Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Boredfrom]

Honestly, this response isn't surprising and this type of fragility was probably rampant at the studio and baked into the culture. This isn't exclusive to video game development. In any organization, if people are tiptoeing around one another's feelings and no one is actually saying when something is very obviously shit then guess what? You are going to end up producing shit. The responsibility goes to the leadership and management who clearly were not good at their jobs and incapable of either giving or receiving feedback (or both). If you as an employee had concerns while doing your job and attempted to raise alarm bells to leadership and they didn't listen, then it isn't on you, and you shouldn't be placing any of the responsibility on yourself. And even if you didn't vocalize concerns and rather kept them to yourself, it still isn't on you because managements job is to elicit and gather that kind of genuine feedback and cultivate an open and honest work environment. What the fuck does "emotional labor" even mean in this context?

Okay, decent post, surprised to see something like that there. I hope there is nothing stupid aft…

Yes, there are financial consequences and people's livelihoods at stake. That is the fault of capitalism, not some random fuck on twitter. Name the actual problem rather than a blanket "don't criticize our work. We don't want to work in games anymore because of posts like this."

You… you just decided to blame something else…

https://www.resetera.com/threads/concord-sales-ceasing-immediately-offering-refunds-to-all-customers-the-game-will-be-taken-offline-beginning-sept-6th-check-staff-post.970872/page-81#post-128285535

[DocWager]

that's exactly what it says, wtf you're not color blind

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://wearemoba.com/investor-information/single-press-release-eng/?slug=q2-triumph-best-ever-ebitda-growth-drives-success-2

Correction: Q2 Triumph: Best-Ever EBITDA Growth Drives Success
22 aug. 2024 09:55:00
Regulatory
Interim Report

Correction refers to missing reference to the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

M.O.B.A. Network delivered its best second quarter in history, driven by record-breaking EBITDA growth of 891% amounting to SEK 15.8m (1.6) and a significant 28% increase in revenue, corresponding to SEK 81.7m (63.6). Our strategic focus on high-impact digital assets, including in-game apps, communities, forums, and our YouTube creator network, has been the key to this success. Despite global economic challenges, we’ve increased profitability and a strong cash flow, positioning us well for continued growth. With the gaming and advertising markets on the rise, we anticipate sustained momentum in the upcoming quarters - Extract from Anders Ribbing’s CEO Comment

SUMMARY OF INTERIM REPORT Q2

FINANCIAL - 1 APRIL 2024 - 30 JUNE 2024

    Revenue amounted to SEK 81.7 million (63.6), an increase of 28%.
    EBITDA amounted to SEK 15.8 million (1.6), an increase of 891%.
    EBIT amounted to SEK 9.7 million (0.1), an increase of 16,407%.
    Profit before tax amounted to SEK 1.3 million (-4.5).
    Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital amounted to SEK 7.2 million (0.1).
    Earnings per share during the quarter amounted to SEK 0.1 (-0.2).

FINANCIAL - 1 JAN 2024 - 30 JUNE 2024

    Revenue amounted to SEK 148 million (119), an increase of 24%.
    EBITDA amounted to SEK 25.9 million (4.3), an increase of 507%.
    EBIT amounted to SEK 13.9 million (1.3), an increase of 967%.
    Profit before tax amounted to SEK -4.4 million (-4).*
    Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital amounted to SEK 9.7 million (2.7).
    Earnings per share during the quarter amounted to SEK -0.2 (-0.2).

* The profit before tax result is negatively affected by increased amortization andinterest costs linked to corporate bonds.

COMMENTS BY THE CEO

A RECORD-BREAKING QUARTER WITH SUSTAINED GROWTH
I am thrilled to announce that M.O.B.A. Network has achieved record-breaking growth in EBITDA this quarter. Our diverse portfolio of digital assets, including in-game apps, gaming community and forum websites, and our YouTube creator network, continues to thrive, leading to significant revenue increases of +28% and an unparalleled EBITDA growth of +891%. We are proud to have navigated and followed our set strategy and managed to grow with profitability, defying the globally challenging economic climate.

SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Revenues amounted to SEK 81.7 million (63.6) and EBITDA amounted to SEK 15.8 million (4.3). We are also proud of the cash flow from ongoing operations amounting to SEK 7.2 million (0.1). Our cash flow and cash position made it possible for us to pay an additional EUR 1 million for the acquisition of Wargraphs, pay interest payments stemming from the corporate bond of SEK 9 million, and we also repurchased EUR 1 million of our corporate bonds. Our cash position of SEK 36 million remains stable and we also have an unused line of credit.

INDUSTRY RECOVERY AND STRATEGIC FOCUS
The gaming market's recovery has been a crucial growth driver for our communities and products. Major gaming studios are doubling down on their core games, which aligns perfectly with our strategic focus on games with longevity. This renewed emphasis is expected to drive further growth of key titles that serve as underlying drivers of our financial performance.

AD MARKET RECOVERY AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
The advertising market is on an upward trajectory. While we maintain a positive outlook on the global economy, we acknowledge the inherent uncertainties. Our business is heavily reliant on advertising, which is influenced by various macroeconomic factors that in turn govern corporate advertising spend. Positive economic tailwinds naturally accelerate our growth, which also clearly indicates the massive potential that our asset portfolio possesses. We also anticipate an increased demand and higher prices in Q3 and Q4 for our dominant U.S. ad inventory, due to the upcoming Presidential election.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Porofessor, our flagship in-game League of Legends app, continues to grow both in terms of revenue, EBITDA contribution and in terms of app installs. Despite a lower-than-expected number of active League of Legends players in Q2, we have managed to grow financially. Our portfolio of community and forum websites have seen stable organic growth. M.O.B.A’s business area, Advertising Sales, generated revenue of SEK 31 million (14) and SEK 18 million (9) in EBITDA.

The Valofossor.gg website has been launched and will serve as the data backend for our much anticipated Valofessor app. The website represents a milestone and takes us a big step closer to launching the Valofessor app, which we are looking to launch in Q3. We are excited to start engaging Valorant gamers amounting to approx. 20-28 million monthly active users.

Union for Gamers (UFG), our YouTube creator network, representing M.O.B.A.’s business area, Video Sales, has reversed previous declines. Video Sales achieved modest growth in Q2, both in terms of revenue SEK 61 million (49) and EBITDA SEK 1.5 million (1.4). We have successfully reduced costs, managed to add new high-margin revenue streams, and we’ve connected more content creators in Q2 than we have in any other quarter historically. We expect that our positive momentum will continue in upcoming quarters.

During the quarter we announced a buyback of our own corporate bonds to strengthen our financial position. The repurchase was made at 92.45% of the bonds' nominal value, for a total amount of EUR 924,500. We now own EUR 2.9 million (11.6%) of the bonds' outstanding nominal amount. This was possible due to our positive cash flow and cash position. Further bond buybacks in 2024 is something that we are considering as well as potential acquisitions.

OPERATIONAL INITIATIVES AND FUTURE PROJECTS
We are working on several new traffic-driving initiatives across our network to increase organic search traffic and leverage cross-promotional opportunities. This will be a focus area for us in the upcoming quarters.

We are also investing more in in-game apps as they are gaining in popularity and witnessing improved ad monetization metrics. Valofessor will be our first app that we will launch post Porofessor, and we are further looking to launch more apps on the back of key brands in our portfolio of websites. Apps can serve as new monetization vehicles that can increase our profitability for selected digital assets.

As we move forward, I am confident in our ability to sustain our momentum and Q3 is off to a good start. Our strategic focus and operational excellence will continue to drive M.O.B.A. Network towards new heights.

I want to thank our shareholders, the board of directors and our fantastic team for all of their efforts.

Anders Ribbing
CEO, M.O.B.A. Network AB, Aug 22nd, 2024

M.O.B.A. Network presents a webcast in regards to Interim report Q2 2024. The webcast will be published at 07.30 on 22 August 2024. Watch the webcast through the follwoing link: https://vimeo.com/user8366371/review/1001286707/5cd135adb2

https://storage.mfn.se/e5c4d452-3f0c-4379-ab9f-78ce87087c71/q2-2024-interim-report-m-o-b-a.pdf

[DavidCroquet]

a page or two late for this convo, but I think this big Sony GAAS push was s a result of them being somewhat aware that MS was shopping for big publishers.

