Post by CJ Phoenix on Jan 23, 2022 9:02:00 GMT -5
Skybox Sports has released a statement from Action Wrestling's United States Champion, CJ Phoenix, regarding the progress of the Hope's Peak Academy project.
My fellow Despairicans. I come bearing great news! The construction of Hope's Peak Academy is going far better than expected. I would like to thank all of the people involved for putting in the work to make this possible. Because of their dedication, Hope's Peak is expected to be completed around the end of July. This has opened the door to many opportunities, which is why I'm proud to announce that we will be accepting our first wave of students into the academy for the fall semester. Who will they be? Well, that is for them to decide.
You see, Hope's Peak Academy technically qualifies as a private school. However, entry will not be based on financial status. It will be decided by a voluntary exam during each school's respective spring break period. Anyone who will be a high-school student in the upcoming fall semester is welcome to take it. Don't bother studying. This won't be a test of intelligence. You can consider it more of a personality test to see what you truly want to achieve, both in school and in life. Everyone that attends Hope's Peak Academy will be here because they WANT to be, and that voluntary desire will motivate them to push themselves to the levels of greatness that they can achieve.
Additionally, we are working with athletic associations to allow our student athletes to compete in a myriad of sports. That way, they won't have to worry about missing out on scholarships or chances to play the sports they love just to be at the academy. We are currently in the process of creating sections of Hope's Peak Academy for different sporting events. Examples include the Asahina Aquarium, the Ogami Gym, and the Somnium Stadium. We hope that our student athletes will be able to show their potential to the prospects of whatever path they choose to run down. Football, Basketball, Pro Wrestling, etcetera. A lot of kids don't ever get the chance to reach their dreams or even chase them. I want to help change that, and Hope's Peak Academy will be a huge step in the right direction.
That's all I have to say on the project's status at this time. If any updates happen between now and HPA's completion, I'll let you all know. Until next time, Despairicans. Byeonara!
I never thought this would happen. I never thought I'd see the day that someone would be so butthurt over a loss that they would go as far as to get an attorney involved. Now I could understand arguing about a controversial finish. Hell, I would've AWARDED you a rematch had that been the case. However, I beat you DECISIVELY, Roman. I didn't need two successive Talon Kicks to put you down. The first one was enough to win the match. The second was for the hell of it. I can't say I'm surprised though. All this time, you've been feeding your ego, just for me to pop that balloon. You couldn't handle it, could you? Undefeated? Not anymore. Begging for tougher competition? You got it, and you got put in the dirt. Most of all, you DESPISE me, don't you. If it wasn't such a baron wasteland, I'd sell some of this real estate that I have in your head. I'm so disappointed in your inability to accept a loss that I'm almost proud of your dedication to come back and get your ass handed to you again. Seventeen page document my ass. It's more likely that you and your "attorney" just showed up with 17 blank pages and tried to bribe Pasternak for another chance. He went along with the facade only because he wants to see me beat you for the second time this month. This also serves me well because I need a bit of a tune-up before I face the winner of the Trials of Despair. Gotta keep myself active, you know?
This isn't about deciding who the "rightful" US Champion is, Roman. That's me by a landslide. You're just pretending to be relevant. If you truly want to know how insignificant you are compared to the relentless force of despair, have a picture framed of the moment I win our match Monday night. While I'm on the top of the ladder, raising MY title into the sky, you're on the ground, just as broken on the outside as you are on the inside. Matter of fact, put that picture over one of what I'm sure is an unnecessarily high amount of mirrors in your house so that you can be reminded of that truth every day for as long as you live. I bet your home looks like a circus fun house. Being surrounded by multiple reflections of yourself is the closest thing you'll ever get to being acknowledged by other people as anything other than a whiny punk who's way out of his league. You want something to be remembered by? I have just the thing. Since you wasted everyone's time with your sidekick and that 17 page nonsense, I'm gonna take a page, or actually a few, from the Seven Page Muda in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and bludgeon you to the point that it'll take 17 pages to describe how you were mutilated. You're gonna wish you left well enough alone, but it'll be far too late by then.
Have you ever played a video game with multiple endings? Specifically a decision-based game? One where each choice you make could drastically affect the story? No? Don't lie. You're playing one right now. You may not realize it, but you are. We all are. Life itself is the ultimate decision-based game. Each of us have memories where we wonder what would've happened had we made a different choice. With hindsight being 20/20, it's easy to look back and say that you should've done X or you shouldn't have done Y when you've seen the results of your decisions. What isn't easy to see is the consequences of foresight. The lack of knowing what's on the other side of your choices is what makes those games, and life, fun. It's like the Shrodinger's Cat paradox. You know, the thing where if a cat was in a box with a radioactive substance that would kill it if it made contact. As long as that box is closed, one can't confirm that the cat is alive or dead. That applies to our lives as well. For instance, you're listening to me right now. However, if you don't hear from me for a month after this, does that mean I'm alive or dead? You don't know, do you? You don't know because you can't see a month into the future, and even if you could, that still doesn't guarantee that you'd find your answer. All of this sounds like a bunch of incoherent rambling, but everything is incoherent rambling until context is added. You want context? Here it is.
