black symbiote suit, which the game doesn’t have. But guess what’s the page 10 reward for the Spider-Man costume in Fortnite? The symbiote variant, with other recognizable costumes to follow.
Not all of this is on Sony, however. Some things are just flat out better in Fortnite, like the overall character design I’d say. But what’s most noticeable is the difference in web-swinging between the two games. You can compare them below.
Fortnite:
And here’s Avengers:
I spoke with Crystal Dynamics who talked about why they decided to let Spider-Man latch on to thin air on their maps, in order to prevent him from running on the ground in many of the game’s wide open spaces. I can understand that, but it’s more than that, as swinging is just a lot choppier and more static than what players got used to in Insomniac’s game, and now, what we’re seeing here in Fortnite.
Fortnite makes use of grappling-hook like physics and momentum. But in Avengers, there’s no momentum or speed build up, it’s a much more simplified traversal tool.
To be fair, web-swinging was essentially all Fortnite had to focus on with Spider-Man, making the new gadget which can be used to swing by all players. Avengers had the task of creating a full combat kit for Spider-Man, and I do actually think they did a good job and he’s a lot of fun. But it’s hard to avoid the comparison about web-swinging entirely, and how weirdly good it is in Fortnite compared to Avengers.
Spider-Man will get more costumes in Avengers, possibly MCU variants and maybe even the symbiote suit someday. Fortnite Spider-Man will get more looks as well, and technically, his web gloves weren’t supposed to go live for another week or so, and we’ll see how they work once they’re not accidentally activated then.
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Leaving her elderly father on a basement floor for two days in a soiled adult diaper won’t mean jail for a Calgary woman.
Justice Indra Maharaj accepted a joint Crown and defence submission on Wednesday for a two-year-less-a-day conditional sentence order for Tara Picard to be followed by 12 months of probation.
Prosecutor Donna Spaner and defence counsel Shaun Leochko proposed a community-based term which will include eight months of 24-hour house arrest followed by a nightly curfew for the second eight months.
Maharaj also agreed with the lawyers to order Picard to commit 300 hours of community service over the length of the three-year sentence.
The Calgary Court of Justice noted that amount of community-service hours was “a lot” to commit to.
But Maharaj said it showed Picard, 52, was truly remorseful for her conduct towards her father, whom Postmedia is not identifying because of the embarrassing nature of the facts of the case.
“What that shows me is Ms. Picard does sincerely recognize what has happened here,” the judge said of her willingness to complete community service.
“What I interpret from that is Ms. Picard’s willingness to give back to the community.”
Picard pleaded guilty in January to charges of assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life to her 77-year-old father.
Court heard caregivers found the elderly Calgary man on the basement floor of his daughter’s southeast home wearing a soiled adult diaper.
At the time, Picard was responsible for her father’s day-to-day care after he was moved to her residence, Spaner, reading from a statement of agreed facts, told court at the time.
“He had a number of medical ailments, including non-insulin dependent diabetes, coronary artery disease, some early onset dementia-like symptoms and chronic alcoholism,” Spaner said.
“(He) had been living independently in a Calgary apartment building. Family members became concerned that he was not caring for himself safely.”
With the help of Alberta Health Services he was moved to a home where Picard resided.
A registered nurse assigned to his care attended the 38 Street S.E. home on Nov. 15, 2021, to drop off food bank supplies for him and was told he was sleeping downstairs.
When the nurse called about an hour and a half later and spoke to the man on the phone he said he was lying on the floor, had fallen and was unable to get up.
When she returned to the home with a co-worker she found the victim lying on his back on the floor.
“(He) said that he had been lying on the floor for two days,” Spaner said.
Leochko said Picard was overwhelmed by the situation she was thrust into.
“It really was more than she could handle,” he said.
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@juanhall: I gotta say, this was the most interesting bike in this post….love that Intense is experimenting with gearboxes…I can see it have a huge effect on DH bikes….thank god there’s still people pushing things. Now, they need to make an Enduro bike with the Pinion MGU!
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The City of Pointe-Claire would like to inform you that the Bob-Birnie arena will be closed for its annual maintenance as of Monday, April 29. The Annex rink will reopen to the public on Monday, May 13, and the arena’s Main rink will be accessible as of Monday, June 3.
Public skating will resume on May 13, and the summer public activities programming will begin on June 3 when both rinks have reopened to the public.
In addition to the annual maintenance of the facility, two renovation projects are also scheduled to start at the same time:
Installation of new sound systems
The City will be replacing its current sound systems in both the Main rink and Annex rink, to offer arena visitors a better overall experience, whether watching from the stands or participating in on-ice activities. This project is expected to be conducted throughout the month of May.
Renovation of locker rooms in the Main Rink
The City will also be renovating the five locker rooms located in the Main rink, to bring up to date the amenities currently available to participants. These renovations are expected to begin in early May and will be completed by mid-August.
For all information about the Bob-Birnie arena, visit the arena’s page on our website.
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