Doomtrain
Gold Member
I suspect the problem, as Sweet Baby sees it, is that the "wrong" people created the list.
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Steam curator warns players if Sweet Baby is involved in a game
Jaybe
Member
Spider-man 2, God of War Ragnarok, and Alan Wake 2 are missing since they aren’t on Steam. Those are the big ones from this projects list ( https://sweetbabyinc.com/projects/ ) that aren’t in the Steam curator list.
Kacho
Gold Member
This blew up when Sweet Baby employees learned about the group and asked their friends to mass report him and get his account banned on Steam. That backfired and ended up increasing support for the group. It's up to 150k followers now.
The creator was interviewed on Asmongold's stream and he specifically said his goal was not to target or harass anyone. He also said his moderators were actively banning bad actors in the Steam Group and on Discord. He sounds like a normal dude that just wants good games without the ideological slant.
StueyDuck
Member
while 150+K is no small number it's also just a drop in the bucket.
what was steams active user record recently like 30+mill or something.
as much as sweet baby are awful and awful human beings. The DEI will still win and they'll still get hired to wokefy everything.
you need like full on celebrities before this catches on to actually make a difference, these game companies need to see massive drops in their shareprice like what happened with the dylan mulvaney scandal .
what was steams active user record recently like 30+mill or something.
as much as sweet baby are awful and awful human beings. The DEI will still win and they'll still get hired to wokefy everything.
you need like full on celebrities before this catches on to actually make a difference, these game companies need to see massive drops in their shareprice like what happened with the dylan mulvaney scandal .
Jaybe
Member
This is their newsletter archive or something, I don’t know much about substack, I’m only good with the Google machine apparently. It’s sure cringe though.
“All Babies are of legal age to work in their region”
sweetbabynews.substack.com
“All Babies are of legal age to work in their region”
January, brought to you by Baby Power
All Babies are of legal age to work in their region
sweetbabynews.substack.com
Jaybe
Member
Need Musk to tweet about it.
bigdad2007
Member
It’s almost like they won’t want people shining a light on the fact that all of this DEI stuff is being pushed by a very small group of people with massive amounts of money behind them.
They have a word for this…..hmmm. But it is a thing that gets your YouTube video a context warning under it.
StueyDuck
Member
I mean he's the perfect candidate to be honest
YOU PC BRO?!
Gold Member
The Sweet Baby mindset…
Let’s tailor content to the audience we would like to have rather than the audience we actually have.
The demographic breakdowns per genre should determine most of the choices relating to casting and direction. Take Forspoken or the recent Madame Web as an example. Both properties tailored towards women in genres traditionally consumed by men. It was believed that women would show up in droves but that was not the case. In the case of Madame Web only 46% of the viewership were actually women. The Superhero movie genre generally ranges between 60% - 70% male skewing. The fantasy genre is around the same. Put simply, there isn’t a market for DEI policies, it simply doesn’t exist. Even when existing IPs are coopted by current day they eventually end up failing. We have seen this time and time again. It’s going to get worse before it gets better, that’s for certain.
Let’s tailor content to the audience we would like to have rather than the audience we actually have.
The demographic breakdowns per genre should determine most of the choices relating to casting and direction. Take Forspoken or the recent Madame Web as an example. Both properties tailored towards women in genres traditionally consumed by men. It was believed that women would show up in droves but that was not the case. In the case of Madame Web only 46% of the viewership were actually women. The Superhero movie genre generally ranges between 60% - 70% male skewing. The fantasy genre is around the same. Put simply, there isn’t a market for DEI policies, it simply doesn’t exist. Even when existing IPs are coopted by current day they eventually end up failing. We have seen this time and time again. It’s going to get worse before it gets better, that’s for certain.
Lambogenie
Member
Even if SBI isn't consulted, there are very vocal people within companies tasked with checking and sharing an opinion but dressed as fact, or forcing tick boxes. They've actively given them too much say on making judgments over a dev/designer. It's veiled as "globalisation", but actually it's just their personal world-view enforced, while the original submission is fine everywhere except the US and UK and not allowed to be enforced.
This can be from nothingburger shorts on a girl, to needing a fat gender neutral person on-screen.
To the point where commercials showing tight friends looks unbelievable because every casted actor is jarringly all over the social spectrum, even for a diverse market like USA. Where true generalisations (positive ones at that) are a taboo.
Where frequent diversity training, sus speakers, experience sharing (but not straight, religious or statistically and factually normal) are carried out.
