PirateSoftware Leaves OffBrand Games as Stop Killing Games Reaches Goal
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It's the right thing to do in my not-so humble option.
Elon Musk owns "only"
20%10% of Tesla and I would never buy a car from them because of that. There are probably hundred thousands of workers involved with the company.Jason Hall probably still owns 50% of the company with only a handful of people involved. Why should I not boycott them?
Elon Musk owns "only" 20% of Tesla
I don't think it's that high.
kagis
12.8%.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/052616/top-4-tesla-shareholders-tsla.asp
CEO Elon Musk is the largest shareholder, with 12.8% of the company's equity as of Feb. 28, 2025.
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I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot "being woke" last year lol
Had a look at Offbrand Games' games and none of them have recent review bombs. I really have no clue what PirateSoftware is talking about.
I'm not surprised he was pushed out for fear of such review bombs, but I'm not seeing any evidence of them actually existing as he alleges.
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Elon Musk owns "only" 20% of Tesla
I don't think it's that high.
kagis
12.8%.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/052616/top-4-tesla-shareholders-tsla.asp
CEO Elon Musk is the largest shareholder, with 12.8% of the company's equity as of Feb. 28, 2025.
I found my info at https://www.uamr.de/wem-gehoert-tesla/
Elon Musk ist mit 20,6% der größte Einzelaktionär von Tesla
Elon Musk is Tesla's largest single shareholder with 20.6%
I did not assume that his stake was this high, but I did not care enough to look for a second source. So, thank you for providing more reliable figures!
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I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot "being woke" last year lol
The review bombing is another fabrication:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217000/Rivals_of_Aether_II/?curator_clanid=45028385
It seems like a minor influx of recent negative reviews. Most likely they didn't want his current status in the public perception to work against the marketing push they wanted from him.
Because let's be real, "director of strategy" doesn't seem accurate for someone who is obviously just an influencer marketing your game to his large audience.
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That's not the right thing to do.
There are more people behind the publisher than him. He's not big enough of a douche to make them all pay for it.
Impact is there, he got what he asked for. We're done here.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Sorry, but anyone taking up space in my pigeon brain is "big enough" to be petty. I don't know what qualifies as big enough for you though.
And just to be clear, I'm just talking about boycotting, not leaving nasty reviews or messages. -
He's still financially involved with the publisher.
Don't review bomb them, just don't buy from them.
Why are you trying to harm anyone associated with stop killing games
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Why are you trying to harm anyone associated with stop killing games
wrote last edited by [email protected]I have no idea what your are asking or implying.
I guess it's a joke that he is involved because he did help the project, even if not on purpose?
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I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot "being woke" last year lol
Drama aside, I'm just glad to read the goal was reached. Hopefully something comes of the effort.
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I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot "being woke" last year lol
wrote last edited by [email protected]So... I actually tinker around in Godot.
Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful...
I discovered 'Redot'.
Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter...
And then forked Godot.
To make the anti-woke version of Godot.
Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective.
Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol.
What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine.
Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t.
Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot.
Go - Dough. God - Oh.
The t is silent.
... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word.
Could have gone with Re - Do, or Re - Dough, those would have been closer, the first at least an obvious allusion to them being a Godot fork.
But no. Re Dot.
smdh
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Why are you trying to harm anyone associated with stop killing games
Easy on the trigger man.
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I have no idea what your are asking or implying.
I guess it's a joke that he is involved because he did help the project, even if not on purpose?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah, people flipped out seemingly claiming this pirate guy was killing the initiative. And in the end the over reaction and excess of attention directed towards him brought more attention to the whole topic and the petition.
It’s like manufactured drama for a good cause. I’m not sure how I feel about that.
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Had a look at Offbrand Games' games and none of them have recent review bombs. I really have no clue what PirateSoftware is talking about.
I'm not surprised he was pushed out for fear of such review bombs, but I'm not seeing any evidence of them actually existing as he alleges.
