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[Dane]

"made plans to bring in a coaching organisation called Mindful Talent for management training."

Hire me instead, my coaching treatment include drinking, illegal street racing and guns ablaze.

 

[ThatGamingDude]

So I'm guessing GTA 6's hookers are going to be strong and independent.

Funny thing is that's not far from the truth these days
Escorts are more popular than ever; don't need a pimp if you got a web site

AND FOR ALL YOU CHUCKLE HEADS I WORK IN WEB HOSTING
Don't need a hoe....they just happen to host websites at my job /s

How do people come to the conclusion that GTA is going to become a haven for SJWs?
Seems all they do is create a better workenvironment for themselves. Seems reasonable.

Gaf overreacting much?

Yeah, essentially
This is likely just a PR move and they're just cutting the budget

I mean the world economy is taking a dive; if you're going to have to fire people anyways, why not also check the box next to "Oh people think we're shitty to work for..."

The thing is, who gets to decide what "toxic" is? You can't deny that certain phrases have been completely highjacked and ridden into the ground by the cancel culture people(toxic, bigot, racist...), what they may consider toxic in the real world could be no more than a simple difference in political views.

The executives; just like with any company decision
Executives and management create policies down to how you submit forms to other departments; you're going to complain that you have to follow their virtues as well?

What do you think they're creating the policies based on? Christmas Trees and Old Rock Candy Mountain?

Their job is to keep the company profitable; in America there's even laws in place to ensure that the brass does that, or they can go to jail lol, no joke.

They're just adjusting their budget and placing a PR reason on it because of the past bad PR of them being a shitty place to work at. Don't be fooled by their PR talk

Yea i will rock the shit out that boat if someone at my job is making my life miserable. I can put up with a lot of things but when i start feeling like not going to work because of someone then its time to talk to HR. I encourage you to do the same too. I've seen people get fired for rocking the boat and that sucks but i would sooner get fired than put up with things like sexual harassment. I've seen a lot of men put up with inappropriate sexual harassment from women at my job, usually because of peer pressure from other men who think its a complement to be harassed by women.

I've actually been in this boat myself; I rocked the boat and got fired. Never thought twice about it.

1 person literally can make a job not worth it. They canned my ass as soon as I got a lawyer over it

With how the laws work, the only time a company is going to act on their own is if it gets into the territory where they could get sued, and it's no longer an acceptable risk; other than that, makes no sense to spend money just because people don't like each other
Gets into territory where they could get sued? They'll value the employees worth to the company and eject the lower value.

 

[Tripolygon]

The thing is, who gets to decide what "toxic" is? You can't deny that certain phrases have been completely highjacked and ridden into the ground by the cancel culture people(toxic, bigot, racist...), what they may consider toxic in the real world could be no more than a simple difference in political views.

Companies decide what they consider as toxic in their work place. Have you never sat through one of these videos at your job?

I live in the south, i work with people with varying political views nobody has ever been fired for having certain political views or voting for a particular candidate. Although i have had bosses try to "encourage" people to vote a certain way. The thing with social media is it takes certain incidents, distorts them and amplify them. Use your own experience in real life, has any such things happened at your current job and any other jobs you have had?

 

[Tripolygon]

I've actually been in this boat myself; I rocked the boat and got fired. Never thought twice about it.

1 person literally can make a job not worth it. They canned my ass as soon as I got a lawyer over it

With how the laws work, the only time a company is going to act on their own is if it gets into the territory where they could get sued, and it's no longer an acceptable risk; other than that, makes no sense to spend money just because people don't like each other
Gets into territory where they could get sued? They'll value the employees worth to the company and eject the lower value.

Sorry that happened to you mate. Sucks, i have seen it happen and even recently in my family as well. My sister got fired because 2 of her superiors had it in for her. She didn't go easy without a fight though. And she's well regarded in her field so it was easy for her to find another job.

 

[Grinchy]

If this is the company they're talking about, it sounds like some new age hippie bullshit.

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Check their site out. They have plenty of pictures of people sitting outside in the grass on mats staring forward at some con artist. But hey, they have holistic life coaches!

 

[ThatGamingDude]

Sorry that happened to you mate. Sucks, i have seen it happen and even recently in my family as well. My sister got fired because 2 of her superiors had it in for her. She didn't go easy without a fight though. And she's well regarded in her field so it was easy for her to find another job.

