Are people equating 18 cam girl poor with child pornography now? Do people on era only watch pornstars over the age of 25 for maximum moral superiority?
Should Randy Pitchford distance himself from Borderlands 3?
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These posts make me feel like I'm taking whatever Randy was on during the stream.
Didn't you know that being attracted to a legal adult is shameful!?
They have to be able to rent a car in the US before you can feel any arousal, else you are a creepy pedo.
Wait, is this about the battleporn subreddit? What's wrong with that?
Seeing how quickly mods stamp down on "lazy dev" rhetoric (and rightly so) can they also come down on people posting wild accusations as fact?
This is a really bad look guys.
This is a really bad look guys.
That CP stuff came out of a countersuit because the dude making the accusation from second hand sources was being sued by Gearbox for allegedly grifting money out of their company funds.
For now, it's pretty much just hearsay.
For now, it's pretty much just hearsay.
Who actually owns the ip? I've seen a lot of people say that BL3 will probably be EGS exclusive because Randy dislikes steam, but I guess I thought a decision like that would be more likely to fall on 2k/take two.
If 2k/take two are the ones that own it, then I think it might be in their best interest to intervene and put some distance between randy and borderlands, especially if some of the newer allegations against him are true.
If 2k/take two are the ones that own it, then I think it might be in their best interest to intervene and put some distance between randy and borderlands, especially if some of the newer allegations against him are true.
Imagine...people on here are calling him a pedophile as fact. There is plenty of ammo to not the like the guy without that kind of trash allegation.
No need to. It's a mainstream series with a big fan base. His haters are mostly a vocal minority here and there on enthusiast forums that are irrelevant to the success of AAA games.
why are these even on this list, seems like a reach to make the list a bit longer
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Not sure, OP was already against the game back on Tuesday before the teaser.
Like I think Pitchford is a giant asshole and an incompetent CEO. His obsession with Jim Sterling is pathetic especially when he went on IGN and pretended to not remember his name.
But Pitchford is not even going to enter my thought process when it comes to whether I buy Borderlands 3.
But Pitchford is not even going to enter my thought process when it comes to whether I buy Borderlands 3.
For OP wondering about Randy's politics, here's a song about bigots and crying gamergater with self loathing and low self-esteem. It's not a good song and Pitchford isn't much of a singer or a guitar player, but the message gets through nonetheless I think. It's not very expansive take though, but gives some idea.
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As if the OP gives a single shit about the list being accurate.
99% of the people buying BL 3 don't care or have any clue who he is. So no, he's not going anywhere.
This community seems to think that everyone who plays video games knows who he is. Borderland 2 sold over 12 million copies, unless you're an enthusiast gamer who browses forums or follows industry news, you have no idea who some game developer from Texas is.
Yeah OP was still online when I quoted them with more accurate info about the porn claim, but they didn't deem it necessary to change the OP it seems. Though I also reported the original post if mods could edit it to be more accurate what the claim was about, but that hasn't happened yet either.
You should have seen the original thread on it, people trying to claim that Randy watching 18 year olds in porn was plain weird and borderline disgusting.
Yeah allowing that kind of misinformation to be kept up in an OP is not a good look. Edit that nonsense OP.
Ethically? Yes.
Financially? No, the game will be fine. Borderlands has massive pull with casual audiences who aren't necessarily aware of his shady history.
Financially? No, the game will be fine. Borderlands has massive pull with casual audiences who aren't necessarily aware of his shady history.
We have very different views on what "likeable" and "charismatic" means.
This so much. I'm an enthusiast and can barely tell you the names of many devs outside of Miyamoto, Kojima, and,,, yeah, I just don't care enough about the individuals behind the games. Just the games.
I wish he would distance himself from the entire industry. His douchebaggery has retroactively made me kinda not like the Borderlands series anymore. I had a lot of fun with the first two at the time, but I just feel gross supporting that asshole.
The allegations were he had underage porn, it being barely legal porn was Pitchford's response to the allegations. So it's two people saying different things.
Regardless about how you feel about him, I feel like people from all over the political spectrum and gaming media (YT and legit) have eyes on him from his last couple of (video game related) controversies, so he should probably keep on the down low.
actually the allegations were he had "underage" porn.
note the scare quotes.
I'm sure the artists who created those characters, (who they went out of their way not to sexualize), were THRILLED that their boss was promoting a subreddit dedicated to porn of their characters.
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As indicated by others, it was accussations of underage pornography. I updated the OP to reflect this.
lmfao this post made me chuckle. But also... yes this he's a fucking creeper.
Promote the often berated and ignored adult artists within your small community at the expense of alienating the artists you employ
In all honesty I wish more developers in charge of their IP would promote their adult fan works more beyond having those adult artists do commissioned work for them. Like SplashBrush, a very well known adult fanartist got called on by Hi-Rez to make official Paladins content a while back and he's still making those women buss it wide open
Zero interest in Gearbox titles with him in charge.
My pennies mean nothing in the long run for him but whatever, he's a grade - a sleezebag. No interest.
My pennies mean nothing in the long run for him but whatever, he's a grade - a sleezebag. No interest.
No, it's not. It's "underage" porn, the quotes are intentional. This has been explained to you on the previous page, in great detail. I think Pitchford's a bell end but that's no reason to make shit up about him (because there are ample actual things to slam him on)
As someone who actually liked Battleborn, that move was pathetic and embarrassing.
His incredulity was so unconvincing that I wouldn't be surprised if he rounded up all the Battleborn porn he could get his hands on, made that subreddit himself, and then pretended to find out about it from someone else.
Edit: Looking it up again, he made that tweet hours after the subreddit was created. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he did that shit.
For real, guy is a prick for the whole Jim Sterling thing you can't throw around labels like that and act like it's a fact. Should at least get a warning.