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[JaseC]

Update #4 (22/10/2014 @ 15:18 AWST): And almost as quick as he left, he's back again.
Update #4 (22/10/2014 @ 17:24 AWST): Mike has removed himself from Code Avarice.
Update #3 (21/10/2014 @ 21:02 AWST): Eurogamer has a copy of the e-mail Valve sent to Maulbeck following the tweet.
Update #2 (21/10/2014 @ 08:36 AWST): Valve has issued a response (via Polygon).
Update #1 (21/10/2014 @ 07:07 AWST): Apparently Valve got in touch with him regarding the tweet.

-----ORIGINAL POST-----

(Credit to the Punchface forums for the original story.)

Here's what you don't do if you want to keep your Steam Partners access:

Before:

After:

What was so frustrating, you ask? He moved the game out of Early Access, but its spot in Steam's "carousel" mistakenly referred to it as an Early Access title (an error that lasted less than three hours at the absolute most).

 

[Ingueferroque]

Wow.. shame, pretty OK release. It is still in my Library, hopefully it stays.

 

[MaverickHunterX]

The gaben giveth and the gaben taketh away...

 

[Matt Attack]

Think before you tweet.

 

[Loomer]

That last name is so fitting.

 

[Objectively Bad Opinion]

Well, someone takes death threats a little too seriously. It's just the internet right?

 

[Ozium]

twitter is brilliant at exposing idiots

 

[Erheller]

But was it worth the wait?

 

[EvB]

I'd never heard of this game before! Great PR.

Can't buy it on Steam anymore. Bad PR

 

[Seanspeed]

Murderbeck gonna murder.

 

[Silky]

Damn Gabe told him to stay in his lane

 

[Zebra_Parade]

 

[SRTtoZ]

There was a better way to go about it rather than go on twitter and shout like a baby.

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

Hold dat

 

[BY2K]

What was so frustrating, you ask? He moved the game out of Early Access, but its spot in Steam's "carousel" mistakenly referred to it as an Early Access title.

He could have, I don't know, contacted Valve about this instead of sending death threats?

 

[jblank83]

Here are the rest of his tweets.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213797805125632
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213891229052928
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217374116179968
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217432295362562
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217499815260160
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217556648079361
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524223737701208065

Taken from ashecitism in the Steam thread.

 

[jem0208]

Oh damn, this comment was more controversial than the dev...

 

[Gentleman Jack]

He could have, I don't know, contacted Valve about this instead of sending death threats?

It's possible he did both, but the deletion of the tweet tells me he now knows he shouldn't have done one of these things.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Twitter ruins another professional. Are people this fucking stupid?

 

[alr1ght]

What?

This game was great. Both parties are acting like babies.

Both?

 

[Shyakugaun]

Hold dat

 

[Deleted member 17706]

There was a better way to go about it rather than go on twitter and shout like a baby.

Pretty much.

Raging publicly on Twitter is a damn quick way to burn bridges. Only do so if you don't care that the bridge is burned.

 

[MRORANGE]

Don't mess with the Gaben.

 

[Camp Lo]

Mike Murderbeck @SpooderW · 7h 7 hours ago
I hope by the time my next game comes out steam doesn't have this awful fucking monopoly anymore.

All that salt.

 

[Dsyndrome]

People don't take murder tweets lightly.

 

[jooey]

He could have, I don't know, contacted Valve about this instead of sending death threats?

he seems too petulant for that. "I can't believe I HAVE TO put my game on STEAM because of their DUMB MONOPOLY"

 

[Deleted member 17706]

he seems too petulant for that. "I can't believe I HAVE TO put my game on STEAM because of their DUMB MONOPOLY"

Gotta love how he throws Humble under the bus, too, saying that his game is on there too, but profits can be made only on Steam.

Sounds like a great guy to work with.

 

[Loxley]

Here are the rest of his tweets.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213797805125632
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213891229052928
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217374116179968
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217432295362562
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217499815260160
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217556648079361
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524223737701208065

Taken from ashecitism in the Steam thread.

