dragonul09
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https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/97103-chris-avellone-the-final-frontier/page-14Did the thread about this get deleted on the official Obsidian forum? Can't seem to find it.
Wow the discussion on the Obsidian forums has taken a very radical pro-Obsidian turn.
Taken? It has been bootlicking central since page 1. Gotta love the sheer unadulterated sycophancy and rationalizations of unethical behaviour (it's just how business works guise) all the while condemning Avellone for airing dirty laundry.
Well guess what, mismanaging and alienating one of the biggest assets/names in the industry (atleast the RPG niche) to such a degree is bad business. They have no leverage to keep him mum on the topic, he doesn't need their reference or influence to ply his trade. Doors will always be open to him while they're busy doing their usual routine of scrounging for scraps from the publishers in-between routine massive layoffs, it's hardly a stretch to say that they need him (especially given how much they were milking his name while he was still employed there) more than he needs them.
Obsidian is big but not at the level that they're bulletproof from very condemning criticism from someone like Avellone, it is damaging to their reputation. Time will tell how much.
You don't need Avellone to hurt your reputation, your games already do that. Look at the MMO's they've been hired to design, Armored Warfare was practically dead on arrival and soon to be put in the ground for good. They just can't do anything remotely decent, every single one of their games have been half assed in one way or another, unfinished, technical mess, questionable design decisions and so many other issues that the stories werent good enough to counter-balance the other issues.
Now we know why, the entire company is in total dissaray and everyone seem to do whatever the fuck they want there, so fuck them and their shitty games.