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Highly recommend King Leopold's Ghost if you wanna ruin your week
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Not a perfect comparison but Revachol's more fantasy New York, being a colonial city that surpassed the metropole in splendour and influence.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:59
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Sierra Madre posted:Not a perfect comparison but Revachol's more fantasy New York, being a colonial city that surpassed the metropole in splendour and influence. Really thought it was supposed to be alternate reality Paris and the commune phase. Short lived and all the pain and sorrow of the Revachol shenanigans.
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Nov 9, 2022 02:02
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Its more than one thing.
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Nov 9, 2022 02:04
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Gaius Marius posted:Its more than one thing. Isn't it always.
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Nov 9, 2022 02:10
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Maybe the new worlds discovered in/created by the pale male are more of metaphorical worlds anyways. A historical journey from the old monarchy to the moral intern and finally at the union syndicate, each its own body. I dunno if I'm using "syndicate" properly but w/e
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Nov 9, 2022 02:14
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Revachol is part France, part British Empire, part post-communism Warsaw Pact state, and part New York (if New York was cut in half by a river with an ultrarich international zone in the east and the subjugated dirt poor locals in the west.)
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Nov 9, 2022 05:08
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Sierra Madre posted:Not a perfect comparison but Revachol's more fantasy New York, being a colonial city that surpassed the metropole in splendour and influence. Hey, I'm hangin' here!
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I thought British Empire is Sur-la-Clef. Also I wanted to post this amazing AMV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0qMM5XkMQw
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pedro0930 posted:I thought British Empire is Sur-la-Clef. not everything is a direct 1:1
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wiegieman posted:Revachol is part France, part British Empire, part post-communism Warsaw Pact state, and part New York (if New York was cut in half by a river with an ultrarich international zone in the east and the subjugated dirt poor locals in the west.) Yeah our ultrarich international zone is to the west. And if you keep going you hit joysey
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New conceptualization dropped https://twitter.com/artofrostov/status/1590353068729995264
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Nov 9, 2022 15:52
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General Battuta posted:New conceptualization dropped https://twitter.com/artofrostov/status/1590353068729995264 hoping for double sixes through this entire ordeal for our troubled creatives
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General Battuta posted:New conceptualization dropped https://twitter.com/artofrostov/status/1590353068729995264 My Harry has set up a meth lab multiple times and defrauded bending light guy.
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Nov 9, 2022 16:01
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I hope they stuff the mega rich light bending guys into a cargo container and ship them to Baltimore irl
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Nov 9, 2022 16:01
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General Battuta posted:I hope they stuff the mega rich light bending guys into a cargo container and ship them to Baltimore irl Season 2 of The Wire is so underrated
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Nov 9, 2022 16:15
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People couldn't handle poor white criminals, it broke their brains.
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Nov 9, 2022 16:24
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This is it guys. Major pog moment. Our Guys have publicly alleged fraud on ZA/UM Corporate's behalf. This may be the path to the restoration of ZA/UM.Rostov and Kurvitz posted:Both civil claims and criminal charges are on the table — in Estonia and the United Kingdom. They're downplaying their own ability to challenge ZA/UM but I really think they could do it. Let us hope they succeed. Edit: the infringement in question: Rostov and Kurvitz posted:We have now learned that Tütreke OÜ must have obtained control over Zaum Studio OÜ by fraud. We believe the money used by Tütreke OÜ to buy the majority stake was taken illegally from Zaum Studio OÜ itself, money that belonged to the studio and all shareholders but was used for the benefit of one. Money that should have gone towards making the sequel. Updog Scully fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Nov 9, 2022 |
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Nov 9, 2022 16:26
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Interesting day for creatives vs mega rich light bending guys. Mick Gordon also just released a full-sized novel of a statement about how he got shafted on Doom Eternal: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/yqk10g/mick_gordon_my_full_statement_regarding_doom/ (Posting link to Reddit discussion for the tl;drs.) EDIT: Also, gigachad Harry just for the gently caress of it:  gently caress 'em up, Robert and Mick. Megazver fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Nov 9, 2022 |
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Nov 9, 2022 16:28
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shits gonna get messy https://www.gamesindustry.biz/disco-elysium-studio-zaum-confirms-former-employees-were-fired-for-misconduct
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Nov 9, 2022 17:52
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That must have been Harry when he was a Gym teacher
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Nov 9, 2022 17:54
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Whoa I can’t believe the people that created this game might have some demons. Truly baffling
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Nov 9, 2022 17:57
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MMF Freeway posted:shits gonna get messy quote:Kompus also claimed that Kurvitz and Taal had discussed wanting to take control of the company's intellectual property – including Disco Elysium – which he described as "delusions of grandeur." I fully believe these dudes were assholes and hard to work with but calling the idea of owning the IP you built from nothing "delusional" is rich in every sense of the word
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Nov 9, 2022 17:58
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General Battuta posted:I fully believe these dudes were assholes and hard to work with but calling the idea of owning the IP you built from nothing "delusional" is rich in every sense of the word Tbh I would probably believe claims of harassment on their own, but when it all comes mixed with information like this we already know to be bullshit I’m skeptical
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Nov 9, 2022 18:03
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Its pretty telling to me that they only really point to Kurvitz being an rear end in a top hat and "trying to steal the ip". They don't seem to even bother mentioning a reason why Hindpere and Rostov were let go
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Nov 9, 2022 18:06
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They're going to smear kurvitz and co as much as possible and they have oodles of cash with which to do it.