He's making shit up, as always.
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Enough with the pitchforks. Musk is a Nazi, Thor is just an idiot. There is a difference.
Boycott who you want, but don't make this a vendetta for life. Petition is through, Thor got what he deserved. Case closed.
Musk was also just an idiot and look what became a few years later.
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The review bombing is another fabrication:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217000/Rivals_of_Aether_II/?curator_clanid=45028385
It seems like a minor influx of recent negative reviews. Most likely they didn't want his current status in the public perception to work against the marketing push they wanted from him.
Because let's be real, "director of strategy" doesn't seem accurate for someone who is obviously just an influencer marketing your game to his large audience.
Reviews since July first look at least 50% negative which was not seen before so there could be an argument it is happening.
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot.
Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful...
I discovered 'Redot'.
Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter...
And then forked Godot.
To make the anti-woke version of Godot.
Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective.
Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol.
What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine.
Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t.
Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot.
Go - Dough. God - Oh.
The t is silent.
... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word.
Could have gone with Re - Do, or Re - Dough, those would have been closer, the first at least an obvious allusion to them being a Godot fork.
But no. Re Dot.
smdh
Redot still exists? I expected it to die off after a month max
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot.
Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful...
I discovered 'Redot'.
Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter...
And then forked Godot.
To make the anti-woke version of Godot.
Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective.
Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol.
What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine.
Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t.
Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot.
Go - Dough. God - Oh.
The t is silent.
... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word.
Could have gone with Re - Do, or Re - Dough, those would have been closer, the first at least an obvious allusion to them being a Godot fork.
But no. Re Dot.
smdh
Go - Dough. God - Oh.
Or even "g'dough", either way the T is always silent.
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So... I actually tinker around in Godot.
Whilst looking around to see if anyone had, or was developing an extension I would find useful...
I discovered 'Redot'.
Basically, there is a small but very vocal group of people who are very, very angry that a Godot community manager made some pro LGBT, inclusive twitter posts, turned that into a culture war flare up on twitter...
And then forked Godot.
To make the anti-woke version of Godot.
Their youtube channel has, as best I can tell, absolutely no descriptions of any substantial differences from... you know, an actual game engine feature set perspective.
Beyond of course being behind Godot now, lol.
What they do have is a bunch of rants about politics and edrama for their 'non-political' game engine.
Also... they pronounce Redot as Re-Dot, hard t.
Godot is Godot as in Waiting for Godot.
Go - Dough. God - Oh.
The t is silent.
... of course these idiots are literally uncultured and have never read the screenplay or seen the stage play, so they have no idea how to pronounce the word.
Could have gone with Re - Do, or Re - Dough, those would have been closer, the first at least an obvious allusion to them being a Godot fork.
But no. Re Dot.
smdh
Okay, as much as I approve of mocking bigots, I didn't pronounce "Godot" properly for a few years because I had never heard the name spoken before. I'd only ever read it.
Usually, if a word is used properly, but pronounced wrong, it's an indicator that the word was learned from reading, not from hearing. Typically, people receptive to learning will try to correct themselves when it's pointed out. I'm very self conscious of this because I'm awful at pronouncing words.
But for folks like this, yeah, mock the hell out of them.
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Reviews since July first look at least 50% negative which was not seen before so there could be an argument it is happening.
More than 0 reviews related to the drama = review bombing
He worked at blizzard for 7 years guys.
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I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot "being woke" last year lol
I don’t like him. Never have, never will.
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More than 0 reviews related to the drama = review bombing
He worked at blizzard for 7 years guys.
You do understand that on Steam if you have 50% or more negative reviews, it is a "Mostly Negative" and puts people off even trying. Bad reviews can have a serious effect on sales. 10 negative reviews in millions is nothing, 10 negative reviews alongside 10 positive is detrimental. It's all about the percentage and indie games work at a different scale.
I'm unsure what the point about working for Blizzard means. You'll have to elaborate.
