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[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

It's reassuring whenever good people do the right thing to push back against the normalization of white supremacy. Thank you Playtonic.

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

Woof, woof woof woof woof, woof woof.

(Ouch!)

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

I can't help but feel a tad sad that this is gonna a "win win" situation for both Playtonic and Jon. Playtonic for obvious reasons, but with Jon he can now play the victim to his base to garner sympathy. Though really all that matters is that he isn't in YK anymore, good on Playtonic for taking a stance.

He's already been doing that

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Good.

JT should learn that he can share any belief (as disgusting as his ones are), but that there are consquences about what you say in public.

 

[Danis Saur]

That's got to hurt, since Jontron LOVES Banjo Kazooie and their team.

 

[L Thammy]

First, the media went after JonTron.
Then, the fans went after JonTron.
Now video game developers are going after JonTron.
Who's next?

Can't the man just be hateful racist in peace?

 

[PulseONE]

Good, best to avoid being associated with such people.

Oh great...let's just punish guy who is just feeling around with his ideas!

How does one feel around with their ideas?

 

[oneida]

good

 

[Buckle]

TB and Boogie rants soon..

Wouldn't surprise me.

Easier to try to shift the blame like they have been than admit to themselves that they're friends with a guy that uses "taints the gene pool" with a straight face.

God forbid being a hateful asshole have consequences.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

Playtonic is going to get some real GG style harassment now...

Pretty cool of them.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Thank you, Playtonic. Thank you so much. Hope this stings Jon as hard as possible.

Don't know about that but I believe he's Caucasian.

He's Iranian. The son of immigrants. He just hates anyone who isn't white.

 

[vala]

This might be a dumb question but who is dunkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uTKPwVnNI

 

[Triforce141]

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?

In the case for the game Playtonic is making, wouldn't the voice actor only need to record a handful of lines, with said lines scrambled into smaller soundbytes?

 

[Stitch]

JonTron restoration mod incoming

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

I'm just glad Playtonic has ethics to remove this disgusting person out of their game.

Rebrand as Punished Tron

WORDS THAT KILL.

 

[I3rand0]

Great news. Now just need Maker to drop him.

 

[PSqueak]

This might be a dumb question but who is dunkey


And i didn't even know he was doing voice acting in this game lol

Im sure some people can give you better descriptions, but to me, he's the guy whose vidoe convinced me to buy Breath of the Wild.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

ha

free to say what you want but not free of consequences

 

[shadow_shogun]

Thank you, Playtonic. Thank you so much. Hope this stings Jon as hard as possible.



He's Iranian. The son of immigrants. He just hates anyone who isn't white.

I'm referring to Dunkey, not JonTron, sorry about the confusion.

 

[ezekial45]

Good.

 

[Shift Breaker]

I didn't even realise that he was in the game.

Replace with Dunkey, plz?

Only if he mentions the time that he beat Sky as Smash.

 

[Oblivion]

Replace with Dunkey, plz?

Isn't he friends with JonTron?

 

[Kyuur]

Oh great...let's just punish guy who is just feeling around with his ideas!

He's not being punished, they're just cutting ties. He would've been compensated under whatever agreement he recorded for them already. Perfectly fair.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Wonderful.

 

[ChrisD]

Half the first page asking to replace with another Youtuber lol.

I don't think any company wants to use a gaming Youtuber right now.

 

[Cerium]

Good, I knew they were cool.

And removing him turned out to be just as painless as I thought it would be.

 

[Sephiroth503]

Proper order.

 

[IrishNinja]

really glad to see this - i keep reading he didn't lose many subs, hoping disney drops the deal next. i know YT "celebrity" status is a nascent thing, but we need them knowing white supremacy doesn't fly.

 

[Plum]

He's already been doing that

Yeah, of course, but this just gives him more ammo. He, sadly, won't feel the financial impact because on Youtube you aren't accountable in the way you are in most other jobs.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Half the first page asking to replace with another Youtuber lol.

I don't think any company wants to use a gaming Youtuber right now.

Every game needs a little Ashens, though

 

[Doctre81]

That's got to hurt, since Jontron LOVES Banjo Kazooie and their team.

Tell him that banjo is black and maybe he won't.

 

[Peltz]

I went from "wait and see" to "will buy" because of this move. I'm not 100% sold on the game, but appreciate this decision so much that I will give it increased benefit of the doubt.

 

[Brazil]

Oh great...let's just punish guy who is just feeling around with his ideas!

That's what white supremacist toddlers call it these days? "Feeling around with ideas"?

 

[Beartruck]

Don't know much about him, but didn't he say he was Puerto Rican?

If you're talking about Jontron, pretty sure hes iranian, which makes this bullshit even more ironic.

 

[CharminUltra]

BRAH

VO

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Every game needs a little Ashens, though

Oh man giving Ashens a spot would be a wonderful replacement.

 

[Exodust]

When you're so stupid your heroes publicly denounce you. Bet it hurts for him, fucking hilarious to me, though.

 

[Lonely1]

Didn't knew that asshat was in the game. This is good.

 

[Intel_89]

Oh man giving Ashens a spot would be a wonderful replacement.

Tatters, the hoarding chimpmunk.

 

[gngf123]

The response to this elsewhere is both expected and disappointing.

 

[Zasa]

Finally, something substantial comes out of this. Bravo, Playtonic, bravo.

 

[Painguy]

Play-Tonic is a business, and this shit with JonTron is bad for business, so at some point, whether or not they disagree with him, they have to cut him or they'll be seen as being involved with his mess as far as outside opinions are concerned.

Edit: But we'll obviously see people who get real angry about this, that's a guarantee.

Pretty much this.
On a side note:
I dont agree with what jon said (im Iranian) but i also dont get the logic that his grunts in game would corrupt children or y the inclusion of said grunts would make ppl not want to play the game. Its just grunts lol.


-EDIT-
To be more specific i dont quite understand how jon voicing 1 random character could cause a person to be unable to fucus on the game and only think about jon.

 

[Brandon F]

Backed the game and had no idea this was even part of the production effort. Glad they chose to remove him, I probably wouldn't have bothered playing it at all if I found out he was included after launch.

 

[calavera_jo]

Don't know about that but I believe he's Caucasian.

Dunkey is Latino

 

[CopperPuppy]

.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Now they have my money

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Good on them, and really smart move too. The last thing a new iP needs so close to release is any unmeccessary baggage that could dominate the narrative once the game comes out.

 

[Lucky Seven]

Oh, GAF. Sucks for him, he really should've known better. Wonder what his reaction will be.

 

[Hektor]

That's what white supremacist toddlers call it these days? "Feeling around with ideas"?

It's normal for teens and young adults to experiment with themselfs to find their true identity, wether it is drugs, sexuality or white supremacism mixed with ethno-nationalism, teens gonna teens

 

[muteki]

JonTron restoration mod incoming

Game went gold a while back, I assume he will be on the physical discs.

Guess you could try and find which random gunting or mumbling sounds most like a jackass.