• slauraure@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    Apparently some gamer streamer with a much bigger platform put out a bunch of videos criticizing the initiative and intentionally misrepresenting their goals.

    He also refused to talk to the guy behind the initiative to get clarifications whilst still putting out more videos dunking on it. Most likely the critic got paid by the industry to muddle the waters and turn people against their own interests (as per usual).

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      6 months ago

      The streamer critic is a former Blizzard employee known as Pirate Software, who apparently is developing a live service game (citation needed)

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        6 months ago

        Been kinda disappointed with Pirate software recently. He positioned himself as super knowledgeable but then makes mistakes. Of course, everyone makes mistakes, but then he kinda just doubles down when he shouldn’t sometimes.

        My guess is that because he became quite popular quickly, he jumped into just pumping out content as fast as possible without giving himself time to properly research and investigate stuff.

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      6 months ago

      Bro used to chant stuff like “DRM is bad for the consumer, and I won’t stand for it!” But after hearing about the initiative it instantly becomes “cmon guys, let games die, its just how things work. Get with it. Cmon you guys.” Such a little weezel.