Yeah right. I'm tired of fighting my boss, you and my customers at the same time. We can choose not to work for them... Do you think getting a job in software development as a junior dev is a matter of 'choosing' the right company. The company choose me, not the opposite. Moreover, before that stupid decision about anti-piracy (that comes from outside entities), everything was going smoothly.
I'm not trying to fight you, but it's still a cop out when someone tries to absolves themselves of something they're "guilty" of. It's just a matter of where the line is drawn. Would you for instance willingly comply with unethical or outright criminal practices at the behest of management? I just have a different set of ideals, and I'm not trying to condemn you for yours, but I definitely don't agree with them.
Yay, let's forfeit 6 years of Software Engineering education and let's move to Montana to grow nails. Sure I have principles, but you don't sacrifice everything for a disagreement on a game design decision.
Okay this isn't about a single questionable design decision. This is about earning a living doing something disagreeable. I'm not encouraging anyone to forfeit their vocation on a whim, but I'm questioning the idea that it's acceptable to just ride the tide and blame management.
These guys are not some heroes of a RPGs. They are real people, they like stability, they are afraid of their boss, of losing their job, they have bills to pay. Some has the guts to slam the door (ie the Daikatana dev team) but most STFU and do their fucking JOB.
My point is that they don't have to. And at the very least, they can show some dissent, instead of just rolling over and fucking taking it. I heartily encourage real people to act like real people and not like hive drones whose only concern is a regular paycheque.
People who work on games are just, regular people, engineers who do their job. They're not fundamentalist RPG nerds like you are. And they have feelings too. Bashing the shit out of them on the internet is certainly not the right way to help them make better games or to struggle against corporate corruption. Except for Dererk Smart. But that's another story.
I'm not bashing. I'm being very heavy-handed with my message, sure, because it's something close to my heart. I take issue with the idea of absolving participants and contributors to something I fervently disagree with. I'm standing up for something I believe in, and that's
not helping clueless fucking suits further their own greedy means.
And hey, they're never going to listen to me, so I may as well do my best to make an impression on regular people with feelings who might actually agree with me and make a change for the better. Even if that change is only getting themselves the fuck out of an industry that treats them like shit, and probably always will.
But hey, it's not like I'm bitter or anything.
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