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Nov 9, 2022 18:17
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It's a classic Joyce vs evrarte fight but irl between the wealthy financiers and the workers.
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Nov 9, 2022 18:18
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If games industry dot biz sources aren’t the people in a fight to with Kurvitz then it’s really probably not that cut and dried
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Nov 9, 2022 18:21
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I cannot accept, given the scale of the game, this claim: ZA/UM posted:● Limited to no engagement in their responsibilities and work – including not working at all for almost two years while still being paid by the studio – and forcing colleagues to compensate for their lack of effort. Lack of effort?  Do they seriously expect anyone to believe the leads on this game, of all games, were too lazy to keep on the payroll???? It's loving massive!!! It's huge!!! It's like a billion words fully voiced plus a billion art assets plus a hundred billion man-hours of lore and backstory!!! gently caress off ZA/UM!! gently caress OFF!!! gently caress off with that BULLSHIT!!!
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Nov 9, 2022 18:21
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i am a moron posted:If games industry dot biz sources aren’t the people in a fight to with Kurvitz then it’s really probably not that cut and dried Excellent post/username combo. Top tier gimmick imo 
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Excellent post/username combo. Top tier gimmick imo Settle down Beavis
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Nov 9, 2022 18:38
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It’s completely possible that Kurvitz et al were toxic disengaged assholes because they made a successful game and a beautiful world and it was all being stolen from them. Material conditions change how people behave. It’s possible they were just assholes anyway but I doubt the material conditions helped. Great writers don’t always make great collaborators or great bosses or even great people. They still deserve to get paid and own their work.
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Nov 9, 2022 18:51
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Sure, but keep in mind that wealth can shape perceptions. Financiers can afford to hire fancy pr firms and expensive lawyers to smear their opponents and white wash their own image. Kurvitz cannot. so everything you read should be taken with the context that thousands of dollars has already been spent to bias the story against kurvitz.
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Nov 9, 2022 18:55
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I'm a big fan of the argument that the fired staff members were frustrated and upset that no external orgs wanted to work on the Disco Elysium IP from the individuals who made a deal with Amazon for the Disco Elysium tv show adaptation. A very credible claim.
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quote:TO FANS OF DISCO ELYSIUM, CONCERNING THE SITUATION AT ZA/UM https://medium.com/@artofrostov/to-fans-of-disco-elysium-concerning-the-situation-at-za-um-3e6bc46ea9c So, they're accusing the studio owners of defrauding investors, which is basically the only crime that rich people ever pay the price for. Sounds interesting.
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Nov 9, 2022 19:26
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I don't believe one mildly successful video game (Disco Elysium's peak players is 8k, https://steamcharts.com/app/632470#All, which is equivalent to Return to Monkey island, which gives a sense that it did well for genre) has remotely provided the riches it is claimed are being embezelled and fought over.
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Alchenar posted:I don't believe one mildly successful video game (Disco Elysium's peak players is 8k, https://steamcharts.com/app/632470#All, which is equivalent to Return to Monkey island, which gives a sense that it did well for genre) has remotely provided the riches it is claimed are being embezelled and fought over. Return to Monkey Island has 5k steam reviews, Disco Elysium has 60,000. I think that it's pretty fair to assume that maybe it's sold a few more copies.
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Alchenar posted:I don't believe one mildly successful video game (Disco Elysium's peak players is 8k, https://steamcharts.com/app/632470#All, which is equivalent to Return to Monkey island, which gives a sense that it did well for genre) has remotely provided the riches it is claimed are being embezelled and fought over. Considering there has been no mention as to what amount of "riches" have been embezzelled I question how you reached this conclusion.
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To be more direct, you don't think the studio could have made enough money off of DE to partially fund a sequel? Edit: Also, do you have any commentary on the fact that these men have been previously convicted of defrauding investors?
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The fact that the 24-hour peak is more than 40% of the all-time peak on a game that was released three years ago is pretty incredible. And looking at that graph over time, it never really dipped all that much. It has a higher average concurrent player count than Doom Eternal, a game which peaked at over 84,000 players and came out more recently.
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