So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Bye.

Hard to hear man. I literally wouldn't be able to play this game without two mandatory websites, poe.trade and poe wiki. GGG has been riding a wave of free labor for long enough. Perhaps it is time for them to actually take the reins on internalizing these two fundamental websites? I know I wouldn't play if they weren't available.

If it weren't for the wiki I'd have to go to reddit.

Thanks a lot for all your work! PoE wiki is an amazing resource, especially considering the nature of game. The amount of double-checking needed before doing a build is enormous and wiki was a huge help always.
It's a shame things went the way they did. Good luck with whatever you'll do next.

On my own behalf and probably speaking for everyone in my guild because pretty well everyone uses it, thank you for creating, curating and caring about such an invaluable resource.

Sorry your official association with it is being severed so unceremoniously, and I hope you can at least continue to enjoy playing...

and also, for the thanks,

Thanks for your wiki service man! I still use it at least 10 times a day to check things while playing.

Thank you for all the fish (and Perandus signet, which I had at some point but can't seem to find now, probably deleted with some old character).

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crystalwitch wrote:

Well I'd like to be one of the first (in this thread) to wish you good luck in the future.

Thank you guys, means a lot! <3

Thanks for all of your work!

I honestly hope Curse fucks it up with their cheap labor tactics. Nothing pisses me off more than bullshit capitalism robbing people of what they love to do and did on their own time FOR FREE at one point.

Fuck Curse. Maybe if the shit stops getting updated than GGG will step up, stop being grimey, and bring some of the remaining guys like XYZ in house (or at least pay them to ensure the integrity of trade in a trade-centric game).

I realize you loved your work with the wiki (why else would anyone do it?)...but it pisses me off that GGG after all of these years still freeloads work off of the community. Then shit like this happens.

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iamacyborg wrote:

Community websites on the internet are big business, making companies like Curse, Wikia, etc hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from community contributors free work.

That's interesting, I think game companies are making money from community contributors free work, too.