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Kimozabi

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  1. Boy, am I glad I'm not in your shoes right now. You made a game that you thought your backers would love (and by many accounts they do). It got released to glowing reviews - http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/687020-pillars-of-eternity/index.html - telling us all that this type of game still has a place in the hearts of many, many people. And then Twitter happened... And immediately you got roped in. To put the now-removed limerick into perspective, take a look at this episode of Friends - that lovely family show we've probably all watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1LSYkQ5A0#t=4m55s They make the EXACT SAME JOKE. Chandler thinks a person is a lady, kisses "her", then finds out it's a guy and he is made fun of by all his friends. We all know the limerick in question, and how it could just as well have been a good-looking gay person instead of a transgendered person. But sadly, we also know how much original intentions mean in the modern climate of taking offense at every god damn little thing on Twitter. I suppose many of us also marvelled at the "outrage" when the US. Army used the word "****" about a piece of armor, not a person, but was still accused of racism, and the Twitter offense crowd were baffled their outraged wasn't 100% satisfied with an apology following the deletion of the Tweet: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/01/30/army-deletes-tweet-referring-to-****-in-armor-after-racism-accusations/ Or how outrage on Twitter got alternate - not mandatory - covers pulled from both Marvel and DC Comics. Oh, and let's not forget how it took Twitter less then 24 hours to turn their outrage cannons against the upcoming Daily Show host for "antisimetic" jokes: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/237462-new-daily-show-host-faces-outrage-over-antisemitic-tweets It is so simple to explain that the limerick in PoE is at the expense of they guy who killed himself and his, uh, straigthness being fooled, but it's also easy to see how little it matters when Twitter gets offended. When that happens, it's only their interpretation that is important. They are mad now, and everyone better pay attention, dammit. And here we are now. Having speech and jokes suppressed are super-awesome as long as you want to suppress the "right" kind of speech. Because if you don't, you'll get a trip through to media spin. And I present the following example to show how shameless it sometimes is: http://kotaku.com/the-trash-talk-during-microsofts-conference-was-awful-512330167 Here, Patricia Hernandez complains about trash talk on stage at a Microsoft E3 conference, where she quotes Jonathan Blow: "'Let's bring a woman on stage and joke about how she's bad at games, and say stuff like 'relax, just let it happen, it'll be over soon'??"" But notice how her included video clip is only 1 minute long. If you watch the full presentation, the EXACT opposite happens about 2 minutes later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueq8mE5i2Ok#t=2m36s The lady absolutely mops the floor with the guy. Which was conveniently removed from the Kotaku piece. Ps: And no, I'm not a gamergater or whatever. I just think think kind of cherry-picking is terrible, because this kind of exclusion of the whole story is exactly what is allowing the personal interpretation of content to trumps it's original intent. I hope you have a strategy to deal with this for your next games, because it is going to happen again. You didn't ask to be involved, and you didn't ask to have any type of political responsibility placed on you. But because you chose to react to it, and the result is following the wishes of the person complaining on Twitter, you have once more reinforced that people like her can change anything they want. She can tweet and tweet about wanting to exterminate half the human race or that she wants to put men in concentration camps, but somehow she still has a right to have her feelings dictate the creative works of other people. And there was nothing you could do about it. I have nothing but respect for you contacting to backer about this and not just changing the limerick yourselves. And you have my deepest sympathies. You just wanted to make a fantastic game. You included an unvetted limerick from a $500 backer. Keep it, and Twitter comes after you. Change it and your backers get mad at you. You are stuck between the most ridiculous rock and a hard place. Man, do I dream of the day when someone will Tweet "This video game content offends me" and everybody will respond: "And why the **** should we care?"
  2. It sounds great. It's always nice when an RPG let's you do stuff other than just chasing the main story or side quests. The only thing I'm curious/worried about is if it's gonna be too demanding and time-consuming. Personally I wasn't the biggest fan of the keep system in Neverwinter Nights 2.
  3. I really like being shown how the characters might look from the isometric gameplay perspective. And nice with a preview of a level layout as well. Looking forward to this game like mad.
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