Someone is in desperate need of hug.

 

[Syrinx]

Twitter: the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[danwarb]

twitter is brilliant at exposing idiots

Idiots who react ridiculously to ridiculous twitter comments. Give people a chance to clear things like this up.

Shame. Pulling content is lame.

 

[ashecitism]

here are the other tweets, quoted them in case he wants to remove them too

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME STEAM? WE JUST RELEASED OUT OF EARLY ACCESS AND THIS IS OUR FRONT PAGE BANNER?

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213797805125632

First they force me to delay the game because I can't release on weekends, now this. Steam is the most incompetent piece of fucking shit.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213891229052928

fucking steam is just fucking taking money out of my pocket. misinforming people that my game is in fucking early access.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217374116179968

I am so FUCKING DONE DEALING WITH FUCKING INCOMPETENT SHITS.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217432295362562

By the time they fix this we'll no longer be on the front page, and their response will be "oh well"

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217499815260160

*insert the kill tweet*

I hope by the time my next game comes out steam doesn't have this awful fucking monopoly anymore.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524223737701208065

 

[Mrbob]

What a baby. Grow up.

 

[TheTrain]

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity

 

[Veldin]

Uh... okay? What a moron.

 

[jem0208]

Both?

Removing a product from steam because the dev is acting like a baby seems a bit childish to me and only serves to create more anger.

 

[Madridy]

Damn! that is a proper twitter meltdown.

Also that last tweet LOL

 

[demosthenes]

What?

This game was great. Both parties are acting like babies.


Wait, this was the title which had a massive fuck up caused by steam as well. Can't remember the details but they couldn't launch the game for some reason.

See:

Here are the rest of his tweets.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213797805125632
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213891229052928
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217374116179968
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217432295362562
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217499815260160
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217556648079361
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524223737701208065

Taken from ashecitism in the Steam thread.

Maybe he should stop acting like he's 6.

Removing a product from steam because the dev is acting like a baby seems a bit childish to me and only serves to create more anger.

Childish? How? He's acting like a 6 year old.

 

[Slayven]

Twitter ruins another professional. Are people this fucking stupid?

Nope, Steam handled the right way. If you going to be in business, act like a grown ass person.

 

[Zebra_Parade]

Phil Fish had the better Twitter tirades.

 

[geomon]

 

[Corto]

Did you grab the game before it went down, Jase?

 

[Mechazawa]

Here are the rest of his tweets.

https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213797805125632
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524213891229052928
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217374116179968
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217432295362562
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217499815260160
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524217556648079361
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524223737701208065

Taken from ashecitism in the Steam thread.

Amazing how hard he flipped his shit over a minor error.

Enjoy losing those launch day sales, dawg.

 

[Interfectum]

Removing a product from steam because the dev is acting like a baby seems a bit childish to me and only serves to create more anger.

Um, if the developer can't act in a professional manner then that's on him, not Valve.

 

[Leafhopper]

What a baby. Grow up.

.

 

[JaseC]

Did you grab the game before it went down, Jase?

Haha, yeah, it was bundled at some point. I won't have to pay through the nose for this one.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Wait, hold on. Isn't Twitter's primary use nowadays to send death threats? I don't get it.

 

[BY2K]

Have you ever used Steam support?
Now i'm not saying its bad enough to drive anyone to murder, but man, its getting there.

I wouldn't be afraid to bet the service is a little different for devs.

 

[ashecitism]

btw I was searching for threads about him, because I'm sure this isn't the only incident involving him. Like when he was abusing his customers when they complained about the game and its lack of progress and when he beat up his ex-GF? Anyone?

 

[Adnor]

What?

This game was great. Both parties are acting like babies.

Both parties? He said he was going to kill Gaben. Even as a joke that's enough reason to delist his game and blacklist him from the store.

 

[bananafactory]

After watching Indie Game The Movie and seeing how the Meatboy guys reacted to the MS store fuckup, I can understand his frustration. It sounds like those early hours/days are critical to a game's success. But yeah, obviously he should have handled it much much better....