asymmetric
One of the original Reddit memes was quite prescient:
Before people get carried away with the weird narrative that Pilestedt was forced out in some sort of corporate coup, read the article. He stepped down by his own decision into his new role as Chief Creative Officer. He handpicked the new CEO. Also some relevant quotes from him:
“I’ve been thinking about the journey ahead for Arrowhead, the future games we’re going to be making, and running the organisation beyond the 120 or so developers we have currently,” he tells us. “I realised that running an organisation of over 100 people to however large it is going to get… it means I will [have to choose] between deepening my love for game creation, or the business track."
“Over the last year going to launch of Helldivers 2, I’ve been pulled more towards the business side of things, and not able to focus as much on the creative side. That made me realise I needed to make some decisions, both for the success of the business but also myself."
So he’s focusing on the game rather than the business aspect.
Honestly I am OK with this. He’s repeatedly demonstrated that he seems to be the only dude at AH who isn’t a hostile asshole to players and more importantly he recently admitted that balance for the game has not been good. AH has spent the last few months squeezing out a lot of the players’ goodwill from the game, but this gives me hope that maybe they can course correct from here on out.
Seems less like “protesting” and more like “fucking over other people in the game” to me, which sounds about right for the League of Legends player base.
Why do Kbin admins keep disappearing under weird circumstances? Is Kbin made with black voodoo magic? Do cenobites come out of the server box and take them to hell?
I am pirating EVERYTHING now.
NTA, shoulda practiced your swordsmanship
Caveat about Ender’s Game and Orson Scott Card: dude is a fucko whackjob irl, just pirate it lol
For a few years in the beginning of the 2010s, it felt like a game that every single gamer person I knew online and offline played. I met a lot of people and became friends with people on the other side of the country as well as coworkers. Somewhere in the middle of that decade, maybe earlier, Riot really lost the magic and it just felt less like a fun game and more of an aggravating e-sport.
I always liked Phreak’s broadcasting personality, though it has been years since I followed LoL. I hope he’s doing well.
I bet it will come with a free copy of Denuvo. Will be an incredible deal: 2 softwares for the price of 1 software. Can’t beat that.
Honestly, weak AF.
Part of the ongoing enshittification of Reddit is that companies have taken over their respective subreddits and are publicly controlling the narratives of their own products on what used to be a free and community owned forum.
Would hate to see the Helldivers community turn into the weird culty echo chamber that Ghost Ship cultivates with Deep Rock Galactic.