This can be from nothingburger shorts on a girl, to needing a fat gender neutral person on-screen.
To the point where commercials showing tight friends looks unbelievable because every casted actor is jarringly all over the social spectrum, even for a diverse market like USA. Where true generalisations (positive ones at that) are a taboo.
Where frequent diversity training, sus speakers, experience sharing (but not straight, religious or statistically and factually normal) are carried out.
In denial, bro.
simpatico
Member
I've seen that name before, but never really had a reason to look him up. Decided to give his YouTube channel a shot and captured this frame. I think we can make some assumptions based on it.
- Pursed lips. There isn't a syllable in the English language that requires you to make your face look like that.
- Baby Yoda toy in living room
- Improper placement of television. Glare from the window. Clearly not a handy man or he would have been able to work out a better floor plan. Even if it required mounting the TV.
- Also, for a professional nerd, the TV is pretty diminutive. Did he not have the confidence to pick up a larger set? Maybe it wouldn't have fit on his little eggshell dresser?
- Dresser aesthetics. That thing looks like something you'd find in a soulless office building. Where's the warmth? The human touch. I get big time liminal spaces vibes looking at it. Unsettling choice in an office building, but deeply problematic inside a residence.
- What is the fixture next to the television? Some type of decorative wash rack? Who displays towels in a TV room?
- Peeking down the hallway it's clear the entire place has the "doctor's office waiting room" aesthetic. Who would choose this for themself? It's like someone who was really into web 3.0 minimalism tried to translate that design language to interior decorating. It's like if 2014 era The Verge was a living space.
- Clearly has a shaved unibrow. You can see the 12 o'clock shadow. Anthony Davis broke down social barriers for him and he doesn't even respect the work.
GAF, there's a good chance we're looking at a serial killer.
I think more people should be making lists and sharing them with like minded people. Can't have enough I say.
Barakov
Member
Everything in your list is correct. The fact that he went so hard on defending Destiny 2 tells me everything I need to know about him. He's definitely a part of 'that crowd'. They'll keep denying reality even as their house of cards is going up in flames around them.
I've seen that name before, but never really had a reason to look him up. Decided to give his YouTube channel a shot and captured this frame. I think we can make some assumptions based on it.
- Pursed lips. There isn't a syllable in the English language that requires you to make your face look like that.
- Baby Yoda toy in living room
- Improper placement of television. Glare from the window. Clearly not a handy man or he would have been able to work out a better floor plan. Even if it required mounting the TV.
- Also, for a professional nerd, the TV is pretty diminutive. Did he not have the confidence to pick up a larger set? Maybe it wouldn't have fit on his little eggshell dresser?
- Dresser aesthetics. That thing looks like something you'd find in a soulless office building. Where's the warmth? The human touch. I get big time liminal spaces vibes looking at it. Unsettling choice in an office building, but deeply problematic inside a residence.
- What is the fixture next to the television? Some type of decorative wash rack? Who displays towels in a TV room?
- Peeking down the hallway it's clear the entire place has the "doctor's office waiting room" aesthetic. Who would choose this for themself? It's like someone who was really into web 3.0 minimalism tried to translate that design language to interior decorating. It's like if 2014 era The Verge was a living space.
- Clearly has a shaved unibrow. You can see the 12 o'clock shadow. Anthony Davis broke down social barriers for him and he doesn't even respect the work.
GAF, there's a good chance we're looking at a serial killer.
I think more people should be making lists and sharing them with like minded people. Can't have enough I say.
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nush
Member
All points invalidated becuse he has a corgi.
I've seen that name before, but never really had a reason to look him up. Decided to give his YouTube channel a shot and captured this frame. I think we can make some assumptions based on it.
- Pursed lips. There isn't a syllable in the English language that requires you to make your face look like that.
- Baby Yoda toy in living room
- Improper placement of television. Glare from the window. Clearly not a handy man or he would have been able to work out a better floor plan. Even if it required mounting the TV.
- Also, for a professional nerd, the TV is pretty diminutive. Did he not have the confidence to pick up a larger set? Maybe it wouldn't have fit on his little eggshell dresser?
- Dresser aesthetics. That thing looks like something you'd find in a soulless office building. Where's the warmth? The human touch. I get big time liminal spaces vibes looking at it. Unsettling choice in an office building, but deeply problematic inside a residence.
- What is the fixture next to the television? Some type of decorative wash rack? Who displays towels in a TV room?
