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[Nickolaidas]

No idea if it's legit or fan fiction. I do not have any prior knowledge of this insider. If true, it's a Concord situation all over again. We'll see.

Full video here for context. Thanks, Dynasty8

 

[LectureMaster]

Given Ubi's recent downfall, I won't be surprised at all if this is all true.

What they and others really need to reflect is how they ended up being this mess.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Clear out all the activists. Clean house. Start making actual good games again.

Ubisoft used to be a pioneer in the field.

 

[Hookshot]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

Reported for not using one

 

[blastprocessor]

That Emoji comment must be BS surely?

 

[Kacho]

Reads like fan fiction but there’s likely truth to some of it

 

[fart town usa]

I watch his stuff. I take him at his word, seems trustworthy. Hell, look at Ubisoft. They're a complete dumpster fire but there's gotta be tons of employees who want to help air some dirt to spur a change in culture/leadership.

 

[Chuck Berry]

That Emoji comment must be BS surely?

That one actually seemed most true to me

 

[Robb]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

Sir, did you know you were posting this without a smiley?

 

[tkscz]

Doesn't sound real honestly, if it is real though, that's messed up. Down to not including an emoji getting you sent to HR.

On another note, apparently the Ubi employees are planning a strike.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Reads like GAF Wokenstein fan fiction but also it's 2024 so absolutely no doubt half of it is true.

 

[Ammogeddon]

Reads like bullshit to me. Just taken elements of the recent Firewalk stuff and regurgitated it.

 

[The Cockatrice]

The only thing that is 100% accurate is that the delay is without a doubt NOT for fixing bugs. All delays came out buggy af no matter what.

 

[SomeGit]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

 

[Pagusas]

I wonder how this happened. Like was it just one bad person got into a role in hiring and picked the most toxic people possible to poisened the culture? Its one thing to hire diversity, I'm completely for that, no one should be judged by their race/skincolor/sex, it should all be skill based and best for job, but what I am VERY much against is agenda hiring (be it strait white male agenda, trans genda, women's agenda, doesn't matter, its all a horrible practice to intentionally excludes people and just makes the whole world more pissed off). It sounds like UBI got someone inside that agenda hired to "fight the man/them" and made sure to put in people that are on the extreme side and made the company a living hell to work at.

 

[LordCBH]

Any project lead who won’t let anyone say anything negative about their game needs to be fired and completely blacklisted from further employment in the industry. Period.

Just how is it possible to be this fucking delusional?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Press F to doubt

 

[IAmNotFromDelaware]

That Emoji comment must be BS surely?

Have you ever worked with these folks? Anything and everything offends them. So if it is true, it wouldn't be surprising at the least.

 

[tommib]

Culture wars fan fiction.

 

[Peroroncino]

Sir, did you know you were posting this without a smiley?

Sir, you're guilty of the same crime.

Not sure what to think about it, on one hand, it seems a bit extreme, on the other hand... even if all the leads etc. are wokies, then obviously no matter what happens nothing will change. Because imagine if board of directors issued an internal memo of making a bit more 'mainstream' characters - it'd leak as fast as your intelligence after dyeing your hair pink, causing another shitstorm and possibly more discriminatory investigations.

If this is true, there's literally no saving Ubisoft from woke virus.

 

[stn]

Reported for not using one

A wink emoji... are you flirting with me??

 

[Peroroncino]

A wink emoji... are you sexually harassing me??

FTFY, remember, you're ubisoft employee.c

 

[killatopak]

Nobody ask yet if the guy is credible? I have no idea who this is.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

Some younger people assume that if you don't use emojis, the "tone" of your emails is too harsh. It's crazy dude.

 

[Robb]

Sir, you're guilty of the same crime.

 

[j0hnnix]

What a toxic place if all this is true..


A smiley for OP so i dont get reported to HR.

 

[lh032]

firewalk studio must love ubisoft lolz

 

[Codeblew]

Who the fuck uses emoji's in professional work emails

 

[Bloobs]

 

[LMJ]

So in other words, the same blight that killed Concord and Suicide Squad...and yet they (game publishers and Journalists keep defending this BS that is literally killing big projects and studios...

