[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 367 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm just going to post this comment to this thread as well, since this is newer. Classic shifting of blame and no one taking responsibility for scummy actions.

Fun fact: Funko's current CEO is the ex-president of Wizards of the Coast!

Why is this relevant? Well, under her leadership, WotC sent pinkerton agents to someone's home to threaten them because they got some Magic the Gathering cards early. She said things like Dungeons & Dragons players were under-monetised, pushing to make the Table Top game more like a microtransaction-filled video game, and helped with the OGL scandal.

The OGL, for anyone unfamiliar, was an Open Gaming License WotC had for years with D&D 3rd party creators. It allowed certain things to be created using D&D mechanics and lore by anyone that followed its guidelines and allowances. A couple years ago, WotC tried to change that so they would make more money off of people trying to create things for D&D - to profit off of indie creators passionate about the game. There was a huge backlash, and they eventually went back on this decision.

All this to say, you can see what kind of leader the current Funko CEO is, and what's happening with itch isn't surprising to me.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fun fact: Funko's current CEO is the ex-president of Wizards of the Coast!

Why is this relevant? Well, under her leadership, WotC sent pinkerton agents to someone's home to threaten them because they got some Magic the Gathering cards early. She said things like Dungeons & Dragons players were under-monetised, pushing to make the Table Top game more like a microtransaction-filled video game, and helped with the OGL scandal.

The OGL, for anyone unfamiliar, was an Open Gaming License WotC had for years with D&D 3rd party creators. It allowed certain things to be created using D&D mechanics and lore by anyone that followed its guidelines and allowances. A couple years ago, WotC tried to change that so they would make more money off of people trying to create things for D&D - to profit off of indie creators passionate about the game. There was a huge backlash, and they eventually went back on this decision.

All this to say, you can see what kind of leader the current Funko CEO is, and what's happening with itch isn't surprising to me.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Neither of those use the 2e rules, which are quite different from Pathfinder 1e.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

That's just an excuse. WB choose when to activate the servers. They could have easily put them online for reviewers.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

If they wanted to fire the "bad performers" then they'd be firing the CEOs and higher ranked people, not those actually making the products work.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm wondering why WotC are so committed to making plans that are so anti-consumer?

You'd figure they'd want to build back good will after the last year, but every move they make seems to just dig deeper into the "fuck you, give us more money" pit.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Clearly you've avoided it if you think the film has anything to do with the white saviour trope. There's no need to get so worked up about something you've made up completely.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

No, they're right. Everyone was talking about it when it came out. It's also the first Supergiant Games game and really put them on the map.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

It's pronounced Shitter

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Just as an FYI, the user who posted "what funding?" Works for Larian; director of publishing.

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Remember when they promised Overwatch players would be fine, and they wouldn't be forced to play OW2? Remember when they touted OW2 as being different for having the basis of PvE missions and more story based content?

[-] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Wait, so every table you've had has been fine with you fudging dice? That's honestly wild to me.

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