Lol it happens, and this happened years ago; thanks for the condolences though
I also had no problem leaving that place/being let go. I was working on average about 50 hours a week, with something like 124% efficiency rate. Kind of burned me out

This was also the company that had a "Culture Committee," and me, being someone with a serious medical condition, wanted to hop in on because they had no one with a medical condition on it, but wouldn't let me join it
An exclusive "Culture Committee," sounds like some dumb bull shit to me lol. Let's create a committee to give employees a voice but only let certain employees have a voice

Business exist to make money, not to make you feel good and happy

 

[Tripolygon]

Lol it happens, and this happened years ago; thanks for the condolences though
I also had no problem leaving that place/being let go. I was working on average about 50 hours a week, with something like 124% efficiency rate. Kind of burned me out

This was also the company that had a "Culture Committee," and me, being someone with a serious medical condition, wanted to hop in on because they had no one with a medical condition on it, but wouldn't let me join it
An exclusive "Culture Committee," sounds like some dumb bull shit to me lol. Let's create a committee to give employees a voice but only let certain employees have a voice

Business exist to make money, not to make you feel good and happy

Preach.

Here's a crazy one. So i have a co worker who is supervisor for second shift, I was the supervisor for first shift. She had a certain fondness for black guys and my job had a good mix of different ethnicity. So she gets to sleeping with with 2 dudes and everyone knew but those 2 dudes. After they find out about each other they get to fighting (SMH). Management got involved and everyone involved got suspended without pay for "investigation". After a week, 2 dudes get fired and my co worker gets transferred to a different location and promoted to regional account manager.

Lmao.

 

[LordKasual]

ohhhh noooooo

an asshole got fired for being an asshole

ready your bunkers and hold on to your porn, the SJW sleeper cells are coming to make women ugly and ruin gaminggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg


ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[The Alien]

I wonder what their definition of 'toxic' is.

I can envision this making for a blender, less interesting game.

I dont know many people who play GTA (or many Rock*) games for their controls (gunplay, driving).

 

[JimmyJones]

Rockstar games have been crap since GTA4 anyway. A big meh from me.

Lol all these dweebs saying you have to be a asshole to put crude humor in your games. Like people give a f. People buy GTA to run over people and blow shit up. I hope the next GTA game is full of “sjw” stuff. Cause it doesnt matter. Like people play for the story.

 

[SantaC]

 

[oagboghi2]

For the past decade, GTA have become blander, safer and more focused on multiplayer over single player.

This, combined with Houser leaving, is enough evidence to me that something is going on there.

ohhhh noooooo

an asshole got fired for being an asshole

ready your bunkers and hold on to your porn, the SJW sleeper cells are coming to make women ugly and ruin gaminggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg


ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The typical response I expect from an resetera idiot, but I have to ask why are we assuming the people getting fired are assholes?

It seems like if you just post a vague accusation people turn their brains off.

What are the chances these "asshole" employee just happened to not love the direction of shark cards and no single-player DLC?

 

[MMaRsu]

imagine this guy being your coworker (and im not talking about kevin hart)

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Toxic is a loophole when you can’t apply a real label to actions or code for “they don’t agree with us politically”.

 

[nush]

Toxic is a loophole when you can’t apply a real label to actions or code for “they don’t agree with us politically”.

Exactly call anything toxic and everyone will nod and agree with you without you having to explain yourself.

Toxic toxicity and to think the person that first coined the phrase toxic masculinity set this all off.

 

[Verchod]

Good, maybe the GTA games can grow up now.

 

[TheGreatYosh]

It's looking like they've lost the plot.

 

[zeorhymer]

So all they're left with are white knighters, soy boys, simps, feminists and id pol crazies. Gonna be a fun to see what games will come out.

 

[OutrageousFacts]

"First details about Grand Theft Auto 6: The Clique:

- three playable protagonists: a tough hispanic lesbian with short cut hair, an introvert black guy who's very emotional, and an overweight white guy with turquoise hair who's later revealed to be a f2m trans person

- harming civilians causes you to get insta-killed by a police sniper

- there's a nude bar, but only featuring male dancers

- central theme of the game is 'revolution against the patriarchy'.