 

[Skifi28]

It really does sound like fan fiction. I'm sure things are quite bad, but pressing doubt on "all your fears and worse confirmed."

 

[TintoConCasera]

Some younger people assume that if you don't use emojis, the "tone" of your emails is too harsh. It's crazy dude.

Lol. If someone at work sent me an email full of emojis I'd thought they are unprofessional or maybe even drunk.

 

[Dynasty8]

Video for context. Worth watching.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

I call bullshit. I'll wait for Colin Moriarty and his imaginary source to get to the bottom of this.

 

[GymWolf]

We live in a world where a billionaire company is more worried about hurting feelings than making money.

You can't make this shit up.

 

[Kacho]

Video for context. Worth watching.

Oh it’s that guy. He came out of nowhere in the YouTube scene.

 

[Peroroncino]

Have you ever worked with these folks? Anything and everything offends them. So if it is true, it wouldn't be surprising at the least.

I'm just waiting for the day where "microaggression" is not enough and we'll need a new term, like "nanoaggression"

edit: after posting this as a joke, I googled "nanoaggression"... and of course it already exist, we're doomed

 

[Kacho]

Lol. If someone at work sent me an email full of emojis I'd thought they are unprofessional or maybe even drunk.

“Hey, I ran a SQL script to clear the bad data in this table. You should be good now lol. ”

 

[Fake]

This is pretty much what was happening with Concord.

This toxic positivity is eating them alive. Liberals are so fucking dumb.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Are JaSoN and the purple army said anything about it?

 

[acidagfc]

You do not miss an emoji, you bigoted cis white penis owner, I am reporting you to HR!

 

[Nickolaidas]

Video for context. Worth watching.

Edited the OT with the link. Thanks!

 

[Kacho]

Are JaSoN and the purple army said anything about it?

Can they without addressing the elephant in the room? They tend to shy away from news like this when it makes their types look bad. I watched a Kyle Bossman video about the situation and he handwaved the more unsavory bits to keep his audience happy. Same with MrMattyPlays, Luke Stephens, and Destin Legarie. I expect Skill Up to have a spineless take as well.

 

[Nickolaidas]

This is pretty much what was happening with Concord.

This toxic positivity is eating them alive. Liberals are so fucking dumb.

From the second you do not use the best people for the job, you are doomed to failure - or at the very best, mediocrity.

 

[Zathalus]

You can't make this shit up.

Looking at this YouTubers video history and his target audience I’m pretty sure you can.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

Yeah, it’s fake.

 

[delfrickintree]

This is pretty much what was happening with Concord.

This toxic positivity is eating them alive. Liberals are so fucking dumb.

I remember when it was perfectly fine to be a liberal and still somewhat grounded in reality, until social media accelerated people into libtards and shitlibs, thus creating an equal and opposite reaction. I absolutely believe corporate culture is infested with this cancerous mindset, in fact most companies are barely functioning only by the grace of the old maintenance guys whove thanklessly kept the building from burning down all these years.

 

[Fake]

From the second you do not use the best people for the job, you are doomed to failure - or at the very best, mediocrity.

Thats the modern problem, but for since ages those companies know that listen to feedback is so fucking crucial.


And now we are hearing that listen to the feedback hurt someones feelings, wtf.

I send a feedback to the ND studios about the Rise of The Triad Remastered over the steam and some of the devs behind the game actually complain about my critic.

If someone don't believe about this toxic positivity, just look at my conversation here.

I remember when it was perfectly fine to be a liberal and still somewhat grounded in reality, until social media accelerated people into libtards and shitlibs, thus creating an equal and opposite reaction. I absolutely believe corporate culture is infested with this cancerous mindset, in fact most companies are barely functioning only by the grace of the old maintenance guys whove thanklessly kept the building from burning down all these years.

I really can't imagine going into a workplace like that. Culture war is doing some mad shit in gaming this year.

 

[PeteBull]

Go to HR for missing an emoji? Man, working in such a place must be hell on earth.

Women are very emotional creatures, and imagine deadline is encrouching, stress lvls get high, some negative reviews/news hit the company, they will be first to break upon any difficulties