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[BruceVC]

1 minute ago, Chilloutman said:

Damned if one does and damned if one doesn't. I take my chances with discrimination rather than sexual misconduct accusations

I must say that is one way of looking at these issues and its interesting and paradoxical because I can both see problems and real benefits to what you saying if you think of possible  punitive litigation due to sexual harassment  and then the charges by  not following local  hiring policies 

[Wormerine]

1 hour ago, BruceVC said:

Wormie thats the thing, their wont be any because their will only be men working....

Which is in itself an act of discrimination. 

[Keyrock]

I'm glad they are doing weapon rebalancing. The bow was indeed OP as **** and the battle axe garbage because it. Was. So. Sloooooooooooooow and didn't do nearly enough damage or stagger to make up for how excruciatingly slow it was and the fact that you obviously can't use a shield with it.

[Mamoulian War]

On 9/3/2021 at 7:48 PM, Lexx said:

Crazy that No Man's Sky was able to get out of the crap it started in. Usually games with such a release are dead in the water and will never recover.

Such games are usually published by EA . Thankfully this is not the case

[Mamoulian War]

1 hour ago, Wormerine said:

Which is in itself an act of discrimination. 

Well, you can always just hire the people with the best qualification for the job you offer. If it ends up all female or all male, it's most likely just an coincidence

[Hurlshort]

57 minutes ago, Mamoulian War said:

Well, you can always just hire the people with the best qualification for the job you offer. If it ends up all female or all male, it's most likely just an coincidence

Yep. You could also just not hire people that harrass women or discriminate. That is also an option. Professionalism is hard, I guess.

[Mamoulian War]

1 hour ago, Hurlsnot said:

Yep. You could also just not hire people that harrass women or discriminate. That is also an option. Professionalism is hard, I guess.

Well, if people could sort out this kind of personality trait just by talking to other people on the job interview, I doubt we would have so many harassment headlines lately Unfortunately, that's almost impossible

Edited September 7, 2021 by Mamoulian War

[Malcador]

2 hours ago, Hurlsnot said:

Yep. You could also just not hire people that harrass women or discriminate. That is also an option. Professionalism is hard, I guess.

Hard to know that.  Enforcement is the key.

[BruceVC]

7 hours ago, Malcador said:

Hard to know that.  Enforcement is the key.

I dont think enforcement is the key, I think a clear understanding and acceptance of the code of conduct and acceptable behavior in any company is the best and most sustainable solution going forward 

People sometimes genuinely misunderstand what is considered sexual harassment  

[BruceVC]

https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2021/09/06/everything-we-know-about-elden-ring

More news about Elden Ring, this time very interesting with some real design and gameplay information about this impending game. I think it looks great, 21 January 2022 is the ETA 

[Keyrock]

 

[Wormerine]

Midnight Sun's gameplay.

EDIT: For some reason, I really don't like cards in my games. They just always feel uninappropriate for me in digital setting. Not particularly liked cards in my board games either. 

 

Edited September 8, 2021 by Wormerine

[Hurlshort]

Huh. Was not expecting the whole walk around a compound and explore or the cards.

I am not a fan of cards either. But it does look pretty good.

[ShadySands]

...aaaand the cards just killed it for me. Hard pass.

[Vaeliorin]

At least there's no gameplay microtransactions?  Honestly, it looks not very good.  Your team members are basically just a load out.  You don't get individual turns, your whole team just gets one turn where you get to take x number of actions (and only 1 movement action for the whole team...).

Also, being a Marvel product, I'm guessing that it will be as close to impossible to mod as they can make it.  So...yeah, I might buy it when I can get it and all the inevitable DLC for $5-$10.

[213374U]

 

Reforced isn't a word, so I have to assume it's a jab at Blizzard. In any case, the console release means that the main campaign and Soul Harvest will now be using the updated Fallen God engine, delivered as a free update to PC owners. As good an excuse to replay it as any.

[Mamoulian War]

6 hours ago, Vaeliorin said:

At least there's no gameplay microtransactions?  Honestly, it looks not very good.  Your team members are basically just a load out.  You don't get individual turns, your whole team just gets one turn where you get to take x number of actions (and only 1 movement action for the whole team...).

Also, being a Marvel product, I'm guessing that it will be as close to impossible to mod as they can make it.  So...yeah, I might buy it when I can get it and all the inevitable DLC for $5-$10.

