If only some sort of newfangled technology could come along

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    Too bad Epic is kept alive by children buying skins and silly dances who aren’t old enough to care about how sick that company has become

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    Sweeney is such a dishonest and corrupt piece of shit, a very typical retrograde American oligarch.

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      in what way was he dishonest or corrupt?

      sure his statement is ridiculous but it doesnt make him dishonest or corrupt

      EDIT: people. i asked a question. the guy answered my question. i cant u derstand the need to downvote because i dont know something.

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        I am not a Valve fanboy.

        They are only sort of OK when viewed in comparison to other American technology oligarch groups. I even hesitate to use the term “OK” in this context.

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          Valve is the best gaming company, who has a storefront (and even consoles / systems to sell). All other suck in comparison and I think Valve is good for the entire gaming industry and the gamers.

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                Your first comment sounds like you’re mocking people: it reads as if you’re parroting a valve fanboy who thinks Gabe is awesome simply because they’ve been brainwashed to think that and not because of valid reasons.

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                  A rare inverse example of Poe’s law in action - a statement so lacking in nuance that everyone is assuming it to be sarcastic.

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          Indeed. Even stuff like their casino side business with CS skins seems to be often downplayed.

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            It’s funny because originally I didn’t understand how it was different and when it was explained to me in a factual way I did understand and changed my view and people really don’t like that.

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        You don’t have to like Gaben to see that Tim is much worse. Tim only cares about business. That’s why Epic store is great for publishers and developers and dogshit for customers, because Tim doesn’t see you as nothing more than cattle. Your interests don’t matter, you’re just a vessel to extract money from. You can dislike Gaben all you want but Valve at least treats you like a customer.

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    Destiny 2 died BECAUSE of soulless, maligned, pathetic, ignorant, coward, contrived, boring, corrupt, greedy, pussy, dick, anus farts like Sweeney. Epic belongs in the fucking grave.

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    Man… Sweeney is starting to go from ‘contemptible’ to ‘pitiable’.

    That is such a desperate and obviously stupid thing to say that I do actuslly just feel sad for him at this point.

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    I don’t know what his point is. That we can mass produce slop for the lowest common denominator without needing to pay anyone? I legitimately don’t understand who he thinks he’s talking to! None of the players who would be fine with slop are listening (by definition), and he can talk to his rich buddies without the bad PR. And those are the only two groups who could possibly stand to benefit from what he’s suggesting.

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    “Tim Sweeney claims that the technology he is behind will be a cure-all. Somehow reporters think that a CEO backing their own business venture is newsworthy.”

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    Tim Sweeney? The Tim Sweeney who argued that Roblox wasn’t a platform used by pedophiles to groom minors and exploiting child labor laws? That Tim Sweeney?