Playstation makes absolute bank on all these popular 3rd party gaas games that MS would eventually come to own, and there was a real possibility that that money fountain was gonna suddenly run dry.

When Xbox shocked everyone by doing the exact opposite, the GAAS strategy was suddenly redundant. It’s an embarrassing stain on the brand, but I think the changing landscape played a big part in them quickly taking it behind the shed, rather than moving heaven and earth to resuscitate it.

[HaughtyFrank]

Honestly, this response isn't surprising and this type of fragility was probably rampant at the studio and baked into the culture. This isn't exclusive to video game development. In any organization, if people are tiptoeing around one another's feelings and no one is actually saying when something is very obviously shit then guess what? You are going to end up producing shit. The responsibility goes to the leadership and management who clearly were not good at their jobs and incapable of either giving or receiving feedback (or both). If you as an employee had concerns while doing your job and attempted to raise alarm bells to leadership and they didn't listen, then it isn't on you, and you shouldn't be placing any of the responsibility on yourself. And even if you didn't vocalize concerns and rather kept them to yourself, it still isn't on you because managements job is to elicit and gather that kind of genuine feedback and cultivate an open and honest work environment. What the fuck does "emotional labor" even mean in this context?

Okay, decent post, surprised to see something like that there. I hope there is nothing stupid aft…

Yes, there are financial consequences and people's livelihoods at stake. That is the fault of capitalism, not some random fuck on twitter. Name the actual problem rather than a blanket "don't criticize our work. We don't want to work in games anymore because of posts like this."

You… you just decided to blame something else…

https://www.resetera.com/threads/concord-sales-ceasing-immediately-offering-refunds-to-all-customers-the-game-will-be-taken-offline-beginning-sept-6th-check-staff-post.970872/page-81#post-128285535

Toxic positivity is very real and a danger to any creative industry that exists under capitalism. Would be significantly less problematic if people didn't have to actually sell their art to survive but that isn't the world we live in.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Finally some games on the PS5

I like this idea BUT only 2 PS1 games 

[Taco Bell Tower]

People are hard at work fixing the designs.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Sorry, Nintex
https://www.resetera.com/threads/concord-sales-ceasing-immediately-offering-refunds-to-all-customers-the-game-will-be-taken-offline-beginning-sept-6th-check-staff-post.970872/page-36#post-128111772

Im sorry, but the fact that characters have to either look "sexy" or "badass" is craaaazy.

[Boredfrom]

Toxic positivity is very real and a danger to any creative industry that exists under capitalism. Would be significantly less problematic if people didn't have to actually sell their art to survive but that isn't the world we live in.

Commies are the dumbest people…

[DocWager]

Honestly, this response isn't surprising and this type of fragility was probably rampant at the studio and baked into the culture. This isn't exclusive to video game development. In any organization, if people are tiptoeing around one another's feelings and no one is actually saying when something is very obviously shit then guess what? You are going to end up producing shit. The responsibility goes to the leadership and management who clearly were not good at their jobs and incapable of either giving or receiving feedback (or both). If you as an employee had concerns while doing your job and attempted to raise alarm bells to leadership and they didn't listen, then it isn't on you, and you shouldn't be placing any of the responsibility on yourself. And even if you didn't vocalize concerns and rather kept them to yourself, it still isn't on you because managements job is to elicit and gather that kind of genuine feedback and cultivate an open and honest work environment. What the fuck does "emotional labor" even mean in this context?

Okay, decent post, surprised to see something like that there. I hope there is nothing stupid aft…

Yes, there are financial consequences and people's livelihoods at stake. That is the fault of capitalism, not some random fuck on twitter. Name the actual problem rather than a blanket "don't criticize our work. We don't want to work in games anymore because of posts like this."

