The missing point of yours being that Obsidian shouldn't have done anything at all.

Why? The limerick was not their property.

 

What are you referring to? this? http://www.orderoflaibach.com/blog/screw-you-firedorn-lightbringer

The author has no say in this anymore unless he had come forth to Obsidian, BEFORE any of this on HIS OWN VOLITION and requested to have it removed/changed. Anything after that and he is a non factor. After that it's all principle. 

So you are basically stealing the case from the victim's own hands in order to serve your own motivations, thank you for admiting this here.

This is an obvious troll. But since it plays into our narrative about SJW's we'll totally believe it!

Since it seems to be a fake, i think mods should close the thread now. We should all go back and enjoy the game and ignore those fools

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by AlterKnacker

Obsidian delivers their magnum opus and they're stuck dealing with this PR nightmare now. Life truly is unfair.

 

I understand though. For years these vermin have been allowed to poison gaming and none dared to stand up to them. Now comes the counter reaction and it's bloody war with developers caught in the middle. It's ugly but perhaps necessary, yes? One violent reaction to counteract another and hopefully restore balance to the world of video games. One can only hope that things will get better eventually. 

 

The missing point of yours being that Obsidian shouldn't have done anything at all.

Why? The limerick was not their property.

 

 

It was, it was in their game, just as any other text is in their game. It's only there because they included it, willingly. The entire game is their property, everything in it. 

This forum has been endlessly entertaining the last few days.

 

rekoolno na fo evitcepsrep eht morf, sah ti tcepxe dluow I seY

 

 

Since it seems to be a fake, i think mods should close the thread now. We should all go back and enjoy the game and ignore those fools

 

It would be the most logical choice at this point. 

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by ChipMHazard

 

The missing point of yours being that Obsidian shouldn't have done anything at all.

Why? The limerick was not their property.

 

Yes, and that's precisely why they had to get in touch with the author. Ignoring the whole thing and let Firedorn deal with the Twitter angry mob on his own and take the blame for everything, that would have been a real d* move.

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by Kimuji

Holy Batman! Look what I have done:

 

 

That game is only 18 years old.

Who cares about twitter? Who cares about what anyone thinks? 

 

The game is brilliant.

 

In twitter every miserable unloved child wants to be a hero from their mom's basement.

 

Don't give in, Obsidian, keep up the good work. I can't wait to play more of your stuff. You need to stick to your guns.

 

Ignore the SJW. We don't need them. We need your games as you envision them, without being affected by any internet crybabies.

 

 

Be strong Obsidian.

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by Emerwyn

Obsidian will ignore this one. Just like they SHOULD have ignored the last one. We all learn through our mistakes, Obsidian included.

I hate twitter and these jackhats. If Obsidian caves more to them, I'm requesting my money back. They will not be worthy of my money. If this blows over and nothing is changed, then that's fine. But after the memorial issue, I'm having little trust left with them. They can't appeal to everyone, so they need to stop trying to.

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by SemiJames

Holy Batman! Look what I have done:That game is only 18 years old.

Holy strawberries Batman, are we in a jam!

I sincerely doubt that this gets changed because:

 

A) It's an option in a quest.

B) It's a fairly significant quest.

C) Unlike the backer rewards, the questlines get a little more scrutiny and are weighed with a different scale. If they had a problem with the option of killing a child as part of a quest, they wouldn't have made it an option.

 

The world of PoE is a dark and dreary place. No one should be made to feel safe.

 

 

What are you referring to? this? http://www.orderoflaibach.com/blog/screw-you-firedorn-lightbringer

The author has no say in this anymore unless he had come forth to Obsidian, BEFORE any of this on HIS OWN VOLITION and requested to have it removed/changed. Anything after that and he is a non factor. After that it's all principle. 

So you are basically stealing the case from the victim's own hands in order to serve your own motivations, thank you for admiting this here.

 

 

What? The "victim" was never a victim at all before Obsidian let him be. Had they responded properly to begin with(not at all, ignoring another idiotic tweet like they do with hundreds of others) there wouldn't be an issue. The only "victim" would have been some delusional twitter poster that got ignored.

 

The author doesn't matter. The intended meaning of the joke doesn't matter one bit. If anything it was more "lore" than tons of the other ones still in the game. Obsidian should have entirely ignored this whole ordeal. 

 I guess the mods are sleeping. That or somehow the obsidian forums have become Tumblr or some whacked out subreddit.

You deserve this Obsidian.  This is what happens when you give attention to the crazies, they keep coming back.

 

This.  Nothing will EVER be enough for these people. Giving in to them is validating them. Expect more of this and more and more until devs stop listening to them. How many people called this exact same thing? It's NEVER enough for them.

 

 

All the backers who don't think an innocent joke should be removed? 

 

 

 

If Obsidian laughed off the first case of offense I would agree with you, they didn't. 

 

 

How about you give some credits to Firedorn's own words instead of denying him any kind of honesty in order to keep justifying your anger toward Obsidian? How long will you keep holding your grudge against the devs when the very author of the lines you're pretending to defend said things didn't happened the way you are presenting them?

 

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Aaa! I did it! I spoke up and I made change! I changed things! I did a good thing! I'm a good person! Yaaaaay

what didn't happen? he/she/it seems to think something happend. why? are we all blind or is it just you?

 

Jesus H...

 

Why the feck aren't you lot playing the game instead of feeding this non-issue? For a week now people have been bleating about the patch being late, and now it's here, the forum's turned into a "What can we be outraged about now?" listing.

 

*sigh*

 

 

 

The missing point of yours being that Obsidian shouldn't have done anything at all. 

 

 

That is up to them and Firedorn, not any of us.

Obsidian will ignore this one. Just like they SHOULD have ignored the last one. We all learn through our mistakes, Obsidian included.

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by Syraxis

You know, I have no problem with Obsidian consulting with Firedorn to change his epitaph in the game, but insisting they change a quest because they don't like the fact that you have the option to kill a child in it? That's just over the line. It's a role-playing game set in a pretty dark setting. And the game doesn't force you to do it. 

Jesus H...

 

Why the feck aren't you lot playing the game instead of feeding this non-issue? For a week now people have been bleating about the patch being late, and now it's here, the forum's turned into a "What can we be outraged about now?" listing.

 

*sigh*

 

Oi! Not all of us have a patch to download yet!

Edited April 4, 201510 yr by ChipMHazard

 

Jesus H...

 

Why the feck aren't you lot playing the game instead of feeding this non-issue? For a week now people have been bleating about the patch being late, and now it's here, the forum's turned into a "What can we be outraged about now?" listing.

 

*sigh*

 

Oye, not all of us have a patch to download yet!

 

They are working on the GOG patch

 

 

 

The missing point of yours being that Obsidian shouldn't have done anything at all. 

 

 

That is up to them and Firedorn, not any of us.

 

 

As long as their choice is visible it's reasonable to expect visible opinions about it. They are entirely judged by what they do or refrain from doing. No one claimed that it wasn't their choice, just that they chose poorly.