- there will be a scene where you rape a male villain

- a new gameplay feature is the 'outrage' mechanic: you can influence the masses by either shouting stuff on location or posting made-up stuff on the internet, even setting a specific time for protest gatherings. That allows you to divert attention from yourself and sneak past security or overwhelm a target.

- another new feature: the 'rape!' defense. When an opponent, criminal or police, is about to catch you, you can loudly accuse them of sexual harassment. That will cause different scenes depending on where you are. Inmidst of town, other people will come to aide you. Outside of town, the opponent might just stop for a moment but then continue his attack

- sidequests will have you convince pregnant npcs to get an abortion and big-breasted npcs to get a size-reduction.

- main villain will be the president, justifying the criminal acts of the protagonists "

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Dipsed]

Some of my favorite games growing up were GTA, red dead, Bully and even their take on Max pain was amazing. Their games were revolutionary and their marketing strategy to market their game’s was always downright geniuses. These guy knew how to hype a game. We have open world games like the ones we have today because of Rockstar. They were also one of the first studios to develop story driven games with scripts meant for a more mature audience. Their games revolutionize gaming! Always pushing the envelope!

It took this pc/sjw bullshit culture to tame the biggest, most lucrative and most controversial studio of my generation. In my opinion this is it for them so I guess everything good has to come an end.

Some of my favorite gaming memories I had playing your games. I will poor a little liquor for Rockstar, May your epic games and the amazing rockstar team be immortalized in Gaming History!!! ️️️

 

[Kerotan]

Probably necessary to be honest, Rockstar has had a rep of being a shitty place to work for a long time now. People would put up with it to get it on their CV and then get the fuck out of dodge at the first convenient moment.

The rest is just general corporate bullshit. See back in the day it was considered a bonus if you boss ran jollies to strip-clubs and hosted coke-fuelled pool parties BECAUSE it was more rock'n'roll and less corporate culture. But of course these days its fiscally wiser to play it as safe and businesslike (i,e. joyless) as possible, with so many career prudes and scolds ready to point their piggy little fingers.

Employees are getting coked up on their nights out these days far more then ever before. It's just not talked about as much openly to avoid backlash.

 

[Scotty W]

Sounds like a certain creeping Fabianism is rearing its ugly head at Rockstar. Crazy that they are forcing the talent out, and then suing when the talent tries to get together again.

To Dan Houser:

 

[tassletine]

QTF. Atom Shop is killing Fallout and coins ES. C’est la vie.



ive read a few folks saying this is an opportunity to make a more fair, just, and green society.

I doubt as it will be the middle classes that have to pay for everything. When, for example, in Ontario electrical bills doubled to pay for green energy, the liberal party lost 99% of their seats in the legislature. Not many people want to lose their homes to pay for progressive promises, no matter how noble. I know I am not.

Creches at workplace's will go right out the window for starters -- And HR will fade away somewhat if people start working from home more.

 

[GiJoint]

I wonder how dumbed down the content in GTA6 will be because society now is ridiculously hypersensitive.

 

[DeeDogg_]

Never thought I'd see the day where GTA goes "woke". Good luck with that.

Crazy times we live in.

Yeah this timeline is fking bonkers

 

[hariseldon]

GTA peaked with Vice City and San Andreas. Both absolutely fucking brilliant games, and still a fuck-tonne of fun even now. I can still happily dick about in either game and have a good time.

 

[Ivory Blood]

If this is the company they're talking about, it sounds like some new age hippie bullshit.



Check their site out. They have plenty of pictures of people sitting outside in the grass on mats staring forward at some con artist. But hey, they have holistic life coaches!

Well, that reminds me of something.

Seriously though - how did the corporate world got roped into this fucking bullshit? Why do execs believe in everything these con artists try to push?

 

[EverydayBeast]

When it comes to GTA nobody is safe.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Looks like GTA 6 is going to have a protagonist with purple hair..

 

[JimmyJones]

GTA peaked with Vice City and San Andreas. Both absolutely fucking brilliant games, and still a fuck-tonne of fun even now. I can still happily dick about in either game and have a good time.

Same. I recently replayed San Andreas and it’s still way more fun than 4 and 5.

