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[Zalman]

Respect.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

Doesn't the guy love the Banjo-Kazooie games too? That's gotta sting.

For him, anyway, I find it hilarious. Good stuff, Playtonic.

 

[Bananastand]

Good choice! I wonder how his new fanbase will respond to this. I can only imagine...

 

[Xater]

A very fast and commendable reaction. Well done Playtonic.

 

[Weiss]

Proud of them for taking a stand against Jon. It's such a shame this had to happen.

 

[Shiggy]

For the game's media coverage definitely the best decision. Can't imagine the outcry if they hadn't acted.

 

[PhilipDoesMatter]

Well done.

 

[OniBarubary]

Neat.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Nice, I wasn't sure they'd actually do it, but good for them to do this.

While I am 100% for this decision, isn't the game really close to release? Do they have time to re-record? Couldn't they have pulled a Destiny and patch out his voice with someone else in an update?

This game doesn't really have voice acting, just characters grunting, so it shouldn't be that hard to replace pretty quickly.

 

[Sephzilla]

 

[Busaiku]

I didn't want to buy this game.

 

[GulAtiCa]

That's great. Much respect to them.

 

[Buckle]

He was a big fan of Banjo so hopefully this stings.

Purchase back on.

 

[Cirerus]

I would support this even without any controversies.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Don't really have any idea who this guy is, but since this story started developing, I realized he was the guy whose face I hate in that one reaction GIF.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Replace with Dunkey, plz?

Do they have a pelican NPC in the game?

 

[Pau]

Good on them.

 

[muteki]

Good.

 

[Octavianus]

Good for them, guy's a fucking ass licker.

Hey now, nothing wrong with a good ass licking.

 

[Fou-Lu]

It's really a shame that no matter what anyone says Jon can't realize his views are ignorant and shitty. Good on Playtonic for making the right decision here.

 

[Goney]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Wow! Good on them!

Too bad there isn't a physical copy of the game for Switch! Oh well, PS4 it is!

 

[benicillin]

Jon "nonwhites degrade the gene pool" Tron foiled yet again by his own words having consequences.

Damn the media!

 

[Struct09]

I would have understood if they hadn't removed him, but good on them for doing it. Still can't wait to play this game in a few weeks!

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

The other thread got closed mere seconds after I posted in it so I'm gonna repeat my post here:

I really hope this is going to be a wake-up call for JonTron.
Because I generally liked the guy until he openly became a stupid fucking idiot.

 

[SparkleMotion]

BUT HIS FREE SPEECH!




At this point I wouldn't risk it, assume all youtubers are scum, safer that way.

There's enough videos where Dunkey calls a female character "bitch" for me to start wondering if he is a real life asshole.

 

[grim-tales]

Dunkey is friends with Jon Tron so this won't happen

I didnt know that, really?

 

[Rushersauce]

OMFG!!! This is amazing! KUDOS PLAYTONIC!

 

[Unreal Champ]

Guess I'll be buying the game now.

I guess the physical versions weren't printed yet or will they release a patch to remove him from the game if the disc have been printed?

 

[Complicated]

Good for them.

 

[tomhan]

old people would be the ones that'd care about yooka-laylee the most though

I actually must just be going senile because I am looking forward to yooka-laylee, I just had never seen it written before and always just assumed it was spelled "ukulele" after hearing it pronounced.

But still the thing that happened from the OP I was unaware of and it sounds like an excellent thing to have happened.

 

[BitStyle]

Good. Fuck JonTron

 

[Eumi]

Nice. Happy to see people distancing themselves from the bloke, if only to help get it through to him that his views are not acceptable.

 

[RumblingRosco]

Free speech is a great tool for identifying people that you don't want to work with or support. Good on the YL team.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I'm okay with this. Those kind of views shouldn't be rewarded. Its hateful and wrong.

 

[Nrocinu777]

Good. They should use Dunkey instead.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Awesome. Fuck him tbh.

 

[Lil'DigiOp]

Was just reading the rally cries, then click homepage

And boom... there it is

 

[ShadowElliot]

Replace with Dunkey, plz?

Would actually love this.

 

[Sanjuro]

Now Hiring

 

[Poltergust]

This is quite a pleasant surprise!

 

[oni-link]

Good to hear

 

[Joqu]

Good on them. I wouldn't have been upset if they had kept it in considering it was all decided on way before this shit went public and we're so close to release, but it sends a good message so I'm glad they're doing it. I hope it somehow gets to Jon, but uh, I don't imagine it will.

Friends don't always share political viewpoints. Why paint with such a broad brush?

racism isn't a legitimate political viewpoint

 

[Alienous]

Jon "Wealthy blacks also commit more crimes than poor whites, thats a fact" Tron should only fade into obscurity.

 

[Subway Diet]

Purchase re-confirmed. Can play the game with a clear conscience now.

A big Thank You goes out to Playtonic. It must have been tough. Both having to change the game at the last second and finding out that one of your guest stars went full on turbo scumbag.

 

[Messofanego]

Well done, Playtonic and to the people who made them aware of this.

 

[Cleve]

Well done, Playtonic. Glad they made the right call.

 

[TheSun]

TB and Boogie rants soon.

Good on playtonic. Wonder what their initial reaction was when they found out about Jon's uber racism.

 

[psyfi]

I'm sad to see him go, but given the hate he's endorsing, it's the responsible choice. I really hope Jontron gets his shit together.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I can totally understand that.