You… you just decided to blame something else…

https://www.resetera.com/threads/concord-sales-ceasing-immediately-offering-refunds-to-all-customers-the-game-will-be-taken-offline-beginning-sept-6th-check-staff-post.970872/page-81#post-128285535

Toxic positivity is very real and a danger to any creative industry that exists under capitalism. Would be significantly less problematic if people didn't have to actually sell their art to survive but that isn't the world we live in.

Were they taught by their YouTube algorithm to blame everything on capitalism?

They are the Tim Curry Command & Conquer gif every single fucking day.

[Snoopy]

Lou Reed told a story about his time with Warhol. One morning he went to see Warhol and proudly told him he’d just finished writing a song. Warhol got really angry at him and told him he should’ve written 10 songs. “It's work Lou. All art is work.” Imagine what ree’s reaction would have been.

[Boredfrom]

Like Uncle implied with the “no assholes” post day ago… isn’t toxic positivity what ERA and other have pushed for years. 

But suddenly is a consequence of capitalism rather than human tribal behavior. Like, did they watched Chernobyl?

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-saw-someone-who-i-had-hoped-to-never-see-again.974457/

Uzumaki Goku

Someone I knew going to school. We didn't really get along. Typical kids stuff, even though he and I seemed to share a lot of common interests, but there was something about him that rubbed me the wrong way.

A few years pass after graduation, then word spreads on my Facebook feed that he is now a convicted sex offender. (I wondered how he didn't go to jail and someone told me his dad worked something out for him to keep him out of jail)

I remember thinking "Ah. That's why I didn't like him." Just a weird feeling that you can't explain.

A few weeks back, I was hanging out with my best friend. We were going to get food, the usual stuff, he wants to stop at the card shop for a minute and buy some Yugioh cards, they're having a tournament there that day, I say "Sure." So I let him do his thing and I wander the tables, watching people play the YGO TCG and... it was then I saw him, he was playing somebody in Yugioh, he started to look at me, but I quickly turned away and told my friend "Just do your business and let's get out of here. I don't want to be here any longer." He says sure.

So my friend comes out, I tell him the story.

But seeing that guy again now knowing he is a sex offender, seeing him play a YGO game acting like nothing happened. I was kinda disgusted

Seeing him again shook me in some way and I can't explain why.

Thankfully, he didn't come up to me, and I've been told that if he does I should act like I don't know him.

If I ever go back there, I'm worried he'll be there again. What should I do?

I just hoped I would never see him again.

Don't play Yugioh. Got nothing to do with the sex offender, just good advise.



Bonus:

Hasseigaku

We caught a sex offender where I work. It was a whole thing and the FBI got involved.

So he served the 7 years he got and lo and behold I'm still working there and I think I see him. I got all kinds of opinions but it turns out I can't keep him out of the building since it's a public building.

Only thing we can stop him from doing is loitering. And now my staff is aware and keeping a closer eye on him

We???

[Potato]

Linkin Park. Listing to them is a sure sign you hate yourself.

Watched something of theirs called PaperCut. 30 seconds of that cringey, barrel scraping, sanitized, corporate bullshit was more than enough. I'd rather listen to one of Morrigan's Norwegian hate groups than that soulless crap.

Soulless… that is a new one.  

RIP Chester

Linkin Park were the rock equivalent of Backstreet Boys. It's soulless corporate garbage with a parent-approved image.

[Boredfrom]

I misread, is not that is a problem exclusively of capitalism but that Capitalism somehow makes it worse.

[DocWager]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-saw-someone-who-i-had-hoped-to-never-see-again.974457/

Uzumaki Goku

Someone I knew going to school. We didn't really get along. Typical kids stuff, even though he and I seemed to share a lot of common interests, but there was something about him that rubbed me the wrong way.

A few years pass after graduation, then word spreads on my Facebook feed that he is now a convicted sex offender. (I wondered how he didn't go to jail and someone told me his dad worked something out for him to keep him out of jail)

I remember thinking "Ah. That's why I didn't like him." Just a weird feeling that you can't explain.

