Jessica Price was until today a part of the narrative team. She was a relatively recent hire and was formerly an editor for Pathfinder. She posted on her twitter about the problems of creating an interesting player character in an MMORPG. It's actually a pretty good read, but that's besides the point for this thread. If you want to read it, here:
https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1014234740772126720
A popular GW2 content creator on Youtube and Twitch who goes by Deroir saw what she said and gave his opinion:
https://twitter.com/DeroirGaming/status/1014280605599748096
His comments were respectful and he even thanked her for an insightful thread.
And this was her reaction:
https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1014581433937981445 (I can't show more than two tweets in a post so I'll just quote this one)
This has exploded on the GW2 subreddit and the official forums as well as other subreddits. The first thread on this became one of the most upvoted threads in the subreddits history. Much of the front page right now is about it. The community was not happy at her overreaction to what almost no one thinks is mansplaining. It has since come out that she has responded in a hostile manner to other GW2 community members who also engaged with her respectfully.
Another GW2 dev, Peter Fries, came to her defense and also attacked the community but he has since deleted the tweet.
Just recently the president and co-founder of ArenaNet posted this on the forums:
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/comment/586426#Comment_586426
https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1014234740772126720
A popular GW2 content creator on Youtube and Twitch who goes by Deroir saw what she said and gave his opinion:
https://twitter.com/DeroirGaming/status/1014280605599748096
His comments were respectful and he even thanked her for an insightful thread.
And this was her reaction:
https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1014581433937981445 (I can't show more than two tweets in a post so I'll just quote this one)
Since we've got a lot of hurt manfeels today, lemme make something clear: this is my feed. I'm not on the clock here. I'm not your emotional courtesan just because I'm a dev. Don't expect me to pretend to like you here.
This has exploded on the GW2 subreddit and the official forums as well as other subreddits. The first thread on this became one of the most upvoted threads in the subreddits history. Much of the front page right now is about it. The community was not happy at her overreaction to what almost no one thinks is mansplaining. It has since come out that she has responded in a hostile manner to other GW2 community members who also engaged with her respectfully.
Another GW2 dev, Peter Fries, came to her defense and also attacked the community but he has since deleted the tweet.
Just recently the president and co-founder of ArenaNet posted this on the forums:
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/comment/586426#Comment_586426
Recently two of our employees failed to uphold our standards of communicating with players. Their attacks on the community were unacceptable. As a result, they're no longer with the company.
I want to be clear that the statements they made do not reflect the views of ArenaNet at all. As a company we always strive to have a collaborative relationship with the Guild Wars community. We value your input. We make this game for you.
Mo