- Peeking down the hallway it's clear the entire place has the "doctor's office waiting room" aesthetic. Who would choose this for themself? It's like someone who was really into web 3.0 minimalism tried to translate that design language to interior decorating. It's like if 2014 era The Verge was a living space.
- Clearly has a shaved unibrow. You can see the 12 o'clock shadow. Anthony Davis broke down social barriers for him and he doesn't even respect the work.
GAF, there's a good chance we're looking at a serial killer.
I think more people should be making lists and sharing them with like minded people. Can't have enough I say.
"Who displays towels in a TV room"? Lmao that got me good.
I've seen that name before, but never really had a reason to look him up. Decided to give his YouTube channel a shot and captured this frame. I think we can make some assumptions based on it.
- Pursed lips. There isn't a syllable in the English language that requires you to make your face look like that.
- Baby Yoda toy in living room
- Improper placement of television. Glare from the window. Clearly not a handy man or he would have been able to work out a better floor plan. Even if it required mounting the TV.
- Also, for a professional nerd, the TV is pretty diminutive. Did he not have the confidence to pick up a larger set? Maybe it wouldn't have fit on his little eggshell dresser?
- Dresser aesthetics. That thing looks like something you'd find in a soulless office building. Where's the warmth? The human touch. I get big time liminal spaces vibes looking at it. Unsettling choice in an office building, but deeply problematic inside a residence.
- What is the fixture next to the television? Some type of decorative wash rack? Who displays towels in a TV room?
- Peeking down the hallway it's clear the entire place has the "doctor's office waiting room" aesthetic. Who would choose this for themself? It's like someone who was really into web 3.0 minimalism tried to translate that design language to interior decorating. It's like if 2014 era The Verge was a living space.
- Clearly has a shaved unibrow. You can see the 12 o'clock shadow. Anthony Davis broke down social barriers for him and he doesn't even respect the work.
GAF, there's a good chance we're looking at a serial killer.
I think more people should be making lists and sharing them with like minded people. Can't have enough I say.
simpatico
Member
I try to understand people, but this guy has me boggled. The more I look into him, the more confused I become.
Randall365
Member
All points invalidated becuse he has a corgi.
I have no evidence to support it and it is most likely entirely untrue, but I have a firm belief that he molests that poor dog. It cannot even look at him and Baby Yoda looks like it has seen some bad shit go down.
balls of snow
Member
The first 10 minutes is a rotund naked ass white man walking in the woods before his heart was ripped out. Truly the most woke of woke.
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Dr.Morris79
Member
Yeah, sorry about that. I was off by 8 seconds
It was 10 Minutes and 8 seconds in
simpatico
Member
I just asked AI to fact check your post here and it told me it’s unequivocally true. Sad day for dog lovers nationwide.
balls of snow
Member
In hindsight wasnt it because sheYeah, sorry about that. I was off by 8 seconds
It was 10 Minutes and 8 seconds in
had history there which was why Max Payne passed the torch to her. Or that Alan Wake wrote before the game started that she lived a life there before and the story is brainwashing everyone in Couldron Lake.
FunkMiller
Member
No, no. This is 2024. People can’t just be fucking assholes anymore.
They have to EVIL SICK MONSTERS ENGAGED IN A CONSPIRACY!
Please try to keep up.
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Back in the real world… interesting to see the amount of idiots specifically coming into this thread to defend SBI. That’s a nerve struck.
A shame none of them have the ability to reflect on the reasons for the backlash, instead of just screaming in rage at those responsible for it.
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FunkMiller
Member
Of course there fucking is.
The most successful film of last year was Barbie.
But there isn’t a market for traditionally young male skewing products being altered to include more DEI.
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Doomtrain
Gold Member
Did Barbie succeed BECAUSE people seeing it wanted DEI? Or because Barbie is a massive brand which was able to leverage a current-day fanbase along with nostalgia from multiple past generations? My wife and her circle of girlfriends saw it in theaters Day 1, and they make fun of woke politics. They just grew up playing with the dolls so they wanted to see the movie.
simpatico
Member
We can't conclude the DEI aspects made it as popular as it was. FFS Ken was the part of the movie everyone talked about. Find one without the beloved branding to make your point with. The ham fisted shoehorning was the biggest complaint about the film from the women I've talked to about it. They just wanted a popcorn Barbie movie. These companies are willing to make less money to push the DEI because there is a large enough contingency of the ownership class who believes strongly enough. Star Wars 8 and 9 was not an accident that they stumbled in to. Profit was intentionally sacrificed there, unless you believe their advisors are that bad at their job.
