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[Rex Invictus]

Downloading it now.

Ode to GamerGate in the launcher.  Uninstalled instantly.  Keep your politics out of your product if your product isn't a political one.  Taking absolutely any stance will lose you a certain percentage of customers/supporters.

But I bet if it was an anti-GamerGate thing you'd be alright with it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[lordcooper]

Downloading it now.

Ode to GamerGate in the launcher.  Uninstalled instantly.  Keep your politics out of your product if your product isn't a political one.  Taking absolutely any stance will lose you a certain percentage of customers/supporters.

But I bet if it was an anti-GamerGate thing you'd be alright with it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'd likely find it slightly less off putting, sure (to be honest, I've rarely seen anyone arguing for or against the whole thing without cringing).  I still wouldn't touch the game, as I don't want to suddenly be presented with someone's personal little rant when I just wanna play.   It'd be dumb to stick it in there even if he opposed the 'movement', as that'd just be alienating a different chunk of potential players.  Mixing business and politics didn't exactly work out for Chick-fil-A, and I'd be surprised to see it do so here.

[forsaken1111]

They're only alienating people who can't play a game because of a dev's political views. Get over it and play the game or don't, but I personally don't care that you're so horribly offended by some text on a screen that you can't bring yourself to play a game. Discuss it in the appropriate thread and leave that crap out of here.

[PrimusRibbus]

Downloading it now.

Ode to GamerGate in the launcher.  Uninstalled instantly.  Keep your politics out of your product if your product isn't a political one.  Taking absolutely any stance will lose you a certain percentage of customers/supporters.

But I bet if it was an anti-GamerGate thing you'd be alright with it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'd likely find it slightly less off putting, sure (to be honest, I've rarely seen anyone arguing for or against the whole thing without cringing).  I still wouldn't touch the game, as I don't want to suddenly be presented with someone's personal little rant when I just wanna play.   It'd be dumb to stick it in there even if he opposed the 'movement', as that'd just be alienating a different chunk of potential players.  Mixing business and politics didn't exactly work out for Chick-fil-A, and I'd be surprised to see it do so here.

Mixing business with politics worked out great for Chick-fil-A. They saw record sales and got millions in free advertising because of their stance. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/chick-fil-a-sales-2012_n_2590612.html

GamerGate is the new free-software movement: While it's been over for almost a year to most people, there's a niche audience that will play a game just for ideological purity's sake. A potentially very smart move if you're an indie dev that has no hope of getting exposure otherwise.

[Rex Invictus]

Mixing business with politics worked out great for Chick-fil-A. They saw record sales and got millions in free advertising because of their stance. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/chick-fil-a-sales-2012_n_2590612.html

GamerGate is the new free-software movement: While it's been over for almost a year to most people, there's a niche audience that will play a game just for ideological purity's sake. A potentially very smart move if you're an indie dev that has no hope of getting exposure otherwise.

It's especially entertaining since at least one anti-GamerGate developer has went out of business this past week because no one was buying their game.

[Shadowgandor]

I couldn't resist to correct nearly everyone on this page, it's "GamersGate"

[My Name is Immaterial]

Let's move on. Toady used the banhammer swiftly back when GG was getting off its feet, and I'd hate to see this thread get taken down too.

[forsaken1111]

I couldn't resist to correct nearly everyone on this page, it's "GamersGate"

I thought Gamersgate was a website/distribution platform which sold games while gamergate was the silly politics crap that we don't care about?

[My Name is Immaterial]

I couldn't resist to correct nearly everyone on this page, it's "GamersGate"

I thought Gamersgate was a website/distribution platform which sold games while gamergate was the silly politics crap that we don't care about?

It is. I think that Shadowgandor thought for a moment that we were talking about the platform.

[forsaken1111]

So is there any fix for the "? haulers" bug? I can't even test anything currently.

[Shooer]

It was supposedly fixed but it's still around.  Hope to see a fix by the end of the day though.

[forsaken1111]

It was supposedly fixed but it's still around.  Hope to see a fix by the end of the day though.

Excellent. I like the look of the game but can't actually DO anything right now beyond what I have done, which was to make a bunch of planets and godspooge life onto one.

[Icefire2314]

Initial bug was fixed, some remnant of the production bug remains stubbornly unsquished. I think it laid eggs or something. OH GOD KILL IT WIT-

Should be fixed soon. Jatt works hard on his game/spawn/thing. The initial bug was fixed in about a day, so he should have this fixed within the next day or so.

[forsaken1111]

I'm not in a rush, was just curious if there was any movement. Once that particular snag is fixed I'll probably hop on to try it again.

[Neonivek]

The ONLY thing that was really said was that "Gaming journalism shouldn't be corrupt" the end.

Stop making an all or nothing about this. It is hardly a political view, don't pull the other aspects of GG into this.

It made me uncomfortable but only because it is very PSA.