A few weeks back, I was hanging out with my best friend. We were going to get food, the usual stuff, he wants to stop at the card shop for a minute and buy some Yugioh cards, they're having a tournament there that day, I say "Sure." So I let him do his thing and I wander the tables, watching people play the YGO TCG and... it was then I saw him, he was playing somebody in Yugioh, he started to look at me, but I quickly turned away and told my friend "Just do your business and let's get out of here. I don't want to be here any longer." He says sure.

So my friend comes out, I tell him the story.

But seeing that guy again now knowing he is a sex offender, seeing him play a YGO game acting like nothing happened. I was kinda disgusted

Seeing him again shook me in some way and I can't explain why.

Thankfully, he didn't come up to me, and I've been told that if he does I should act like I don't know him.

If I ever go back there, I'm worried he'll be there again. What should I do?

I just hoped I would never see him again.

Don't play Yugioh. Got nothing to do with the sex offender, just good advise.



Bonus:

Hasseigaku

We caught a sex offender where I work. It was a whole thing and the FBI got involved.

So he served the 7 years he got and lo and behold I'm still working there and I think I see him. I got all kinds of opinions but it turns out I can't keep him out of the building since it's a public building.

Only thing we can stop him from doing is loitering. And now my staff is aware and keeping a closer eye on him

We???

I wonder what kept them so long to get TwoHearts perm’d?

[Boredfrom]

Watched something of theirs called PaperCut. 30 seconds of that cringey, barrel scraping, sanitized, corporate bullshit was more than enough. I'd rather listen to one of Morrigan's Norwegian hate groups than that soulless crap.

Soulless… that is a new one.  

RIP Chester

Linkin Park were the rock equivalent of Backstreet Boys. It's soulless corporate garbage with a parent-approved image.

I admit is corporate garbage, I take offense with the soulless.

[Boredfrom]

Bitching about Linkin Park in 2024.

[DocWager]

Bitching about Linkin Park in 2024.

Bitching about LP in the year 2024 still is a sign of late stage capitalism, and fascism.

[Potato]

The next chapter in the Concord saga is that no one should badmouth or try to fix the characters because it hurts the artists feelings

oh look its almost like i was right again, after some told me I have no idea about these things :p
Anyone on social trying to target a specific artist and/or designer can kindly shut the fuck up in the future.



That's who these people, and even some from here, affect with their armchair criticism and "lol i, a GamEr, could do better". It fucking sucks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/concord-sales-ceasing-immediately-offering-refunds-to-all-customers-the-game-will-be-taken-offline-beginning-sept-6th-check-staff-post.970872/page-79#post-128257023

Mind you, that twitter user didn't tag any dev. They were just talking to themselves. 
The response from the dev is also a bit confusing as she blames the bad characters on the executives and "design by committee" but then also talks about how critiquing the characters hurts her feelings personally.

I sort of feel bad for that dev. If this is their first game they’ll have to either put that on their next application, or have to explain the situation in the interview. Because who the fuck wants the person responsible for the awful characters in the biggest console disasters ever?

Otherwise… Bitch, shut the fuck up!

Says she's worried about consequences. Proceeds to shit over colleagues and bosses publicly. 

Dumb cunt. You're fucked.

[Potato]

I sort of feel bad for that dev. If this is their first game they’ll have to either put that on their next application, or have to explain the situation in the interview. Because who the fuck wants the person responsible for the awful characters in the biggest console disasters ever?

Otherwise… Bitch, shut the fuck up!

Yeah I get why she'd be upset but that anger should be directed at but those supposed evil higher-ups that forced them to create shit characters.
You can't seriously demand that people stop criticizing your characters when they objectively failed on every level. Like they should seriously be in design books on how not to do it because how often do you get a real life example of characters that factually didn't resonate with anyone. (Though like Pogi I really question that some executive suit would demand gender neutral, trans, fat etc. characters.)

Soyny are pretty out of touch though...

[Potato]

This game and everything about it, is a goddamn joke lol. Modern audience!!!

In 10 years time, physical copies of Concord will be selling for $1000. Mark my words.

