People are overreacting

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arknath wrote:

As Tarke said in his youtube reflection over Tencent buying GGG. It is the PoE comminity that will mess up this, not the sale in itself. If people react by making up Doom stuff on forums/reddit/youtube it could lead to ppl no longer buying supporter packs then there is less money to make content -> people start complaining more and blaming Tencent. Tencent then sees lower numbers which again makes the risk waaaay higher that they will interfere. Evil spiral that can only lead to bad things.

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IMSilver wrote:

HOW can we be overreacting when EIGHTY PERCENT of GGG was just bought out????

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DarkNRG wrote:

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SeCKSEgai wrote:

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Shabob wrote:

This really doesn't bother me at all.

I've spent the last 18 years of adult life supporting large corporations by purchasing their products. I really don't give a shit who I'm buying from so long as the product is up to my standard. If GGG keep producing a game that holds my interest every league, then I'll keep playing. If their MTX is quality, then I'll keep buying it.

If you're worried about evil overlords taking over humanity, then become a f'ing monk and really stick it to them.

While I would add a few additional caveats, I would agree that at the end of the day you're ultimately looking to get the most for your money as a consumer. It's one thing when you boycott a company over a philosophical belief. It's another to fail to recognize that money is going to have its influence.

People are so eager to take this "moral" high ground against these major corporations but probably don't realize just how much influence they have. All the while the cries of the sky is falling permeate the air despite nothing actually even changing.

I'm sure that when I was younger I would have thought a lot more idealistically in naivete. As I've gotten older practically tends to dominate.

Some of us do understand the power of the consumer, that is exactly why you see people speaking about and considering yanking the bills this is standing on. The problem then becomes those that simply don't give a shit either way... It's rough to deny yourself a thing and possible enjoyment when the majority will plod along like nothing changed.

Maybe at the end of the day it hasn't. Maybe it has. Possibility and perspective are a mother fucker.

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DarkNRG wrote:

I don't Myth, I've walked away from numerous games, products and people in my life over matters of principle. I see no reason to draw arbitrary lines in the sand.

I promise you 100% there is nothing connected to them that I use... except atm this forum to shiv them.

I appreciate the back pat but I'm never really looking for that.


Edit: the more they and companies like them grow the harder it will be for me assuredly. At some point I'm going to be an old man standing on a tiny island playing with sticks. Or a collection saved over nearly 30 odd years of gaming before shit went all f2p and early access when the idea of after market money came from expansions not loot crates or this other shit.

Edit2: Eventually I will tag all my posts with "I survived the bastardization of gaming."

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DarkNRG wrote:

I don't Myth, I've walked away from numerous games, products and people in my life over matters of principle. I see no reason to draw arbitrary lines in the sand.

I promise you 100% there is nothing connected to them that I use... except atm this forum to shiv them.

I appreciate the back pat but I'm never really looking for that.


Edit: the more they and companies like them grow the harder it will be for me assuredly. At some point I'm going to be an old man standing on a tiny island playing with sticks. Or a collection saved over nearly 30 odd years of gaming before shit went all f2p and early access when the idea of after market money came from expansions not loot crates or this other shit.

Edit2: Eventually I will tag all my posts with "I survived the bastardization of gaming."

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Xavathos wrote:

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DarkNRG wrote:

I don't Myth, I've walked away from numerous games, products and people in my life over matters of principle. I see no reason to draw arbitrary lines in the sand.

I promise you 100% there is nothing connected to them that I use... except atm this forum to shiv them.

I appreciate the back pat but I'm never really looking for that.


Edit: the more they and companies like them grow the harder it will be for me assuredly. At some point I'm going to be an old man standing on a tiny island playing with sticks. Or a collection saved over nearly 30 odd years of gaming before shit went all f2p and early access when the idea of after market money came from expansions not loot crates or this other shit.

Edit2: Eventually I will tag all my posts with "I survived the bastardization of gaming."

Or did you?

Maybe one day you wake up and realize it was all a dream... a dream published by Tencent, which is your employer. Plot twist!

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DarkNRG wrote:

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Xavathos wrote:

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DarkNRG wrote:

I don't Myth, I've walked away from numerous games, products and people in my life over matters of principle. I see no reason to draw arbitrary lines in the sand.

I promise you 100% there is nothing connected to them that I use... except atm this forum to shiv them.

I appreciate the back pat but I'm never really looking for that.


Edit: the more they and companies like them grow the harder it will be for me assuredly. At some point I'm going to be an old man standing on a tiny island playing with sticks. Or a collection saved over nearly 30 odd years of gaming before shit went all f2p and early access when the idea of after market money came from expansions not loot crates or this other shit.

Edit2: Eventually I will tag all my posts with "I survived the bastardization of gaming."

Or did you?

Maybe one day you wake up and realize it was all a dream... a dream published by Tencent, which is your employer. Plot twist!

I don't remember which pill I took, was it red or blue... send halp plz