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Sea of Stars is removing 'The Completionist' NPC from the game
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
This one was obnoxious. Not as obnoxious tho as Santa Monica hiring her as a writer for Roagnarok.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Roganrock? Like Drowning Pool?
DavJay
Member
He should have taken the L and move on instead of trying to act tough and clap back. Karl latest video owned him so hard I think he should be put in prison. Behind the friendly and innocent completionist persona is a vile evil bad man that have no morals. Using his dead mom to make people take pity on him and give him money. Lies after lies after lies
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
This!!! There should be an outrage among gamers and journalists over this kinda thing but therein lies the problem. We collectively have just been accepting more and more bullshit from devs and publishers over the past 5-10 years and it's gotten really crazy in the last 2-3 with what they get away with.
For fucks sake look what Bungie was able to get away with for Destiny 2 and "vaulting" over $150 worth of content we paid for! We'll NEVER be able to replay the entire CAMPAIGNS of D2 and the excellent Forsaken! If that's not proof of how expendable these company's view their games and fans as then I don't know what else is ...
Or in a different aspect of gaming, look what Microsoft has pushed for with multiplayer gaming (now Sony starting go as well) in how they've changed it to promarily forced Crossplay! They do this solely for "engagement" numbers and more mtx sales. The result? Console gamers never know whether they're on a level playing field anymore because these devs don't even bother making crossplau input based. Even if it is input based, console gamers have to deal with PC cheating. This is a big deal because it shows developers don't even care about fairness in multiplayer.
If you look at user reviews and comments on message boards you see that MANY people are not happy with this but it doesnt matter, these companies don't give a fuck. Microsoft could put a stop to this at a platform level but it's been part of their agenda under Spencer to have this "gaming with anyone, anywhere, any platform" bullshit.
The latest Cod is the same on Playstation now, right? I know BF2042 essentially has forced crossplay as well so Sony has hopped on board. These are the kind of things that are ruining gaming today. They really are and people are slowly realizing it.
The Pleasure
Member
He's being removed so they can add better high quality content such as this
taizuke
Member
One thing to consider is that Jirard did back Sea of Stars. I don't know the amount but it was enough to have him immortalised in the game and as i said earlier in this thread, he forgot to fill out the form but to his surprise the devs included him anyway. Jirard also heavily promoted the game and named it his GOTY 2023 when it released.
Is this fair? Sabotage benefited from Jirard's exposure and praise of the game, and he even promoted and donated to their kickstarter. Now, no tier would give the backer their own character like Jirard got, but he did give them money to be in the game. So, give him his money back, right?
At the end of the day, some of you will argue "it's their game, they can do whatever they want". But, i don't know. I understand their reasoning to remove Jirard but i don't agree with it.
Is this fair? Sabotage benefited from Jirard's exposure and praise of the game, and he even promoted and donated to their kickstarter. Now, no tier would give the backer their own character like Jirard got, but he did give them money to be in the game. So, give him his money back, right?
At the end of the day, some of you will argue "it's their game, they can do whatever they want". But, i don't know. I understand their reasoning to remove Jirard but i don't agree with it.
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I love Sea of Stars and have no real strong feelings for Jirard, but I don't like seeing games being altered in this way post release. While I can't say this is necessarily censorship, it is too close for comfort to that mindset. I would say just leave him in the game and don't work with him or accept is money in the future.
Kings Field
Member
I didn’t even know who this cringelord was until yesterday. I would have played the game and not even realized he was a YouTube cuck.
Shifty1897
Member
It's a tough situation with probably no right answer. If it was me making the call, I probably would have released a statement saying we have no comment at this time pending legal action, and if/when he is convicted of charges brought by the IRS, then announce the removal of his character from the game. Otherwise, just distance from the guy and move on.
i hope this is real post on reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lmaoAll I know is I couldn't bring myself to play the game anymore because I felt violated by his inclusion. Thank god they removed him or I would have never felt safe playing the game.
he made good vids.
Interfectum
Member
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
I just bought the physical version.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
It was just he talking dumb, but a lot of people treated him as a full on racist because that was the Trump-nazi-era
Fortunately everything was kinda moved on and he made one of the most watched videos on the internet:
I still miss his videogame reviews thou
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
I love videogames
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Dick Jones
Gold Member
This comment is incredible. Thank you for the post.
Roronoa Zoro
Gold Member
It was just he talking dumb, but a lot of people treated him as a full on racist because that was the Trump-nazi-era
Fortunately everything was kinda moved on and he made one of the most watched videos on the internet:
I still miss his videogame reviews thou
Holy shit I might actually be having a heart attack. This shit had me rolling
"He's huffed too much flex glue now all he sees is martians"
radewagon
Member
Is it revisionism to cancel the guy from your game? Of course it is.
Is that a problem? I dunno. Maybe? That's debatable. If it's the people that made the game, it gets a little hairier.
A group of artists made a game and they wanted it to be interpreted in a specific way. Part of that was including a youtube personality that was added to elicit a specific type of response from the player. If that youtuber then does something that interferes with the original desired response, then that moment that had been crafted has been recontextualized to now mean something else. Like it or not, even without a revisionist removal, that original moment has been revised by recent events. If we look at censorship as being negative because it erases original intent, then removing him, in this case, is kind of a wash. The original intent had already been bastardized. Is it wrong to remove something that no longer serves its original purpose and, in fact, acts as a hinderance to it? I dunno. Maybe?
All I know is that if anyone is fit to make that judgement, it's definitely the devs.
Regardless. Physical Media is important for exactly this reason. Things can change for a variety of reasons, but previous versions of a work should be available and preserved.
Is that a problem? I dunno. Maybe? That's debatable. If it's the people that made the game, it gets a little hairier.
A group of artists made a game and they wanted it to be interpreted in a specific way. Part of that was including a youtube personality that was added to elicit a specific type of response from the player. If that youtuber then does something that interferes with the original desired response, then that moment that had been crafted has been recontextualized to now mean something else. Like it or not, even without a revisionist removal, that original moment has been revised by recent events. If we look at censorship as being negative because it erases original intent, then removing him, in this case, is kind of a wash. The original intent had already been bastardized. Is it wrong to remove something that no longer serves its original purpose and, in fact, acts as a hinderance to it? I dunno. Maybe?
All I know is that if anyone is fit to make that judgement, it's definitely the devs.
Regardless. Physical Media is important for exactly this reason. Things can change for a variety of reasons, but previous versions of a work should be available and preserved.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Physical media and their description of the version that is getting to sale
Let me explain: I had the original version of the Mega Drive and Sonic. If you play, the sounds and music are the classic tunes that we all know. In a later date, I played on a more modern Mega Drive, and didn't sound the same. Researching a little, I saw that sound chips were changed from the versions, and that kinda fucked up the music from basically every game
Another example was with Ocarina of Time, that the version 1.0 has some chanting different from the more common final(?) 1.3 version
The Pleasure
Member
It was just he talking dumb, but a lot of people treated him as a full on racist because that was the Trump-nazi-era
Fortunately everything was kinda moved on and he made one of the most watched videos on the internet:
I still miss his videogame reviews thou
He's Goblinist
Scotty W
Gold Member
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