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Paranautical Activity pulled from Steam after dev threatens Gabe Newell
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Denton
Member
It's a shame the developer is so fucked up for whatever reason, because the game itself actually sounds pretty damn interesting
And 2 years in development just flushed like this...
oh well, maybe they will pull Minecraft and manage to sell on their own webpage. Because contrary to popular belief, Steam does not have any kind of monopoly, and everyone is free to sell their own games on the internet.
And 2 years in development just flushed like this...
oh well, maybe they will pull Minecraft and manage to sell on their own webpage. Because contrary to popular belief, Steam does not have any kind of monopoly, and everyone is free to sell their own games on the internet.
Is there really no subtlety at all? As soon as I say "I'm going to kill..." on Twitter it's exactly as credible as the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie? No distinction at all there?
Valve should cancel this guy's project because he's being a petulant asshole.
No, they totally made the right decision.
SRTtoZ
Member
Marcel Hatam ‏@Com_Raven 5m5 minutes ago
@ZeroDoxy @c_b0t "Aired it out" is one way to put it...
Normally I would suggest that he sell it on some other service, but his outburst probably kept that from ever happening.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Pretty sure the department for third party games on Origin is just one dude in a celar somewhere so it may take some time.
Okay, This guy is insane.
blankempathy
Member
Yep no ones really going to want to touch an unproven indie dev with that attitude.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
If you want to sell something on a storefront you can't publicly shit on said storefront and make a death threat to its owner and expect everything to be peachy keen. Believe or not, the business world has an etiquette attached to it and nobody's going to put up with a business partner that openly spews garbage about them, especially over something that could've been resolved very easily.
It's on humble widget (with steam key), desura, and gamersgate already.
deltatheta
Member
Here's a tip: if you don't want people to think you're making death threats, don't say that you're going to kill people.
While I agree that people get way to bent out of shape when it comes to tasteless jokes, anything dealing with a death threat or physical harm is crossing the line. This especially with all the drama surrounding the gaming community lately.
KillerKlown
Banned
If you are by all accounts a mature adult, you don't go around publicly stating you are going to kill someone in such a fashion and then follow that up with Steam is total shit and monopoly as well.
Askherserenity
Member
Dude sounds like he has some anger problems...
……forgetit
Member
There's acting childish and then there's saying you're going to murder the ceo of the company you depend on, people take death threats seriously ya know.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Doesn't stink to you, perhaps, but that's a purely subjective judgment. Just like a bomb threat on a plane, it must be taken seriously. Just in case.
Any distinction made is completely subjective. Assuming that a death threat isn't real is probably a safe bet most of the time considering how liberal many idiots are with issuing them, but death is permanent and it's always better to err on the side of caution with these things.
I making a joke death threat OK? Should Steam tolerate that sort of behavior from developers?
Serious issues. Kid needs to take his meds, breathe and think long and hard if he wants to continue in any form of business venture
They removed it over the death threat I'm sure not just general childishness
Dunno about you but there are way funnier jokes out there than "I'm gonna kill x. He is going to die."
Laurentius
Member
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Anyone questioning Valve's actions here seem to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. Valve isn't your best bud, they're a business partner. You shit talk or say dumb shit towards your business partner, and depending on your relevance to that partner's success, you either get the boot or you get a chance to fuck up.
Dude wasn't important to Valve, was a toxic business partner, Valve did what any business, good or bad, would do.
Dude wasn't important to Valve, was a toxic business partner, Valve did what any business, good or bad, would do.
Interfectum
Gold Member
He threatened to kill the CEO of a business partner that he is dependent on to sell his product. So yeah, his "exaggeration" had an "effect." The "effect" being he just cost himself a lot of money.
LurkerPrime
Member
You mean, standard operation procedure for developers on Steam? For the bad games, at least.
Totally agree it was an idiotic move and Valve is right to can his game. No disagreement at all there.
blankempathy
Member
Amen. He's just another indie dev. Valves doing him a favor by promoting his game and giving him a platform to get recognition for his game he wouldn't get on his own. When someones doing that for you its probably not best to piss them off because the reality is Valve doesn't need you.
JimJamJones
Member
https://twitter.com/tomasduda/status/524332980139855876
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524333214450479104
They removed it because of the death threat, not his rant.
Ooh Jim Sterling needs to get on this because we see more and more of this happen on steam. You because being critic isn't healthy at all smh some people.
Yup good move from valve can't blame them.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Yup. People need to stop seeing Valve as "Gaben" and see what they are: a storefront. A store owner doesn't HAVE to do business who you. It's not some inalienable right. If you act like a dick they can decide not to do business with you. If you were the maker of some indie hand soap company and threatened to kill the CEO of Walmart, would it shock you if Walmart told you and your product to fuck right off when you tried to get it carried on their shelves?
Intheflorsh
Banned
Well, he shouldn't have done that, the dummy.
On the upside I now own a game that's no longer listed in the store. Pretty cool.
On the upside I now own a game that's no longer listed in the store. Pretty cool.
mysteriousmage09
Member
What an idiot.
Ta, added to OP.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Welp for giggles I just bought it from the Humble store and retrieved my Steam key and received the "invalid product" message.
Wow.
EDIT: Whoop scratch that it went through when I tried a second time.
Wow.
EDIT: Whoop scratch that it went through when I tried a second time.
KillerKlown
Banned
Yeah, something is wrong with this guy. You can just read it in his tweets, he is off his rocker.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Ouch.
https://twitter.com/SpooderW/status/524335598614503424
Ghost Cake Goldberg ‏@RedPandaGamer 4s4 seconds ago
@SpooderW I mean, I can say that I want to kill Google, but my youtube channel won't be deleted.
I...I just..what.
Ghost Cake Goldberg ‏@RedPandaGamer 4s4 seconds ago
@SpooderW I mean, I can say that I want to kill Google, but my youtube channel won't be deleted.
I...I just..what.
From 2 years ago :
The meltdowns nobody will forget.
Kamiya is allowed to make death threats the same way black people can use the N-word. It's just something Kamiya can do.
Edit: oh wait, these are "@" him, I didn't "use my brain."
;(
Tesseract
Banned
i'd like to hijack this thread to highlight a game in the same vein as paranautical activity,
tower of guns
it's rad, you should play it !
tower of guns
it's rad, you should play it !
ashecitism
Member
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Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
My bad. Still works. Now I have FORBIDDEN GAME
SomedayTheFire
Member
that...actually looks cool.i'd like to hijack this thread to highlight a game in the same vein as paranautical activity,
tower of guns
it's rad, you should play it !
Lol at the people who think it's not cool for Valve to pull the game. You can get banned on here for doing less, but a professional sending complaints and death threats over twitter should be swept under the rug? BS....actions have consequences and this is his.
Valve doesn't owe him a thing. Definitely not after they were trashed.
Valve doesn't owe him a thing. Definitely not after they were trashed.
Laurentius
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He's desperate now, realized he screwed up.
Fun game, very hard.