TheMigz: A Question That Needs Answered

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  • Zarqa
    Zarqa Posts: 623 Critical Contributor

    @Jarvis_Jackrabbit said:

    @Scofie said:
    You know the last time I preemptively said "don't go off topic" and get questioned. This. This is why. 🤣

    Hahaha, my question which steered into this tangent was literally ONLY about the topic.

    That gave me a good chuckle. You are not incorrect!

  • Hammer3001
    Hammer3001 Posts: 306 Mover and Shaker

    New event and more Cosmic Ghost Rider.

    Awesome.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,085 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Hammer3001 said:
    New event and more Cosmic Ghost Rider.

    Awesome.

    I suppose in a way, that’s an answer.

  • LavaManLee
    LavaManLee Posts: 1,923 Chairperson of the Boards

    Does Cosmic Spider-Man even exist? I mean, at least Galactus got a while in events. Feel like Spidey was barely even in any.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 12 February 2026, 11:59

    Galactus releases and he was the only 6, so every pve gave him initially.

    About a month later when Cosmic Spidey released they started to just alternate between G and CSM.

    Then CGR released right around Christmas (another month) and the worst ever time for the game being playable etc began with the dev transition. He’s been the only one ever since, I think.

    It’s hard to know but maybe they’re really not sure what to do with 6s given it takes a year for just one to get covered if it’s the only one you get, and that’s not motivating to people as far as play; they just become background noise or a joke.

    Maybe they just decided to put CGR in for now until they settle on/implement some new plan which likely will be back burnered until the 4th 6 releases.

    Things are starting to look up a bit with IP2 and game management so hopefully soon all we can complain about will be how badly 6s have been handled. 😆

  • Blackstone
    Blackstone Posts: 924 Critical Contributor

    @LavaManLee said:

    @Jarvis_Jackrabbit said:
    Follow-up question to the title of this thread:
    What regional dialect involves deletion of the infinitive “to be” from “A question that needs to be answered”?
    I’m genuinely curious. Is it a Pennsylvania thing?

    I live in Ohio and I definitely drop it. Don't need extra words if everyone knows what you mean. :-)

    From AI:

    Dropping "to be" (specifically using "needs [past participle]" instead of "needs to be [past participle]") is a common dialectal feature in the U.S. Midlands, particularly Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and parts of Appalachia. It is also prevalent in Scottish English and sometimes referred to as the "Pennsyltucky tell".

    Key regional and linguistic details include:
    Primary US Regions: Western Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh), Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and parts of Illinois and Missouri.

    Appalachian/Midland Extension: The usage extends through the American Midlands and across to parts of Texas.

    Influences: The construction is believed to stem from Scots-Irish immigration (similar to structures found in Scotland) and German linguistic influences in Pennsylvania.
    Examples: "The car needs washed," "The dog needs fed," or "The floor needs swept".
    Context: While sometimes viewed as grammatically incorrect in standard American English, it is a stable feature of regional, colloquial speech.

    It's also a sign language thing. You skip any words that aren't needed and what you actually sign with your hands wouldn't be considered grammatically correct, but it's much more efficient. Not really the same thing as colloquial speech but I feel like the shortening of phrases could have similar reasonings.

    But I'm from Louisiana so I don't get to tell anyone, anywhere, ever what proper speech should sound like.

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