Hope's Peak Academy. It's still under construction, but when it's finished, it will be the focal point of the future. The question is, what kind of future will Hope's Peak create? This is where the decision game with the alternate endings begins. Each person that enters the academy will make choices that will affect their lives and the lives of others. Optimally, Hope's Peak has the potential to produce a hope that this wretched world desperately needs. A hope for a brighter future where everyone can come together and unite in a show of peace, love, and prosperity. A fast track to what's essentially guaranteed success in life for all who graduate like the Hope's Peak it was conceptually modeled after. This school could be the GREATEST positive influence that the world has ever seen! The ULTIMATE educational institute that everyone can put their hopes in!
Doctors! Educators! Scientists! Pediatricians! Athletes! Inventors! Rulers!
Of course, that's only one side of the coin. This place could be the factory that produces a despair so potent that it wipes out the hopes and dreams of everyone on the planet. It doesn't have to be quick either. It could be a growing poison that slowly engulfs the world. This could be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back. The point of no return where despair covers every inch of the Earth. The next legendary serial killer could get all of the knowledge they need at Hope's Peak Academy. I wouldn't feel sorry for anyone if this turned out to be the case. I'd actually feel glad! The Tragedy would be brought to life!!!
Homicides! Oppression! Purgatory! Extinction!
Wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's make it more specific and focus on Action Wrestling. Someone in that school can be the first graduate of the academy to make it into the company and build it up, or they could be the first to try and pick it apart from the inside. Either way, the responsibility and the blame would partially fall on the shoulders of one CJ Phoenix...especially if something bad were to happen. That's the risk he's taking....unless he WANTS something bad to happen. It's completely possible that he's slow rolling something sinister. Shrodinger would be proud of the fact that there are two things that are uncertain in this scenario. CJ's intentions and the mentality of the students of Hope's Peak. Ah, but what do I know? I'm just speculating.
Oh my God! Shut. Up! Don't you ever get tired of talking nonsense, Nagito?
Uh, no. I actually enjoy talking to the people, Akane.
What people?
You wouldn't understand.
Well, can you talk to the "people" somewhere else? I'm trying to sleep here!
Then stop yelling.
....I'm gonna punch you in the face.
I retract my statement.
Good. Now go to sleep. It's like 5 in the morning.
That doesn't matter to us. We're in a subconscious mind.
Face. Fist.
Going. Away.
My fellow Despairicans. I come bearing great news! The construction of Hope's Peak Academy is going far better than expected. I would like to thank all of the people involved for putting in the work to make this possible. Because of their dedication, Hope's Peak is expected to be completed around the end of July. This has opened the door to many opportunities, which is why I'm proud to announce that we will be accepting our first wave of students into the academy for the fall semester. Who will they be? Well, that is for them to decide.
You see, Hope's Peak Academy technically qualifies as a private school. However, entry will not be based on financial status. It will be decided by a voluntary exam during each school's respective spring break period. Anyone who will be a high-school student in the upcoming fall semester is welcome to take it. Don't bother studying. This won't be a test of intelligence. You can consider it more of a personality test to see what you truly want to achieve, both in school and in life. Everyone that attends Hope's Peak Academy will be here because they WANT to be, and that voluntary desire will motivate them to push themselves to the levels of greatness that they can achieve.
Additionally, we are working with athletic associations to allow our student athletes to compete in a myriad of sports. That way, they won't have to worry about missing out on scholarships or chances to play the sports they love just to be at the academy. We are currently in the process of creating sections of Hope's Peak Academy for different sporting events. Examples include the Asahina Aquarium, the Ogami Gym, and the Somnium Stadium. We hope that our student athletes will be able to show their potential to the prospects of whatever path they choose to run down. Football, Basketball, Pro Wrestling, etcetera. A lot of kids don't ever get the chance to reach their dreams or even chase them. I want to help change that, and Hope's Peak Academy will be a huge step in the right direction.
That's all I have to say on the project's status at this time. If any updates happen between now and HPA's completion, I'll let you all know. Until next time, Despairicans. Byeonara!
I never thought this would happen. I never thought I'd see the day that someone would be so butthurt over a loss that they would go as far as to get an attorney involved. Now I could understand arguing about a controversial finish. Hell, I would've AWARDED you a rematch had that been the case. However, I beat you DECISIVELY, Roman. I didn't need two successive Talon Kicks to put you down. The first one was enough to win the match. The second was for the hell of it. I can't say I'm surprised though. All this time, you've been feeding your ego, just for me to pop that balloon. You couldn't handle it, could you? Undefeated? Not anymore. Begging for tougher competition? You got it, and you got put in the dirt. Most of all, you DESPISE me, don't you. If it wasn't such a baron wasteland, I'd sell some of this real estate that I have in your head. I'm so disappointed in your inability to accept a loss that I'm almost proud of your dedication to come back and get your ass handed to you again. Seventeen page document my ass. It's more likely that you and your "attorney" just showed up with 17 blank pages and tried to bribe Pasternak for another chance. He went along with the facade only because he wants to see me beat you for the second time this month. This also serves me well because I need a bit of a tune-up before I face the winner of the Trials of Despair. Gotta keep myself active, you know?
