ShadySands Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 New free Stellaris content 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Quillon Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/806277756317102081 New batch of layoffs? or why CA retweeting a tweet from 2012...
Tale Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Hope everything's okay at Obs. 2 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Hurlshort Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Hrm, that's weird that he retweeted something from 2012. Although I guess if Tyranny isn't selling well, that could cause some layoffs.
Orogun01 Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Hrm, that's weird that he retweeted something from 2012. Although I guess if Tyranny isn't selling well, that could cause some layoffs. Maybe a project fell through. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
ShadySands Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Is Tyranny selling poorly? The reviews seem decent enough I hope the Vampire game didn't get cancelled Free games updated 3/4/21
Oner Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Tyranny was a top seller on GoG earlier, for what it's worth. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
Darkpriest Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 you only get that stuff when you get some projects cancelled. Tyranny was a low budget filler, as we can see from the tech, which was largely just a slight improvement over PoE. Obs been fairly silent on their other projects.
Quillon Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Guess Obs laid off Sawyer too https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/806499816180158464
Tale Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Apparently he's giving a talk in Poland, so he probably stopped by. Otherwise I'd be getting paranoid. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
marelooke Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Apparently he's giving a talk in Poland, so he probably stopped by. Otherwise I'd be getting paranoid. Well, Witcher combat could use some balancing, I guess... *starts running* 2
Keyrock Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Guess Obs laid off Sawyer too https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/806499816180158464 So much for CDPR making any more fun games. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Lexx Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 There was some conference. https://www.codeeurope.pl/pl/prelegenci/josh-sawyer#/?_k=lfa2f0 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Flouride Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/806277756317102081 New batch of layoffs? or why CA retweeting a tweet from 2012... Someone from Obsidian commented this on RPGcodex saying the layoffs aren't drastic. He couldn't comment any more than that. Avellone being a massive d*** again. 1 Hate the living, love the dead.
WorstUsernameEver Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 I don't think there's anything wrong to offer support/recruiter names to people who have to start looking for other jobs. 1
Hurlshort Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 I don't think there's anything wrong to offer support/recruiter names to people who have to start looking for other jobs. I'm not sure that a tweet from 4 years prior is much of a lead for a new job.
Flouride Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 I don't think there's anything wrong to offer support/recruiter names to people who have to start looking for other jobs. If that really was his only motivation for that retweet he could have done it privately, instead he went public with his inside information to create "havoc". Instead of classy, he chose d***/a******* way to do it. Hate the living, love the dead.
WorstUsernameEver Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Recruiters never do this stuff privately. Obsidian people also put up links to open job posts on Twitter when other companies had layoffs. I agree that retweeting a 4-year old tweet is bizarre, though, but it could well be a mistake. 1
HoonDing Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 He should work on his delivery. Learn from the best. "If Obsidian was any good, they would have kept those jobs in California. Spend more time working-less time talking. Reduce development time." The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Flouride Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Recruiters never do this stuff privately. Obsidian people also put up links to open job posts on Twitter when other companies had layoffs. I agree that retweeting a 4-year old tweet is bizarre, though, but it could well be a mistake. I would imagine those layoffs were already public knowledge by then. Now the whole thing was given away by MCA which makes it seem more than just genuine "hope you all find a job soon". Hate the living, love the dead.
Deadly_Nightshade Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Doom dropped Denuvo. 2 "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Fenixp Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Doom dropped Denuvo.Well, possibly. I couldn't find a reliable source on this.
WorstUsernameEver Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Recruiters never do this stuff privately. Obsidian people also put up links to open job posts on Twitter when other companies had layoffs. I agree that retweeting a 4-year old tweet is bizarre, though, but it could well be a mistake. I would imagine those layoffs were already public knowledge by then. Now the whole thing was given away by MCA which makes it seem more than just genuine "hope you all find a job soon". It would have been public pretty soon anyway: http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/08/obsidian-lays-off-undisclosed-number-of-its-amored-warfare-staff/ And I don't really think it makes sense to avoid discussing it to not hurt a company's PR. I imagine the people affected were grateful they got some help looking for some work right now, especially because, while it will happen early next year, it's tough news to hear during the holidays.
Flouride Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 True, it would have been public pretty soon. Still Mr.Avellone made it his mission to be the one to "leak" the story. Could have waited for people from Obsidian to actually be the 1st to mention it on social media, or media. Feargus has been pretty open about the layoffs everytime, I'm pretty sure he wasn't avoiding the issue. He didn't have to make any statements or anything due to Chris being Chris. Feargus takes the layoffs hard everytime, I'm pretty sure he had more important issues to deal with than make sure the he gets to break the news before some ****ish ex-partner does it for him.Yes, I'm sure the people affected were glad about it, I'm not denying that. There's still better ways to do it, and better timing.More than that I'm worried about mail.ru just deciding to take some work back to Moscow, what stops them from doing it again and again? 1 Hate the living, love the dead.
Deadly_Nightshade Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Doom dropped Denuvo.Well, possibly. I couldn't find a reliable source on this. I saw it on Kotaku although I'm not sure what their source is. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
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