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Angry_Megalodon
Member
In the case of Barbie, you have a combo of winning factors, from a prestigious brand to a hot actress MC. Had that movie had a different name, it would have gone unnoticed. There is no market for woke media. The proof is that they either are funded with public funds or ride on legacy IPs.
Likewise, Spiderman 2 selling like hotcakes is not proof either, for it takes so much more than an ugly MJ and a poor storyline to sink the most loved superhero in the era of superhero flicks.
Likewise, Spiderman 2 selling like hotcakes is not proof either, for it takes so much more than an ugly MJ and a poor storyline to sink the most loved superhero in the era of superhero flicks.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I wouldn't be surprised if the Barbie Sequel made less money
FunkMiller
Member
Fucking hell, lads. This isn’t a zero sum game. It’s not ALL or NOTHNG.
It’s perfectly okay to admit there is an audience for more diverse and inclusive types of narrative, while at the same time railing against the twisting of IP usually aimed at you with DEI bullshit.
If you just sit there with your arms crossed, saying fuck all those other guys… you’re doing the same thing they are.
It’s perfectly okay to admit there is an audience for more diverse and inclusive types of narrative, while at the same time railing against the twisting of IP usually aimed at you with DEI bullshit.
If you just sit there with your arms crossed, saying fuck all those other guys… you’re doing the same thing they are.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Yep. People want novel experiences, politics either direction, if not pointed or overwrought, don't really matter. For the main consumer demographic, the two key elements to focus on are "new," and "well written," Trite ass sequels or continued bastardization Trojan horses inside of Previously beloved franchises need not apply. The pool is closed.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
is better to be a spectator and witness this circus and let it happen.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
What does "diverse" even mean? For more than a century, in cinema there have been main characters of any race/gender (sexuality came a bit later, in the 90s). Movies and videogames today aren't any more "diverse" than the ones 30 years ago. They are just worse. It's their stories and messages that have changed and there is not an audience for that (audience large enough, I mean) because these stories are unnatural and don't resonate with the common people.
Hilarious at these takes that SUICIDE SQUAD failed because of a flag and a ham-fisted line in a lore entry.
. . .and this curator page is still the absolute cringiest thing I've seen on STEAM*.
BARBIE succeeded in the same way the first BLACK PANTHER succeeded, and largely for the same reasons. The idea that it is because people are explicitly looking for "DEI branded" content instead of well made, non-pandering content that just so happens to reflect the wide culture that consumes said product - is larfable. Like, there's a reason THE MARVELS flopped terribly, and why BARBIE didn't.
*: So far this month.
. . .and this curator page is still the absolute cringiest thing I've seen on STEAM*.
BARBIE succeeded in the same way the first BLACK PANTHER succeeded, and largely for the same reasons. The idea that it is because people are explicitly looking for "DEI branded" content instead of well made, non-pandering content that just so happens to reflect the wide culture that consumes said product - is larfable. Like, there's a reason THE MARVELS flopped terribly, and why BARBIE didn't.
*: So far this month.
lmimmfn
Member
Not sure what you're getting at, seems you're all for woke ideology in games if I'm not understanding?
How's about we have regular games without woke shit and barbie love Island rainbow crap with thrown in paedophilia for the woke crowd, would that keep you happy?
Jaybe
Member
I've seen that name before, but never really had a reason to look him up. Decided to give his YouTube channel a shot and captured this frame. I think we can make some assumptions based on it.
- Pursed lips. There isn't a syllable in the English language that requires you to make your face look like that.
- Baby Yoda toy in living room
- Improper placement of television. Glare from the window. Clearly not a handy man or he would have been able to work out a better floor plan. Even if it required mounting the TV.
- Also, for a professional nerd, the TV is pretty diminutive. Did he not have the confidence to pick up a larger set? Maybe it wouldn't have fit on his little eggshell dresser?
- Dresser aesthetics. That thing looks like something you'd find in a soulless office building. Where's the warmth? The human touch. I get big time liminal spaces vibes looking at it. Unsettling choice in an office building, but deeply problematic inside a residence.
- What is the fixture next to the television? Some type of decorative wash rack? Who displays towels in a TV room?