This isn't about deciding who the "rightful" US Champion is, Roman. That's me by a landslide. You're just pretending to be relevant. If you truly want to know how insignificant you are compared to the relentless force of despair, have a picture framed of the moment I win our match Monday night. While I'm on the top of the ladder, raising MY title into the sky, you're on the ground, just as broken on the outside as you are on the inside. Matter of fact, put that picture over one of what I'm sure is an unnecessarily high amount of mirrors in your house so that you can be reminded of that truth every day for as long as you live. I bet your home looks like a circus fun house. Being surrounded by multiple reflections of yourself is the closest thing you'll ever get to being acknowledged by other people as anything other than a whiny punk who's way out of his league. You want something to be remembered by? I have just the thing. Since you wasted everyone's time with your sidekick and that 17 page nonsense, I'm gonna take a page, or actually a few, from the Seven Page Muda in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and bludgeon you to the point that it'll take 17 pages to describe how you were mutilated. You're gonna wish you left well enough alone, but it'll be far too late by then.
Have you ever played a video game with multiple endings? Specifically a decision-based game? One where each choice you make could drastically affect the story? No? Don't lie. You're playing one right now. You may not realize it, but you are. We all are. Life itself is the ultimate decision-based game. Each of us have memories where we wonder what would've happened had we made a different choice. With hindsight being 20/20, it's easy to look back and say that you should've done X or you shouldn't have done Y when you've seen the results of your decisions. What isn't easy to see is the consequences of foresight. The lack of knowing what's on the other side of your choices is what makes those games, and life, fun. It's like the Shrodinger's Cat paradox. You know, the thing where if a cat was in a box with a radioactive substance that would kill it if it made contact. As long as that box is closed, one can't confirm that the cat is alive or dead. That applies to our lives as well. For instance, you're listening to me right now. However, if you don't hear from me for a month after this, does that mean I'm alive or dead? You don't know, do you? You don't know because you can't see a month into the future, and even if you could, that still doesn't guarantee that you'd find your answer. All of this sounds like a bunch of incoherent rambling, but everything is incoherent rambling until context is added. You want context? Here it is.
Hope's Peak Academy. It's still under construction, but when it's finished, it will be the focal point of the future. The question is, what kind of future will Hope's Peak create? This is where the decision game with the alternate endings begins. Each person that enters the academy will make choices that will affect their lives and the lives of others. Optimally, Hope's Peak has the potential to produce a hope that this wretched world desperately needs. A hope for a brighter future where everyone can come together and unite in a show of peace, love, and prosperity. A fast track to what's essentially guaranteed success in life for all who graduate like the Hope's Peak it was conceptually modeled after. This school could be the GREATEST positive influence that the world has ever seen! The ULTIMATE educational institute that everyone can put their hopes in!
Doctors! Educators! Scientists! Pediatricians! Athletes! Inventors! Rulers!
Of course, that's only one side of the coin. This place could be the factory that produces a despair so potent that it wipes out the hopes and dreams of everyone on the planet. It doesn't have to be quick either. It could be a growing poison that slowly engulfs the world. This could be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back. The point of no return where despair covers every inch of the Earth. The next legendary serial killer could get all of the knowledge they need at Hope's Peak Academy. I wouldn't feel sorry for anyone if this turned out to be the case. I'd actually feel glad! The Tragedy would be brought to life!!!
Homicides! Oppression! Purgatory! Extinction!
Wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's make it more specific and focus on Action Wrestling. Someone in that school can be the first graduate of the academy to make it into the company and build it up, or they could be the first to try and pick it apart from the inside. Either way, the responsibility and the blame would partially fall on the shoulders of one CJ Phoenix...especially if something bad were to happen. That's the risk he's taking....unless he WANTS something bad to happen. It's completely possible that he's slow rolling something sinister. Shrodinger would be proud of the fact that there are two things that are uncertain in this scenario. CJ's intentions and the mentality of the students of Hope's Peak. Ah, but what do I know? I'm just speculating.
Oh my God! Shut. Up! Don't you ever get tired of talking nonsense, Nagito?
Uh, no. I actually enjoy talking to the people, Akane.
What people?
You wouldn't understand.
Well, can you talk to the "people" somewhere else? I'm trying to sleep here!
Then stop yelling.
....I'm gonna punch you in the face.
I retract my statement.
Good. Now go to sleep. It's like 5 in the morning.
That doesn't matter to us. We're in a subconscious mind.
Face. Fist.
Going. Away.
