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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@support.blizzard.com FYI: latest Diablo Immortal iOS patch release, Version 5.1.0 (3.79 GB), screws up the game and makes it unplayable.

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hello Kitty x Boston Red Sox #Sanrio #MLB ⚾️

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Accepting that rolling a Varog with the exact 6L skills I want is virtually impossible, it must be pure folly or a gambling disorder for me to waste more money on this accursed familiar gacha system. #DiabloImmortal #MicrosoftGames #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames #BlizzardCS

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Flag Day and the United States Army Birthday are both celebrated annually on June 14. This date recognizes the founding of the Continental Army in 1775 and the official adoption of the American Flag by the Second Continental Congress in 1777. 🇺🇸 #USArmy #Army251 #Freedom250

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Compare with the familiar gacha system where a player can spend UNLIMITED amounts of money and NEVER get what they want. That is why gacha mechanics are much worse than P2W! (2/2) #DiabloImmortal #MicrosoftGames #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames #BlizzardCS #暗黑破壞神永生不朽

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The current Phantom Market is a good example of play-to-win mechanics. If a player spends enough money, eventually they will acquire everything including the grand prize. (1/2) #DiabloImmortal #MicrosoftGames #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames #BlizzardCS #暗黑破壞神永生不朽

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Don't ever email or SMS anything you wouldn't want read aloud in open court is good advice.

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I humbly implore the game developers to gift me with a single bespoke 6L amalgam Varog before their familiar conversion gacha system leaves me completely destitute with a severe gambling disorder. #DiabloImmortal #MicrosoftGames #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames #BlizzardCS

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Complicated problems rarely have simple solutions. #NoSilverBullets

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Prediction markets are not commodity exchanges, but unregulated gambling sites. Mobile video games built around gacha and loot box MTXs should also be subject to state and federal regulation as a type of addictive online gambling activity. 💸💸💸 #Gaming

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Godspeed and safe travels, Artemis II crew. 🇺🇸🚀🌑

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Varog design appears to be modeled upon the Chinese wind god, Fei Lian (飛廉), a mythological chimera often depicted as having the head of a sparrow, horns of a bull, body and legs of a stag, markings of a leopard, and tail of a serpent. #DiabloImmortal #暗黑破壞神永生不朽

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2026! Erin go bragh! 🍀 🇮🇪 🍻

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I participated in another lengthy player survey today for Diablo Immortal that the developers will likely just ignore. 👍 #DiabloImmortal #暗黑破壞神永生不朽 #MicrosoftGaming #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Familiar conversion is a gacha trap for whales. To "win" your dream pet, first secure employment with $MSFT then successfully negotiate with HR for a bespoke familiar as part of your total compensation package. #DiabloImmortal #MicrosoftGaming #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Forgiveness has no deterrence value. 🤔

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Gung Hay Fat Choy! 恭喜發財! Wishing you happiness and wealth! 🧧🐎 #LunarNewYear #CNY2026

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Pax Americana is quickly transforming to Fortress America in realtime. 🇺🇸

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (鬼は外! 福は内!): "Demons out! Good fortune in!" #Setsubun 🇯🇵 👹

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The probability is 0.0000000022864% that I will roll a 6L Varog with the exact skills I want. The gacha mechanic of familiars is a costly gambling-adjacent game of chance for nearly unattainable virtual prizes. #DiabloImmortal #MicrosoftGames #BlizzardEntertainment #NetEaseGames

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

It seems that the United States is more Sparta than Athens these days. 🇺🇸

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The ongoing whitewashing and historical revisionism of the January 6th, 2021 Insurrection by DJT, MAGA, and Conservative America is a complete affront to objective, credible, verifiable truth. 🤥🤥🤥🤥

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The odds of rolling a 6L Varog with the exact skills I want from its passive skill pool is 1 in 437,353,560. While not mathematically impossible, the chances are still effectively zero. P2W is awful, but the gacha-like mechanics of familiars is far worse. #DiabloImmortal

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year! Hoping that everyone enjoys a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2026! 🎉

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

PSA: Everyone's favorite pagan holiday is coming! Krampusnacht is this Friday, 12/5!

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving 2025! I hope everything and everyone is well on your end. 🙂

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

"The Songs Of My Ancestors" would be a great album title for any band covering hit songs from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Happy Life Day 2025! May the Force be with you! #StarWars 🎉

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I have a personal system to cut down on online impulse purchases. If I see something I think I want, but don't necessarily need, I will save the link and revisit it 2-3 weeks later. If I still actually want it when I look at it again then I'll order it.

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I love the term "wicked nor'easter." So New England!

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Using an AI mental health companion is akin to talking to a Magic 8 Ball for your therapeutic needs.

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Patrick Fong @patrickfong.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Almost every @diabloimmortal.blizzard.com familiar type has received a new possible "amalgam" trait which alters their active skill and appearance. Just another enticement for players to gamble more real money chasing virtual prizes by @blizzard.com. I do like the Super Saiyan amalgam Varog. 🦄 💸