I would not keep my hopes up for no MTX... The card mechanic is the most exploited mechanic in conjunction with loot boxes in AAA and F2P games...

[BruceVC]

On 9/7/2021 at 8:55 PM, Hurlsnot said:

Yep. You could also just not hire people that harrass women or discriminate. That is also an option. Professionalism is hard, I guess.

This  may seem like a valid point but no one in an interview, if even asked , is going to say " yes I like to discriminate agaisnt xxx " so I am not sure how your idea could be reasonably implemented

But thats why company policies and codes of conduct matter and address these things....you should sign these types of legal documents when you join any private or public sector institution 

 

[Mamoulian War]

8 minutes ago, BruceVC said:

This  may seem like a valid point but no one in an interview, if even asked , is going to say " yes I like to discriminate agaisnt xxx " so I am not sure how your idea could be reasonably implemented

But thats why company policies and codes of conduct matter and address these things....you should sign these types of legal documents when you join any private or public sector institution 

 

Then can you please explain to me, why the biggest culprits in the workplace misconduct are the "wokest" companies of them all? Like Ubisoft, Blizzard and now Paradox? This is a serious question... They even have Chief Diversity Officers with 6 digits salaries to take care for that, but it seems to me, they are just rotten to the core, and the CDO position is there only to cover up their ****ups...

Edited September 9, 2021 by Mamoulian War

[BruceVC]

34 minutes ago, Mamoulian War said:

Then can you please explain to me, why the biggest culprits in the workplace misconduct are the "wokest" companies of them all? Like Ubisoft, Blizzard and now Paradox? This is a serious question... They even have Chief Diversity Officers with 6 digits salaries to take care for that, but it seems to me, they are just rotten to the core, and the CDO position is there only to cover up their ****ups...

,  you right ....their are numerous examples of certain companies being in contravention of their own codes of conduct

But I cannot comment on the gaming industry and why this happens. Because personally I have only worked primarily in listed companies in the financial and software sector and people absolutely do get fired if they discriminate through cases like sexism or racism 

Its a clear violation of any company policy I have ever signed  so the culture of discrimination doesnt grow or be practiced because you get fired.....it really can be as simple as that 

Edited September 9, 2021 by BruceVC

[BruceVC]

34 minutes ago, Mamoulian War said:

Then can you please explain to me, why the biggest culprits in the workplace misconduct are the "wokest" companies of them all? Like Ubisoft, Blizzard and now Paradox? This is a serious question... They even have Chief Diversity Officers with 6 digits salaries to take care for that, but it seems to me, they are just rotten to the core, and the CDO position is there only to cover up their ****ups...

But Mamie, something else about finding solutions to discrimination 

I firmly believe this can be vastly reduced but please.....I beg you in the interests of all things sustainable and effective....we dont need  unions or the idea of unionization in the gaming industry as a solution

This is not a union problem 

[Mamoulian War]

This is not a union issue, but I do not agree with you, that gaming does not need a unions. I cannot judge how is this in every country, but properly working unions in a Slovak company can guarantee you up to triple monthly income, much safer and healthier working conditions, etc., etc... compared to a Slovak company, if there are no unions

[BruceVC]

27 minutes ago, Mamoulian War said:

This is not a union issue, but I do not agree with you, that gaming does not need a unions. I cannot judge how is this in every country, but properly working unions in a Slovak company can guarantee you up to triple monthly income, much safer and healthier working conditions, etc., etc... compared to a Slovak company, if there are no unions

I have very bad SA experiences with unions, very bad

But you clearly have " properly working unions" in Slovakia and we dont. For example our state controlled energy company is running at about 24 Billion Euro loss and has  been for about 5-6 years due to state capture corruption that is now over . Unions at the SOE ( state owned entity ) are demanding double inflation salary  increases and performance bonuses !!! But the institution is running at an incredible loss and is just costing us tax payers money....the unions are also fighting logical and normal structural reforms to address this drain on the SA tax base as we  still have to bailout every year  all our loss making SOE ....and  this issue occurs with almost all our unions. They make outrageous demands in state owned institutions that are funded by taxpayers yet are running at a loss 

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-07-23-the-never-ending-story-of-eskom-bailouts-mboweni-introduces-special-bill-of-billions-more/

[Amentep]

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