 

[Optimistic Gamer]

I expect GTA to stay GTA.
You guys are insane thinking that people who would hate GTA would ever start working at Rockstar to change it from inside. Rockstar games while satirical and political not always correct have never been outside of what is acceptable in modern media.

Edgyness has been a sales factor for many years now and will always drive GTA to be successfull.

 

[LemmingWithaParachute]

I expect GTA to stay GTA.
You guys are insane thinking that people who would hate GTA would ever start working at Rockstar to change it from inside. Rockstar games while satirical and political not always correct have never been outside of what is acceptable in modern media.

Edgyness has been a sales factor for many years now and will always drive GTA to be successfull.

What are you talking about. This is exactly how they function. Theyre a virus.

 

[Airbus Jr]

Woke ! Woke ! Woke !

Get woke ! or get lost !

Wokey.....wokey...

 

[hyperbertha]

When it comes to GTA nobody is safe.

What do you mean?

 

[nush]

Employees are getting coked up on their nights out these days far more then ever before. It's just not talked about as much openly to avoid backlash.

True, still happens but you have to be more careful of who you invite to boys club becuse some of these social media addicted millennial fuckers have to share everything and have no concept of the "What goes on tour stays on tour" rule. Case in point (and I'm not bullshitting) this is an email I received.

To: Nush@largegamecompanythatyouknow.com
From: Director@largegamecompanythatyouknow.com

Nush,

Don't get Mark any more prostitutes.

Signed

Director.

I printed that bad boy out and pinned it to my office noticeboard. It was either an in-joke or actually had a story behind it depending on who asked what it was.

 

[Virex]

Lol all these dweebs saying you have to be a asshole to put crude humor in your games. Like people give a f. People buy GTA to run over people and blow shit up. I hope the next GTA game is full of “sjw” stuff. Cause it doesnt matter. Like people play for the story.

 

[Clear]

Bottom line is that wokeness and PC culture is an unending smorgasbord for ambulance chasers and shakedown artists. This is why corporations are taking it seriously, its all about the money.

 

[Airbus Jr]

I wonder why this news didnt appear on RetardEra?

 

[VertigoOA]

No more beating up hookers in GTA... Now you help them find health insurance and supply them with free condoms.

 

[OutrageousFacts]

I wonder why this news didnt appear on RetardEra?

It's not relevant for their pedo discord, ya know

 

[SleepDoctor]

Sounds like GTA is about ready to kick the bucket as a AAA game and go full on gaas sjw wokeness.

With that said, maybe all these people along with Houser could maybe open up a new studio and continue where they left off.

 

[oagboghi2]

Good, maybe the GTA games can grow up now.

What does a “ grown up” GTA look like?

 

[Airbus Jr]

Woookey..wookey Man United !!

Wookey..wokey Man United !!

Wookey...wookey Man United !!

Reset..Era..keep marching....on!! on !! on!!

 

[nush]

Sounds like GTA is about ready to kick the bucket as a AAA game and go full on gaas sjw wokeness.

With that said, maybe all these people along with Houser could maybe open up a new studio and continue where they left off.

I've said that's exactly what he's going to do. He's responsible for the biggest media product of all time and I speculate he didn't get rewarded enough for that. Any publisher would snap up the rights to his next game in a second.

 

[LemmingWithaParachute]

No more beating up hookers in GTA... Now you help them find health insurance and supply them with free condoms.

Unless of course the beating is part of an abortion related mission. Free choice an all.

 

[SleepDoctor]

I've said that's exactly what he's going to do. He's responsible for the biggest media product of all time and I speculate he didn't get rewarded enough for that. Any publisher would snap up the rights to his next game in a second.

I'd love to see it happen. Too much "wokeness" in games now

 

[Kazekage1981]

The pussification and castration of the heterosexual masculine male who enjoys video games.

GTA6: Girl Power woke edition.

 

[cookiemuffin]

Honestly GTA will never be the same anyway after OL. So it doesn't matter who they fire.
I've always felt rockstar put more love in RDR and with the excellent RDR2 the saga is concluded. I don't need another one. Rockstar has nothing else I care about.

 

[Kagey K]

Since it’s not a 1st party exclusive it means very little overall for the industry. "

Let them do what they want. Indie games don’t sell consoles.