Baldur's Gate #BaldurGate: Siege of Dragonspear

[PhantasmaNL]

Fun fact: Amber Scott is Beamdog's "Publishing and Marketing Coordinator".

Hilarious, I know.

Suicidal is another word that could be used. What qualifications does she have for Marketing (or anything else for that matter)? A natural born marketeer, she is not.

Who on HR thought this was a good idea?

 

[oldmanpaco]

Fun fact: Amber Scott is Beamdog's "Publishing and Marketing Coordinator".

Hilarious, I know.

Suicidal is another word that could be used. What qualifications does she have for Marketing (or anything else for that matter)? A natural born marketeer, she is not.

Who on HR thought this was a good idea?

Probably a demotion promotion.

 

[PhantasmaNL]

> Anita and Jezebell didn't reply.. so like.. you can't get mad at me.

Lmfao is this seriously their PR?

Anita didnt reply since she is too busy with her new scam, collectiing money for Rewriting History (apparently not enough women in it), a 3 part video series to be produced in the next 26 years, maybe.

 

[Mustawd]

Well, at least he admitted it. Which is more than most PR people would do.

Do you think he would admit it if his twitter had been properly private up front? Or if nobody got the archived copy of his tweet before he deleted it (as he's complained about in the past?)

This is literally opening the pantry to see the fat kid eating your box of cereal and then sputtering "Okay.. I was hungry... but I'll put it back.. don't be mad"

Fine. I am merely addressing the fact that he admitted it and that it was in error. I can respect that at least. He is still an idiot for making that post, and it still reflects the company's true feelings towards this feedback.

I mean most PR people just deny till they're blue in the face. Look at Trump FFS.

 

[Doktor Best]

There's nothing untrue about that statement.

BG1 is not considered a great RPG. BG2 is the one that is considered great. BG1 was good for what it was, but hardly great, let alone "one of the greatest of all time"

Hence the eyeroll. You disagree with this? I'm surprised.

Baldurs Gate pulled the crpg genre out of the dirt when it was in its dieing breaths. Yes, Baldurs Gate 2 is far superior gameplaywise, but Baldurs Gate 1 is more important to "gaming history" imho.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Cambridge 4th Edtion
- a person, especially a man, who feels that they should have been the opposite sex, and therefore behaves and dresses like a member of that sex
- a person who has had a medical operation to change their sex (castration was always a thing)

Dictionaries are SJW now. Doesn't prove shit.

Read something and stop spreading stupidity, because I am sure you have never read about their mythology, don't you?

Another idiot who doesn't even know what he don't know. This is starting to get quaint.

 

[Lyric Suite]

For some people it's not possible to make fun of SJWs without bringing in the god shit.

Hard not to when SJWs are one of the various manifestations of "unbelief" (which is just a code word for i want to believe in anything and everything, including that transgenders are totally normal, or that people disagreeing with my opinions is harassment).

 

[Xenich]

I was tweeting in the heat of the moment. However, I wasn't trying to say that everyone criticizing the game was not a true fan of the game; my comment in that tweet (which, again, has since been deleted, not sure why we're still talking about it) was specifically about the people in the links I included with that tweet: one was an 8chan thread that was making targeted, nasty attacks against Beamdog and its employees.

The other link was a blog post that I happened to disagree with, which in hindsight wasn't really the point of that tweet. But as I said, taking it to social media was a mistake, as was claiming that people attacking me or the people I work with are not real Baldur's Gate fans. I'm sure they are real fans of the game. That doesn't mean I'm okay with what they're posting about me.

We are still talking about it you idiot because you don't get to just erase an issue with a retraction of a comment. You still have to answer to the comment because you did make the comment and simply saying "I was just in the heat of the moment insulting a specific person... no really!".

Listen kid, this is why we don't mouth off to our customers. We swallow our pride, take it on the chin, and mitigate to avoid inflaming the issue.

Here is the simple fact. You, Trent, and Amber and friends have fucked up royally with your arrogant handling of these issues. Now, to repair it (which I think might be too late anyway), you are going to have to fall all over yourselves with apologies, humility, and a very humble and open demeanor with a diligent attempt to find remedy. If you don't do this, you are fucked, over... done... start looking for another job.

