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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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Just saw the news. Lol nice of them to try but Rowling and Leavitt are still going to profit off of the game. WB knew what kind of person Leavitt was and actively allowed him to continue running his YT account knowing the type of person he was.
My thoughts exactly. Good on the individual devs who pushed for this, but if I bought this game, it wouldn't benefit them. It would benefit Jerkwad Karen Rowling and the company that knowingly continues to employ a sexist GG supporter. The absolute minimum WB could do to possibly get me to reconsider is publicly make sizable donations to trans charities and organizations in an amount equal to or nearly equal to the revenue from sales. Even then I'd still be on the fence at best.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, firing Leavitt and ensuring Rowling will never see a cent of royalties from this are the actual bare minimum they could do. Won't buy this for anything less.
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Thank you mods for doing that.
My wife has decided that if she's buying the game, she will buy it used and we'll donate however much we spent on the game to a local charity that provides food, shelter, and clothing for young trans people who have been kicked out of their homes.
As for JK Rowling, I thought I read that WB paid her to use the Harry Potter IP before it went into development and that she wouldn't see any extra money from sales? Unless I was mistaken.
My wife has decided that if she's buying the game, she will buy it used and we'll donate however much we spent on the game to a local charity that provides food, shelter, and clothing for young trans people who have been kicked out of their homes.
As for JK Rowling, I thought I read that WB paid her to use the Harry Potter IP before it went into development and that she wouldn't see any extra money from sales? Unless I was mistaken.
I don't think the terms were ever made clear to the general public. I do remember arguing with someone on Twitter about the semantics, because the person kept insisting that Rowling wasn't getting paid because WB owns the franchise. He couldn't tell the difference between WB owning the rights to do certain specific things with it, and outrightly having ownership.
At least according to Polygon, she probably still gets royalties and I agree with them.
J.K. Rowling ‘not directly involved’ in creation of Hogwarts Legacy game, Warner Bros. says
The original Harry Potter author did not write the new story
www.polygon.com
Yeah, Rowling isn't filthy rich just because she wrote a good series. The woman is smart as fuck, she knows how to handle her IP. There is no way she's not making any money from everything carrying the name "Harry Potter."I don't think the terms were ever made clear to the general public. I do remember arguing with someone on Twitter about the semantics, because the person kept insisting that Rowling wasn't getting paid because WB owns the franchise. He couldn't tell the difference between WB owning the rights to do certain specific things with it, and outrightly having ownership.
At least according to Polygon, she probably still gets royalties and I agree with them.
J.K. Rowling ‘not directly involved’ in creation of Hogwarts Legacy game, Warner Bros. says
The original Harry Potter author did not write the new story
I think if the Hogwarts Legacy team wants this game to succeed, taking Troy off the project and making sure J.K Rowling doesn't get any of the money from this is the least they can do.
I have a feeling that the launch of this game will be messier then Cyberpunk 2077 (I'm not talking about the bugs).
I have a feeling that the launch of this game will be messier then Cyberpunk 2077 (I'm not talking about the bugs).
how in the world do you propose they go about "Making sure JK Rowling doesn't get any of the money from this"? Its literally an impossibility.
Sadly there is zero answer to it, as much as I want there to be. TERFling will get money from every new thing Harry Potter that comes out.
I also heard that. I don't believe much (this type of contract is super rare post star wars), but even if it is 100% true:
if it sells a lot it will get a sequel and she will be paid another insane amount for the IP use.
They already announced a harry potter game, she already got money from this
I think It's just WB paid her to renew Harry Potter License.
Noway that she doesn't get a royalty.
Troy is still there.
WB hasn't spoken against JK Rowling's views.
WB is still (presumably) giving money to JK Rowling.
Troy is still there and WB didn't have a problem with his YouTube content.
Show me work towards correcting these things. Until then, this game still actively hurts people who are transgender.
WB hasn't spoken against JK Rowling's views.
WB is still (presumably) giving money to JK Rowling.
Troy is still there and WB didn't have a problem with his YouTube content.
Show me work towards correcting these things. Until then, this game still actively hurts people who are transgender.
Unfortunately the fact that there was resistance from management to this feature shows this won't happen anytime soon (if at all).
Resigns
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Unless his video is about another high profile job he's nabbed: *doubt*
He's hoping for a jump in patreon money from conservatives who will see this as WB "cancelling" him.
Man, I can't believe this guy cancelled himself before cancel culture could get to him.
Maybe... maybe he's part of the cancel culture now...
Did God of War come from space?Or David Jaffe 1.5
The funny thing is the view count
This guy was 100% afraid of the consequences. Glad he is gone.
I gotta check out this channel. I feel like I've been spending too much money on exorcisms lately
You can't cancel me! I'll cancel myself!
lol Jaffe is hitting all the right grifter notes and has the Youtube thumbnails to show for it but those views are pathetically low. He can't find an audience there either.Or David Jaffe 1.5
I mean like he said, he resigned on his own terms so 1. WB didn't do shit (ffs) 2. Crybabies arguing he got cancelled have no leg to stand on.
bet he might have been ask to make a statement and just declined
You got to use the groupons
This does not make WB look any better. In fact the opposite since it didn't come from the company. He is also probably looking to grift on the situation by restarting his youtube channel. Probably think that there are people who support him and will watch his videos. Not sure how successful that would be since he cancelled himself lol.
Troy Leftit
Does this make him "The Eighthing" or "The Halving" though? 🤔