[Boredfrom]

I sort of feel bad for that dev. If this is their first game they’ll have to either put that on their next application, or have to explain the situation in the interview. Because who the fuck wants the person responsible for the awful characters in the biggest console disasters ever?

Otherwise… Bitch, shut the fuck up!

Yeah I get why she'd be upset but that anger should be directed at but those supposed evil higher-ups that forced them to create shit characters.
You can't seriously demand that people stop criticizing your characters when they objectively failed on every level. Like they should seriously be in design books on how not to do it because how often do you get a real life example of characters that factually didn't resonate with anyone. (Though like Pogi I really question that some executive suit would demand gender neutral, trans, fat etc. characters.)

Soyny are pretty out of touch though...

So Xbox/Bethesda.

Only Nintendo, from the big three, seems to not give a fuck beyond occasional stuff like “yes, that Paper Mario character is ‘trans’, whatever.”

[Snoopy]

Soulless… that is a new one.  

RIP Chester

Linkin Park were the rock equivalent of Backstreet Boys. It's soulless corporate garbage with a parent-approved image.

I admit is corporate garbage, I take offense with the soulless.

My mum once bought me a Marilyn Manson t shirt. I was absolutely horrified. I appreciated the effort but it meant I had to wear that ridiculous thing to please her. I would have rather worn a dress.

[Nintex]

[HaughtyFrank]

I sort of feel bad for that dev. If this is their first game they’ll have to either put that on their next application, or have to explain the situation in the interview. Because who the fuck wants the person responsible for the awful characters in the biggest console disasters ever?

Otherwise… Bitch, shut the fuck up!

Yeah I get why she'd be upset but that anger should be directed at but those supposed evil higher-ups that forced them to create shit characters.
You can't seriously demand that people stop criticizing your characters when they objectively failed on every level. Like they should seriously be in design books on how not to do it because how often do you get a real life example of characters that factually didn't resonate with anyone. (Though like Pogi I really question that some executive suit would demand gender neutral, trans, fat etc. characters.)

Soyny are pretty out of touch though...

I guess. Maybe they figured that the game will really tap into the "modern audience". At the same time I feel like in the current environment it would be downright frowned upon if Hermen Hulst gave them feedback like "Maybe some characters could be more attractive". I'm thinking about that crazy insomniac dev who had screaming matches with other devs because they were so disgusted by the idea that Rivet could have breasts in Ratchet and Clank

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/luke-skywalker-talks-with-ben-solo-in-star-wars-comic-50-final-issue.974454/

Sequel era stuff has been a long time coming and the next arcs will be focused on that. And ofc it'll still be led by Charles Soule.

Yes Marvel, I want to read this shit.

The majority of characters in TCW die before the end of ROTS. Same with Andor/Rogue One. Doesn't mean the stories told weren't compelling.

They weren’t about Luke becoming a hobo and Han Solo’s shitty son being shit.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-saw-someone-who-i-had-hoped-to-never-see-again.974457/

Uzumaki Goku

Someone I knew going to school. We didn't really get along. Typical kids stuff, even though he and I seemed to share a lot of common interests, but there was something about him that rubbed me the wrong way.

A few years pass after graduation, then word spreads on my Facebook feed that he is now a convicted sex offender. (I wondered how he didn't go to jail and someone told me his dad worked something out for him to keep him out of jail)

I remember thinking "Ah. That's why I didn't like him." Just a weird feeling that you can't explain.

A few weeks back, I was hanging out with my best friend. We were going to get food, the usual stuff, he wants to stop at the card shop for a minute and buy some Yugioh cards, they're having a tournament there that day, I say "Sure." So I let him do his thing and I wander the tables, watching people play the YGO TCG and... it was then I saw him, he was playing somebody in Yugioh, he started to look at me, but I quickly turned away and told my friend "Just do your business and let's get out of here. I don't want to be here any longer." He says sure.

So my friend comes out, I tell him the story.

But seeing that guy again now knowing he is a sex offender, seeing him play a YGO game acting like nothing happened. I was kinda disgusted

Seeing him again shook me in some way and I can't explain why.

