Imagine putting all that work into making the stupidest but most algorithm friendly Youtube thumbnails and still only getting like 1.000 views.Or David Jaffe 1.5
Hogwarts Legacy senior producer Troy Leavitt, a game dev who used to make anti-feminist and pro gamer-gate videos (staff post added)(Up: Resigns)
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This feels like a half-win. It seems like they let him resign. Which means that WB never really disavowed his views. It also means that he gets to come out looking like some kind of hero (to a certain group of people), as he can spin it as falling on his sword to protect his coworkers. I would have MUCH preferred if he had been unambiguously fired.
That is slander. A quarter pounder is delicious and worthy of praise. Such a noble food does not deserve to be dragged through the mud.
I think there's a legit possibility that WB did actually cause this. I've heard of forced resignations, possibly due to avoiding wrongful termination lawsuits and such. It's possible WB kicked him the fuck out, but possibly for a sum made it seem like he left on his own accord so that he now can't just sue them for far worse. That's what I'd like to think anyway.
I mean why else would he leave a job he himself claims he felt secure at? You don't just leave a job like that. You were forced to leave.
I mean why else would he leave a job he himself claims he felt secure at? You don't just leave a job like that. You were forced to leave.
I'm guessing the tide was turning against him at WB, or if he left quietly they'd give him an extra month severence or something.
Those thumbnails are fucking killing me. Holy shit. LOL. YouTube, man...Or David Jaffe 1.5
Good to see him gone.
And he'll make a YT video instead? Looking forward to it. The transcriptions, of course, not gonna give him a watch.
And he'll make a YT video instead? Looking forward to it. The transcriptions, of course, not gonna give him a watch.
Hey, more good news. Now if only JK Rowling weren't a terf. Or sold all her property and went to live in the woods or something.
Maaan he really craves that braindead conservative youtube money. I bet the video will be about how the devs pushed for trans characters and he didn’t want to appeal to the sjw or some other equally putrid bullshit.
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I wonder if it is okay to feel happy that someone resigns/get fired from their jobs because of what he/she said in the internet.
Can imagine if someone post something on the internet now which is politically correct now becomes politically wrong a few years later and someone digs its up and starts cancelling him/her.
So that person would be condemned forever i.e. unable to find a job until their views are politically acceptable again? Would this counts as infringing on ones freedom of speech?
EDIT: Just to be sure, I am not defending him in his views or anything and I haven't watched any videos. So If i offended some people, my apologies on it. It is really just a genuine thought
Can imagine if someone post something on the internet now which is politically correct now becomes politically wrong a few years later and someone digs its up and starts cancelling him/her.
So that person would be condemned forever i.e. unable to find a job until their views are politically acceptable again? Would this counts as infringing on ones freedom of speech?
EDIT: Just to be sure, I am not defending him in his views or anything and I haven't watched any videos. So If i offended some people, my apologies on it. It is really just a genuine thought
To be fair we probably don't know the full story about how this all went down. Whatever was decided/agreed upon was done behind closed doors and this is just just the public statement on the matter. I'm sure there are confidentiality clauses and legal issues involved here.
I'm not going to congratulate WB or say good job, I just don't 100% believe this was Troy resigning on his own terms.
None of his rhetoric was ever politically correct and that's not how free speech works, though I'm guessing you already know that.
It’s less “happy” and more “relieved someone in an influential position can’t spread hate as widely”
It's always the accounts with less than 100 posts. Without fail.
there's no shortage of guest appearances he could have on, since that grift is so strong
is saying something on the internet less real than saying it in person?
Somewhere out there on the internet is a forum thread you can read to find out.
Somewhere.
Maybe if those people apologised rather than doubling down on their bigotry, they might be forgiven?
Shot.
Chaser.Or David Jaffe 1.5
LOLOL. It's already sad that Jaffe has fallen from celebrated video game developer to YouTuber. But, what's even more sad (and hilarious) is that viewcount coupled with those thumbnails straight from the "How to be YT famous" playbook.
Both these clowns embody the dril tweet:
I can't imagine what it must be like, having to give up a high-level executive job at a big publisher just because you wanted to pander to a bunch of YouTube cretins. Even in the best case scenario where your channel becomes a sensation, the money you make off ads probably does not equal the salary and prestige of your position as senior producer of a AAA game.
Not sure about the project hierarchy so I didn't realize that a senior producer is considered influential.
Well posting in the internet means it stays there forever. Although I am not saying that in any event, saying rude/mean things to anybody is correct
you are defending him though
you’re also showing your ass by using the term “politically correct”
Also, the “Age of Accountability” is young
at one point people tried to bring to light really really really old examples of someone saying something racist but realized that it’s more nuanced and if a person genuinely learned and changed it’s okay.
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Well shit... man y’all volatile as hell man, I understand why the conversation is not allowed to be discussed anymore if that’s still a thing!
One day y’all will realizes how deep the rabbit hole goes and if y’all going after insignificant people like this I hope you go after the more higher profile ones with the same energy including GOD ALMIGHTY!
It’s just words from someone that can be easily ignored and move on!
Good, hope he's forced to grow up if he ever wants to work again. Expect a shit video crying about cancel culture and SJWs though. Also WB can still get fucked if they're still keeping quiet.
It's good news but it should be coming from WB. I don't understand how you can be in this industry and have someone be the face of your game that supported one of the biggest harassment campaign's ever seen. It's just another damning mark in addition to the Rowling shit.
There you go, was it so hard to come out and say this from the beginning instead of playing dumb?
"Having a pro-harassment defender of a man against sexual assault allegations lead your game is good actually."
Being racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic have never been "politically correct" positions. They may have been more commonly held views, but they were always prejudiced. If you get caught having said something prejudiced in the past, the first step is to apologize. Believe it or not, very few people are legitimately canceled. Some high profile people lose a few opportunities, but more often than not you have to double down on your shitty views to really suffer any genuine repercussions.