This is what you activists don't understand about business. Those people who you are making the product for? They are not your slaves, they do not have to buy your fucking shitty product. In fact, in common business sense, they are you life line and so you have to be very careful with them, knowing your audience and making sure you don't anger them. I know it is hard because you types live in your ivory towers, but rule number 1, and pay attention... this is fucking key... DON'T BITE THE FUCKING HAND THAT FEEDS YOU!

You got that now? What? Going to get angry again? throw a tantrum and start lobbing insults? Sure you are... like fucking clock work... Better get your "would you like fries with that" line down really good.

 

[Gord]

Wrong game, wrong time, is how I'd put it. Had this game been released ten years ago, people would've just seen the lines as a joke. But, as I said before, there is a war going on at the moment with SJWs/feminists and the gaming community, and Beamdog decided to join it.

I guess there's some truth in that. 10 years ago that stuff would hardly have raised an eyebrow, maybe gotten some comments for being badly or clumsily written.
But especially over the course of the last three or so years, the idiots on both sides decided to be triggered by whatever idiotic shit they find offensive and as a result we get this moronic threads popping up everywhere.

 

[Mustawd]

Cambridge 4th Edtion
- a person, especially a man, who feels that they should have been the opposite sex, and therefore behaves and dresses like a member of that sex
- a person who has had a medical operation to change their sex (castration was always a thing)

Dictionaries are SJW now. Doesn't prove shit.

Read something and stop spreading stupidity, because I am sure you have never read about their mythology, don't you?

Another idiot who doesn't even know what he don't know. This is starting to get quaint.

You don't use dictionaries to define words? What do you use?

 

[Excidium II]

Intellection.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Wrong game, wrong time, is how I'd put it. Had this game been released ten years ago, people would've just seen the lines as a joke. But, as I said before, there is a war going on at the moment with SJWs/feminists and the gaming community, and Beamdog decided to join it.

I guess there's some truth in that. 10 years ago that stuff would hardly have raised an eyebrow, maybe gotten some comments for being badly or clumsily written.
But especially over the course of the last three or so years, the idiots on both sides decided to be triggered by whatever idiotic shit they find offensive and as a result we get this moronic threads popping up everywhere.

Come on, get real. There was always a growing malcontent towards those insane idea the left has been spouting for decades, all that was needed was the right catalyst for the blow back to begin, and SJWs provided one by acting like arrogant and lying pieces of shit.

All those years shouting down people who believed men and women were different, or that this gay shit is, well, gay? Yeah, itz coming now, bitch.

 

[Xenich]

Cambridge 4th Edtion
- a person, especially a man, who feels that they should have been the opposite sex, and therefore behaves and dresses like a member of that sex
- a person who has had a medical operation to change their sex (castration was always a thing)

Dictionaries are SJW now. Doesn't prove shit.

Read something and stop spreading stupidity, because I am sure you have never read about their mythology, don't you?

Another idiot who doesn't even know what he don't know. This is starting to get quaint.

You don't use dictionaries to define words? What do you use?

I use words to define dictionaries.

 

[Tito Anic]

There's a reason Christianity overtook paganism everywhere it went (and no, it had nothing to do with any societal imposition). This type of shit pops up every time a civilization is about to collapse, our own being no different.

I think you are too optimistic assuming so. Heart of Christianity is the "Sermon on the Mount". Did it happened in "overtooked" countries? Also Japan and South Korea...

 

[Lacrymas]

To all the people saying that SoD isn't a bad game so all is good and peachy - you do realize that Beamdog didn't actually make this game, right? They painted the pictures, coded some fights and wrote their wanking fantasies, that's it. We can't praise them for the gameplay because it's not theirs, it's just the IE combat.

 

[Lyric Suite]

There's a reason Christianity overtook paganism everywhere it went (and no, it had nothing to do with any societal imposition). This type of shit pops up every time a civilization is about to collapse, our own being no different.

I think you are too optimistic assuming so. Heart of Christianity is the "Sermon on the Mount". Did it happened in "overtooked" countries? Also Japan and South Korea...

