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game preservation is now political. (hexbear.net)
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[–] BilduEnjoyer@hexbear.net 58 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Every time I see Pirate Software I do a double take because I actually met Thor in person multiple times (he is/was a friend of a friend). I’ve had conversations with him and spoke with him at parties. I had no idea he was a big streamer (Tho this was just before he used the algorithm to get big). Not gonna post more details because dox etc.

Let me just say- THIS GUY IS ALSO INSUFFERABLE IRL.

He would only ramble on about himself and he got offended by the most mundane shit at the drop of a hat. I tried engaging with him by showing him a trailer for Metal Hellsinger after he started talking about wanting to do a rhythm style shooter and he got mad (????? WHY????) and he just had no sense of humor, all ego, no fun allowed.

Anyway, he was booted from the friends group for a variety of reasons with Palestine being one of them. He is so insecure, which would be fine if he wasn’t an asshole.

[–] egs81t@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So exactly like his online personality.

[–] BilduEnjoyer@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Pretty much!

I’m friends with a bunch of indie game dev’s and aside from that shared interest I had no idea why he was in the group because everyone else is way kinder and more fun to be around, especially his roommate at the time. I’m glad they finally booted him after he spread garbage everywhere. The rest of us completely support game preservation/piracy and it really irks me that he used his platform to attack gaming preservation and it was something that we argued about with him in person. (He did not like that I pointed out that offering your game free to torrent can be really helpful with marketing)

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

At least he’s consistent.

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Zionist(?)

"He would only ramble on about himself and he got offended by the most mundane shit at the drop of a hat."

"he just had no sense of humor, all ego, no fun allowed."

asshole

Bare minimum requirements for becoming a successful american twitch streamer.

[–] BilduEnjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

IDK if he’s a Zionist. I last saw him pre-October 7th and from what I know he’s less Zionist and more “enlightened centrist” who has to have a take on everything like his former job as a defense contractor gives him special insight into Middle East politics.

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

i honestly hate these people more than the hardcore reactionaries. The full on rightoids know they are being hypocritical assholes and get off on it, they are just fully committed to the cause of evil. Getting mad at them is like getting mad at a hurricane for destroying a town. It's just in the nature of hurricane to do that.

These enlightened centrist shitheads who need to have a contrarian one-upsman take on every single fucking thing despite having only a very surface level wikipedia understanding of issues are probably worse. They think they are being rational and smart and good, but in fact they're really just so stupid that they're falling for the bullshit of the evil crowd. They don't even realize who it is they're standing up for and arguing on behalf of.

They will equivocate Xinjiang and Gaza, they will give cover to zionists and repeat their hasbara talking points, and the whole time they do it while thinking that being this uninformed dullard is a moral victory. These people are totally fine giving rhetorical cover to a genocide if they think they are being pedantically correct and signaling how smart they are.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Small world, huh?

[–] BilduEnjoyer@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

IKR? It was very weird to see “guy who was lowkey mean at several house parties” suddenly show up in my YouTuber slop feeds.

Very leo-point

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

if you see him again start asking about his mana gem and robe

[–] princeofsin@hexbear.net 61 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That pirate guy on the right is a grade AAA POS and a total bootlicker

[–] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 37 points 6 days ago

rich white man who thinks he got rich off his own laurels and smarts is a total bootlicker who knew

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago

He also sucks at world of warcraft and let his whole party in hardcore die because he roached out and lied about having no mana.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 52 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pirate software is a bad take machine

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 39 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It stinks because the name is an objectively based take.

[–] hexaglycogen@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

to be honest i was under the impression that he was based entirely because of his name and nothing else

[–] corvidenjoyer@hexbear.net 37 points 6 days ago

The r/asmongmold mods pretend politics is banned on their subreddit? The sheer cowardness inherent to fascism...

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Does signing petitions actually do anything or is it just the online version of vote?

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Eu citizen initiatives" if they receive enough support from enough eu citizens in enough eu countries have to be at least discussed in the eu parliament. So yea its basically vote but a little less pathetic.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

Does signing petitions actually do anything

No

or is it just the online version of :vote:?

Yes

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago

Everything is political (but unironically).

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago

Hmmm a I can't blame this on a woman or poc so I can't let it be discussed in my roach infested sub

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 24 points 6 days ago

i dont know what any of this is, and i don't want to

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago

If nobody played g*mes as the good lord intended destroying them wouldn't matter.

[–] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

what did he do this time

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Accursed Farms/Ross Scott/Freeman's Mind creator was trying to force the EU, USA, and a few more countrues to have a law that forbids companies from ending all service to a game without actually planning the shut down or giving the option to play offline. Everyone but redditors liked that and begun helping Ross.

Pirate Software did 5 different videos lying and saying shit about Ross, as if Ross was an idiot. Pirate Softeare basically killed the campaign.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

to have a law that forbids companies from ending all service to a game without actually planning the shut down or giving the option to play offline.

And how is this a bad thing again?

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Redditors were and are still lying about how evil mastermind Ross Scott wants to force companies to support video games for all eternity.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thats really fucking stupid

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like how this redditor had it explained five different times with simply language and yet, still realisation eluded them. Truly the worst scum only surpassed by the G#mer.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Only death can safe this dickhead, jesus fucking christ, my blood is boiling with this nonsense.

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[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

Everyone but redditors liked that and begun helping Ross.

I understand why developers would try and do this, but how stupid do you have to be if you're not a developer to oppose this?

I guess redditor stupid

[–] BootyEnthusiast@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 days ago

Probably cancelled a max rank blizzard again

[–] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

P(o)S

For real though he loves the sound of his own voice way too much.

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

nothing good comes out of ex blizzard employees. nothing.