Yes you are wrong... until you get kicked in the balls and does a full review of it just shut up about this whole "being kicked in the balls looks terrible and I dont want any of it" ... you didnt experienced so clearly you have nothing to say about it.
Also this.I thought us core-gamers were irrelevant, that they didn't need or want us ...that we were powerless, insignificant, incels.
This whole "message" that gamers are just hateful and toxic, that some parts of the industry try to push, is so retarded that it hurts my brain.
When I read GAF I seldom see true hate, just passionate gamers that desperately want good games. If you filter out the corporate fanboys and read between the lines - there's tons of genuine sadness and love to be found for this wonderful hobby. And as they say "All is fair in love and war".
Instead of complaining about what's happening maybe they should ask themselves why it's happening.
But sure, it would probably be nice if we just spread them ass-cheeks and hand over our money while we sing kumbaya as you enshitten our games.
There are some people who complain about games that much (that they obviously aren't interested in) I don't see were they find the time to even play games.
I just think it's simply the way of life, hell even reading pizza reviews you see the same type of comments, anything that has brands associated with it is like this is my main point.
Just for full context here, Jeff said this one statement during a 10 hour stream where he was testing the alpha version of his game and having a relaxing talk with the chat.
No, you're right. It is the journalist that are mostly to blame in almost all of these type of situations.
I can guarantee you his Legends of California game isn't for anyone crying about his benign words online.
I shit talk when playing games too. I don't take what Jeff said seriously.
Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren't going to play anyway: 'Shut the f**k up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it'
In a 10-hour stream of his studio's upcoming game, Kaplan said he's "bored" with compulsive online outrage.www.pcgamer.com
Last week, former Blizzard vice president and game designer Jeff Kaplan made his first public appearance since leaving the World of Warcraft and Overwatch developer in 2021, revealing his independent game studio, Kintsugiyama, and its upcoming frontier survival game, The Legend of California.
Days later, Kaplan continued that momentum with a casual 10-hour stream of a pre-alpha Legend of California build. While showing off the work Kintsugiyama has done so far, Kaplan flexed some of the newfound PR freedom he enjoyed in his recent retelling of his departure from Blizzard, speaking bluntly about his distaste for the dysfunction and hostility in discussions surrounding recent game launches.
"I understand voicing your opinion," Kaplan said as the stream entered its ninth hour. "But like, if a game comes out and you don't want to play it and you've never played it, shut the fuck up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it."
Kaplan, who owes his career in game development in part to his own, often-harsh shitposting about EverQuest design decisions, acknowledged that he's "given it out at times." But crucially, he said, his circa 2000 EQ1 design takedowns were at least motivated by having played the game in the first place. In contrast, he says the "nerd baby rage" from online hatemongers isn't even worth acknowledging, "because you're so off the deep end that it's not even worth listening to you."
"There are certain forums or Reddits or whatever where it's just like, yeah, that one's on ignore from now on. They're not actually productive in any way," Kaplan said. "It's just who can get the most points by being outraged. I'm bored with it."
Tim Ford, Kaplan's fellow former Blizzard dev and Kintsugiyama co-founder, echoed his opinion, saying that "it's not impressive" to be as awful as possible about something that isn't to your liking.
"It's not difficult to shit on something," Ford said on-stream. "Apparently, it takes a ton of courage to say, 'Hey, I actually like this thing. I don't care that you don't like it. I like it.'"
After a decade of slumping sales, record studio closures, core fan backlash, and a booming cottage industry of media that is capitalizing on a slew of unpopular gaming failures, you would think a massive course correction would have already happened.
Pretty much this.Oldie but applicable for this convo
Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren't going to play anyway: 'Shut the f**k up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it'
In a 10-hour stream of his studio's upcoming game, Kaplan said he's "bored" with compulsive online outrage.
Last week, former Blizzard vice president and game designer Jeff Kaplan made his first public appearance since leaving the World of Warcraft and Overwatch developer in 2021, revealing his independent game studio, Kintsugiyama, and its upcoming frontier survival game, The Legend of California.
Days later, Kaplan continued that momentum with a casual 10-hour stream of a pre-alpha Legend of California build. While showing off the work Kintsugiyama has done so far, Kaplan flexed some of the newfound PR freedom he enjoyed in his recent retelling of his departure from Blizzard, speaking bluntly about his distaste for the dysfunction and hostility in discussions surrounding recent game launches.
"I understand voicing your opinion," Kaplan said as the stream entered its ninth hour. "But like, if a game comes out and you don't want to play it and you've never played it, shut the fuck up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it."
Hollywood "Am I a joke to you ?"
He's wrong. Voting with your wallet is meaningless. Voicing your opinion alongside it sends the message directly.
Yea theyre both the problem
