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Epic Pledges To Support Developers After Intense Harassment Of Ooblets Team
https://tinyurl.com/y3ddcm3n
By now, you probably know the drill: A developer announces that it will sell
the PC version of its game exclusively through the Epic Games Store. Cue
wailing, gnashing of teeth, and increasingly, harassment from folks used to
smashing that “buy” button on Steam. The latest target of Epic exclusivity
ire? The developers of Ooblets, who tried to get out in front of the
inevitable stampede of rage by snarkily putting the situation in perspective.
Coordinated harassment followed, prompting a statement from Epic on what it’
s now deeming a “disturbing” trend.
Last week, Ooblets designer Ben Wasser wrote a post explaining why he and his
development partner, programmer and artist Rebecca Cordingley, decided to
take Epic’s deal. Wasser said that the publisher offered the duo a minimum
guarantee on sales that matched what they were hoping to make on other
stores, thus securing their future as a studio. He also addressed people’s
concerns about Epic’s store in a half-joking tone, concluding that “this is
all low-stakes video game stuff we’re dealing with here” and “nothing to
get worked up about.”
But people got very worked up indeed about both the exclusivity deal and the
“tone” of Wasser’s post, which did not treat the subject of a video game
moving to a different, free platform with the funereal somberness it
apparently deserves. Over the weekend, Wasser tweeted about some of what he
was dealing with.
“Gotta quickly address the faked screenshot going around of me supposedly
saying ‘gamers would be better off in gas chambers,’” he wrote. “
Obviously never said that, and as a Jewish person, this one really hurt to
see being spread around.”
The next day, Wasser said the crowd trying to defame him had taken things a
step further, creating a fake video of him posting the fake message.
Today, in a message to Patreon supporters (reprinted on GamesIndustry.biz),
Wasser and Cordingley discussed the full scope of the problem, saying that
they’ve received “thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful,
threatening messages across every possible platform nonstop.” This cut deep,
they said, because of the otherwise “positive, supportive relationship” they
’ve had with their audience throughout development.
The two-person studio went on to say that despite having previously felt
empathy for targets of coordination internet offensives and trying to address
“that kind of thinking” in their exclusivity announcement, they “couldn’t
have guessed the scale of what it would feel like to be the target of an
internet hate mob.”
“I have been crying nonstop for the last two days and feeling like the world
has collapsed around me,” reads the studio’s Patreon post.
It was in response to all of this that Epic released its statement.
“The announcement of Ooblets highlighted a disturbing trend which is growing
and undermining healthy public discourse, and that’s the coordinated and
deliberate creation and promotion of false information, including fake
screenshots, videos, and technical analysis, accompanied by harassment of
partners, promotion of hateful themes, and intimidation of those with
opposing views,” the company wrote.
It noted that it fully supports people’s “right to speak freely and
critically” about the Epic store’s failings, but this isn’t that. This is
abuse. Epic intends to “steadfastly support our partners throughout these
challenges.” It concluded by thanking people who don’t bully developers and
“continue to promote and advocate for healthy, truthful discussion about the
games business and stand up to all manners of abuse.”
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有点懒得译....
简单来说现在情况就是....
游戏开发商：“你们都欺负我...(大哭)”
Epic跳出来：“我会全力支持开发商，同时谴责那些邪恶行为。”
大概就这样吧！

都是they的错

STEAM这万恶帝国怎么还不岛阿 一职欺负小厂太可恶

这嘴脸，你们跟epic还真合，真是做对决策了

就CEO怒呛这些来骂的都蒸粉 全部一竿子打翻 EZ

都是they的错

跟EPIC做生意真好 当只狗就好 LUL

叫你们这些臭肥宅多关心世界错了吗

一个装被欺负的 一个演正义使者 这出戏唱的真好

放地图砲了，超棒~~

steam :嗯? 又在上演了? 请继续你的表演

第一天不是你们要不要继续支持无所谓吗 怎么现在变哭了两天了 嗯？

steam真的该岛了，处处打压epicXDDD

嗯呀 突然看到他从喷人状态变成我哭了二天然后Epic出来接话谴责....真的有种很老套的感觉要哭就不要一开始那么呛呀...呛完才在那哭你们欺负我.....囧"

原本是两人队？肯定是Epic派出他们的公关支援了==

闷声发大财是坠吼的

EPIC的公关根本上课用最标准的负面教材啊

EPIC照妖镜，什么丑恶的商人嘴脸

笑死人了，当初喷仇恨言论骂臭嘴狗怎么不关注气候变化的不就是Ooblets跟开发团队吗，现在大家喷你就是仇恨霸凌喔，就你可以喷玩家不行喷，那话都给你说就好啦去你的滥用言论自由啦。Ooblets这垃圾该好好照镜子

epic：我家孩子很乖的，都是钢铁蒸粉的错XD

游戏名字遮起来我还以为是几个月前的沙木旧闻

赞助你做游戏结果找到干爹就一脚踢开还跟干爹出来叫嚣被霸凌，Steam在旁边卖游戏结果莫名中枪

这种发言方式非常中国我可以嘴你 你回嘴就是邪恶

...我闻到一年左右倾颓的味道。

跟消费者搞到这么差我看你领一辈子epic补助款过活吧阿，忘了邪恶的中资epic大概不会养你一辈子就是了ㄎ谁叫你看到干爹就贴上去 活该

这是装出来的吧,想让舆论风向往自己那边吹别忘了前几天他们可是直说支持者捐的钱根本不够开发EPIC给的才够多,还有我们不欠你游戏,最好这种人会哭哭啦

摆明就是赚够了 粉丝干我屁事嘴脸 现在还要哭被攻击 呵呵

翻译都懒ㄛ= =

这大概EPIC教的策略~先装可怜看能不能改变风向

都呛人了 怎么在哭被攻击

然后最后再把言论带到检讨STEAM~选我正解