Sorry, i have no idea what you are talking about. Christianity was a nascent and fresh spirituality where as paganism was a worn out and decadent one. Belief in the risen Christ was strong enough that people were willing to die for it but nobody gave a shit about the old gods anymore. This is why where ever Christianity went, it won.

At any rate, we are getting off track here. Let's just say that the fact the Greeks liked to buttfuck each other doesn't mean buttfucking is "normal" anymore than the fact the Romans liked to feed people to lions means feeding people to lions is "normal".

 

[Excidium II]

Too all the people saying that SoD isn't a bad game so all is good and peachy - you do realize that Beamdog didn't actually make this game, right? They painted the pictures, coded some fights and wrote their wanking fantasies, that's it. We can't praise them for the gameplay because it's not theirs, it's just the IE combat.

Hey, let's be fair. They also made these atrocities with the UI.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Too all the people saying that SoD isn't a bad game so all is good and peachy - you do realize that Beamdog didn't actually make this game, right? They painted the pictures, coded some fights and wrote their wanking fantasies, that's it. We can't praise them for the gameplay because it's not theirs, it's just the IE combat.

Good point. And whatever it is Beamdog did, is just shit all around.

 

[Mustawd]

Cambridge 4th Edtion
- a person, especially a man, who feels that they should have been the opposite sex, and therefore behaves and dresses like a member of that sex
- a person who has had a medical operation to change their sex (castration was always a thing)

Dictionaries are SJW now. Doesn't prove shit.

Read something and stop spreading stupidity, because I am sure you have never read about their mythology, don't you?

Another idiot who doesn't even know what he don't know. This is starting to get quaint.

You don't use dictionaries to define words? What do you use?

I use words to define dictionaries.

True enough. Dictionaries are references for words that already exist.

 

[Tito Anic]

Sorry, i have no idea what you are talking. Christianity was a nascent and fresh spirituality where as paganism was a worn out and decadent one. Belief in the risen Christ was strong enough that people were willing to die for it but nobody gave a shit about the old gods anymore. This is why where ever Christianity went, it won.

Your knowledge and argumentation about Christianity is stellar...

 

[Gord]

Come on, get real. There was always a growing malcontent towards those insane idea the left has been spouting for decades, all that was needed was the right catalyst for the blow back to begin, and SJWs provided one by acting like arrogant and lying pieces of shit.

All those years shouting down people who believed men and women were different, or that this gay shit is, well, gay? Yeah, itz coming now, bitch.

Leaving aside for a moment that "The Left" is actually a pretty vague term for a hodge-podge of different groups and ideologies that often have not much in common at all, much of your statement could be applied to "The Right" as well.
But regarding the particular strait of "SJWs" and what is commonly refered to as feminazis that gained so much visibility in the last years, I consider them bigoted authoritarian idiots. I just don't think the other extreme is necessarily made up of so much better people.

 

[Goral]

:D :D :D

 

[Fitz]

the other extreme

Which would be?

 

[Lyric Suite]

Leaving aside for a moment that "The Left" is actually a pretty vague term for a hodge-podge of different groups and ideologies that often have not much in common at all, much of your statement could be applied to "The Right" as well..

This is precisely what a leftist would say. In fact, it is the very first thing they usually say. Muh nominalism must always be the center of the argument.

But regarding the particular strait of "SJWs" and what is commonly refered to as feminazis that gained so much visibility in the last years, I consider them bigoted authoritarian idiots. I just don't think the other extreme is necessarily made up of so much better people.

None of this matters, even if it was true (which it isn't). What matters is that they are wrong, and we are right.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Sorry, i have no idea what you are talking. Christianity was a nascent and fresh spirituality where as paganism was a worn out and decadent one. Belief in the risen Christ was strong enough that people were willing to die for it but nobody gave a shit about the old gods anymore. This is why where ever Christianity went, it won.

Your knowledge and argumentation about Christianity is stellar...

By all means, give us the "right" (I.E., euphoric) version. Let me guess, it involves something something about Christianity become the "state" religion and such, right? Because that's all it takes to wipe out centuries of pagan belief.