Comment on 'There's almost nobody left': CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 dev Swen Vincke says the D&D team he initially worked with is gone, due to Hasbro layoffs

vexikron@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• vladmech@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s the D&D team at Wizards of the Coast, not at Larian.

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• Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess this is reddit and you don’t know how to read past the headlines?

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  • cbarrick@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They didn’t even read the headline.

    The headline clearly says that Hasbro (owners of WotC/D&D) did layoffs, not Larian Studios (creators of Balder’s Gate 3).

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    • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Listen, we all know gamers can’t read. What did you expect? /s

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      • MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This but unironically.

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    • Redredme@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The headline here on lemmy is unreadable gibberish with BG3 in the title. It could as well be

      Layoff 5blagagasjjee Swen shgrwaaahahaaaa Baldurs Gate 3 dacghgfrtf gone. Click here for ads.

      So i get where he’s coming from. On the other hand, once you start reading the ads with some content in between it becomes clear immediately that this is about the IP holder, not the game studio.

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      • brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        …is that an attempt at sarcasm or something?

        ‘There’s almost nobody left’: CEO of Baldur’s Gate 3 dev Swen Vincke says the D&D team he initially worked with is gone, due to Hasbro layoffs

        Same Lemmy title as the article. You know exactly who’s talking (“CEO of Baldur’s Gate 3 dev Swen Vincke”), about whom (“the D&D team he initially worked with”), what happened to them and who is to blame (“due to Hasbro layoffs”).

        As far as titles go, it’s pretty good at telling you exactly what the actual article is about. Sure, you may need basic knowledge about how a licenced product works, and that BG3 is under the D&D licence. It would be rather hard to fit all that in a title.

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  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don't even think they read the headline correctly.

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  • Mereo@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Read? Lemmy is Reddit 2.0. Unfortunately, the majority don’t read articles.

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    • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah I was super refreshed when I moved here but it seems to have just absorbed all the bad habits I hated about reddit.

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      • Poggervania@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Off-topic, but when I mentioned this in a different thread, an actual answer I got is basically the fediverse is really similar to reddit - how can the culture be any different?

        Anyways, if the fediverse starts to become Reddit 2.0 I think it would be high time to go.

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      • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It really has. It’s kind of depressing, honestly.

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    • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you read the comments, the majority have done so.

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    • corytheboyd@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah… that trait isn’t limited to Reddit users

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    • Cybersteel@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unfortunately, the exodus brought in more low quality users.

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• Lemonparty@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  About a week ago you decided to make your lemmy account. A better idea would’ve been to learn how to fucking read.

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  • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You should teaach him about your username.

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    • Lemonparty@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m proud to say I’ve spread the lemon party gospel on lemmy a few times, and the reactions are always worth it.

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• Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll take “I have no fucking idea what I’m talking about” for $500, Alex

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• stopthatgirl7@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You…You might want to consider reading the article.

  Hasbro owns Wizards of the Coast, who own DnD. Larian, a completely separate company, got the rights to make BG3 from Hasbro. Hasbro laid off nearly everyone Larian Studios worked with at Wizards of the Coast.

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hasbro laid off nearly everyone Larian Studios

    WHY ARE ALL DEVS EVIL

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    • HandBreadedTools@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What? No. They’re saying that Larian, a completely independent company, worked with a team from Wizards of the Coast. Wizards of the Coast is owned by Hasbro. Hasbro laid off 1100 employees from Wizards of the Coast. Many of those employees were on the team that worked with Larian to make BG3.

      Larian Studios had literally nothing to do with this. Larian did nothing wrong.

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      • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for responding to my joke post seriously.

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• zainitopia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe reread the article

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• Poggervania@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Try re-reading the headline again :)

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• tryitout@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please tell me everyone has figured out that all large companies are pure fucking evil

  Fixed that for you

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• ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I upvoted you out of pitty. Hope your motel bed is comfortable.

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  • vexikron@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hooray pity upvote!

    The bed is comfortable, yes.

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