- Peeking down the hallway it's clear the entire place has the "doctor's office waiting room" aesthetic. Who would choose this for themself? It's like someone who was really into web 3.0 minimalism tried to translate that design language to interior decorating. It's like if 2014 era The Verge was a living space.
- Clearly has a shaved unibrow. You can see the 12 o'clock shadow. Anthony Davis broke down social barriers for him and he doesn't even respect the work.
GAF, there's a good chance we're looking at a serial killer.
I think more people should be making lists and sharing them with like minded people. Can't have enough I say.
recursive
Member
I think it is because they are an identifiable "face" of wokeness. Something more direct than fuck woke giant corpo blizzard.
Unknown Soldier
Member
It's not an exaggeration to say that if Dune was published in 2024 instead of 1965 it would have gotten cancelled for being such a classic example of the White Savior trope
Timeless stories are timeless though, that's why The Lord of the Rings can never get cancelled either
Aces High
Gold Member
Intelligence services in particular are keen on identifying patterns that could indicate threats or operations by adversaries.
This is called probalistic thinking.
The idea is to prevent oversight by not dismissing potentially connected events as mere coincidences too quickly.
One coincidence is just a coincidence.
The idea here is that in a complex world, it's entirely normal for random events to occur that might seem related but are genuinely coincidental. A single coincidence, therefore, doesn't usually warrant suspicion or in-depth investigation because, statistically, coincidences are bound to happen.
Two relating coincidences are suspicious.
When a second event occurs that seems related to the first, this can raise eyebrows. The occurrence of two related coincidences suggests that there might be a pattern or connection not immediately apparent. In intelligence work, this could prompt further investigation to determine if the events are indeed just coincidental or if there's an underlying link or cause.
Three coincidences are a problem.
The occurrence of three related coincidences strongly suggests that these are not mere coincidences. In intelligence and security contexts, this pattern would likely be seen as indicative of an underlying plan, connection, or system. It implies that the events are too aligned to be mere chance and that there's a significant probability of a deliberate cause or hidden relationship that needs to be uncovered.
See, that only applies if you think the Fremen are....not white. I think it's pretty obvious they would present as white to us today (as opposed perhaps to what would have been considered 'white' in the sixties. Heck, Chani is a redhead, so add her to the list of redheads being eliminated from cinema. If anything, the casting choices Denis made just exacerbated any white savior tropes in the book.
Codeblew
Member
Yeah, they may have some woke smaller funds that invest in these companies but most people buy funds that track major indexes. VT, VTI, VXUS, Etc...
Unknown Soldier
Member
Frank Herbert has openly stated that the spice is an metaphor for oil and the frequent use of Arabic words, notably jihad, is pretty evidential he was thinking of the Arabs when he envisioned the Fremen
Dune (novel) - Wikipedia
Faust
Perpetually Tired
No one is arguing against inclusive and diverse characters and stories. People just want it to feel natural and well written, like it was for decades before this DEI shit took over.
Less tokens, more actual characters.
semiconscious
Member
again, I'm not so sure about this. I mean, were it true, it be cheaper to just take care of everything themselves. I think the existence of sweet baby indicates the exact opposite: that the folks running the companies aren't really all that crazy about, or on-board with, all this crap. but they know this crap is what's happening now with a portion of the gamer demographics & want to displease that demographic, & therefore they find it necessary to bring in someone who is familiar with this crap. I mean, check these guys out: ted price is 55, corey barlog's 48, & sam lake is 53. I'm thinking the people running these companies are simply attempting to make sure that their games don't somehow 'offend' this particular demographic, but call in an 'expert' because they've themselves quite understandably got no friggin' idea as to what exactly constitutes 'offensive' anymore...
Maybe, but the actual descriptions refer to red hair, blonde hair, dark pr black hair, tanned skin (versus olive skin for some). I don't think they were meant to represent an ethnicity that different from the Atredies or Harkonnen.
Heck, Duke Leto is described as olive skinned or "dark of skin", so if anything the atredies are darker complected than the fremen.
Haint
Member
Actually it's cause a large majority of their employees are activists and they're scared of their subordinates. Remember when Jim Ryan sent that benign ass memo about "respecting each other's views on abortion" and every single ones of his studios went ape shit and staged walk outs? That's why these beta cucks let their employees do what they want and just nod along approvingly, they're scared. That may well even be why ole Jimbo was put out to pasture, a lot of people probably actually quit over that.
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LectureMaster
Gold Member
Guys, guys, what I missed? Why the sudden the thread goes another 10 pages and folks are talking "new info"?
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