Thankfully, he didn't come up to me, and I've been told that if he does I should act like I don't know him.

If I ever go back there, I'm worried he'll be there again. What should I do?

I just hoped I would never see him again.

Don't play Yugioh. Got nothing to do with the sex offender, just good advise.



Bonus:

Hasseigaku

We caught a sex offender where I work. It was a whole thing and the FBI got involved.

So he served the 7 years he got and lo and behold I'm still working there and I think I see him. I got all kinds of opinions but it turns out I can't keep him out of the building since it's a public building.

Only thing we can stop him from doing is loitering. And now my staff is aware and keeping a closer eye on him

We???

Did they forget Finale Fireworker nearly assaulted a co-worker in a broiler room?

[Potato]

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Yeah... blue....

I’m colorblind, you cis-gender ableist white devil.

What’s this shirt say?

Fuck you!

[Jonsey]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-saw-someone-who-i-had-hoped-to-never-see-again.974457/

Uzumaki Goku

Someone I knew going to school. We didn't really get along. Typical kids stuff, even though he and I seemed to share a lot of common interests, but there was something about him that rubbed me the wrong way.

A few years pass after graduation, then word spreads on my Facebook feed that he is now a convicted sex offender. (I wondered how he didn't go to jail and someone told me his dad worked something out for him to keep him out of jail)

I remember thinking "Ah. That's why I didn't like him." Just a weird feeling that you can't explain.

A few weeks back, I was hanging out with my best friend. We were going to get food, the usual stuff, he wants to stop at the card shop for a minute and buy some Yugioh cards, they're having a tournament there that day, I say "Sure." So I let him do his thing and I wander the tables, watching people play the YGO TCG and... it was then I saw him, he was playing somebody in Yugioh, he started to look at me, but I quickly turned away and told my friend "Just do your business and let's get out of here. I don't want to be here any longer." He says sure.

So my friend comes out, I tell him the story.

But seeing that guy again now knowing he is a sex offender, seeing him play a YGO game acting like nothing happened. I was kinda disgusted

Seeing him again shook me in some way and I can't explain why.

Thankfully, he didn't come up to me, and I've been told that if he does I should act like I don't know him.

If I ever go back there, I'm worried he'll be there again. What should I do?

I just hoped I would never see him again.

Don't play Yugioh. Got nothing to do with the sex offender, just good advise.



Bonus:

Hasseigaku

We caught a sex offender where I work. It was a whole thing and the FBI got involved.

So he served the 7 years he got and lo and behold I'm still working there and I think I see him. I got all kinds of opinions but it turns out I can't keep him out of the building since it's a public building.

Only thing we can stop him from doing is loitering. And now my staff is aware and keeping a closer eye on him

We???

You have to fuck a kid right back at him. It’s how it works right?

[Boredfrom]

Yeah I get why she'd be upset but that anger should be directed at but those supposed evil higher-ups that forced them to create shit characters.
You can't seriously demand that people stop criticizing your characters when they objectively failed on every level. Like they should seriously be in design books on how not to do it because how often do you get a real life example of characters that factually didn't resonate with anyone. (Though like Pogi I really question that some executive suit would demand gender neutral, trans, fat etc. characters.)

Soyny are pretty out of touch though...

I guess. Maybe they figured that the game will really tap into the "modern audience". At the same time I feel like in the current environment it would be downright frowned upon if Hermen Hulst gave them feedback like "Maybe some characters could be more attractive". I'm thinking about that crazy insomniac dev who had screaming matches with other devs because they were so disgusted by the idea that Rivet could have breasts in Ratchet and Clank

I suppose you start controlling or culling those toxic employees if you don’t want a repeat. Is probably more worrisome if some of the top brass actually drink the kool aid.

Is clear that people are not thrilled by this stuff and even people that enable it barely tolerates it. Stellar Blade, hogwarts Legacy and Wukong prove that there is a genuine disconnect between normal gamers and wokies. And those employees sound to be also in the minority in most cases (just brutally vocal and willing to make shit shows if the press enables them).