danc4498Mar 7

Is there a good summary thread? I wonder how exactly this user lost their job as a result of this.

Edit: found this.

reddit.com/…/in_an_effort_to_cut_down_on_the_what…

This part was particularly interesting…

Shortly after that the original Challenger post a video with his face and his voice clarifying all the rules talking about his love for the community, and the game, how he plans on donating the money regardless if they complete the mission or even attempt it…The only stipulation is they get to choose to charity if they win.

Show threadTheSeveralJourneysOfReemusMar 7

I can give some; A player started a charity event (proposed to) involving the dev team playing the game at its highest possible difficulty, difficulty 10, in a game where the highest achievement is obtained at difficulty 7, after which there are no achivements, so to play dif 10 you gotta love the game and be insanely good at it. Said challenge happens on the hardest scenario of the game, a difficult planet with a weird name that i forgot.

Cool, I guess.

Another player added to the challenge that he would pay the dev 1000 dollars, but not for charity, no no, but to prove that dif10 is fucking impossible. Which triggered a ’ discussion ’ that brought some ‘git gud’ players to be overzealous. They doxed the first guy, sent death threats and other things to.

in short, he got his life ruined because he attempted a fun charity event.

I don’t engage with these communities…but it ended up in an article so i happen to know about it.

Show threadLaserTurboShark69

To add a bit more clarity:

Difficulty 10 isn’t that hard. I regularly play on 10 and I’m not great at the game.

The truly challenging part of the challenge was that the devs were supposed to use specifically chosen niche, underutilized, and poorly balanced weapons and gear to prove the point that the devs are out of touch in regards to the gameplay and balance of the vast majority of the equipment available to players.

A big aspect of this whole situation is that it arose because a huge chunk of the playerbase is fed up with the developer’s decisions.

Mar 7 at 10:11pmWeb
Show threadTheSeveralJourneysOfReemusMar 7
which is true (and i played difficult games in the past) but does it deserve the kind of response they had? My feelings about online gaming is that it was either the most fun (not relevant to the difficulty) or weirdly miserable. In the end, I think it’s the overly online crowd that does this, usually active players can be far more chill—
Show thread[deleted]Mar 7
I thought the challenge was because it was a hive world which is a difficulty multiplier due to the alien’s home turf advantage including underground areas, special abilities like burrowing, and hive lords (sand worms). I missed the weapon choice restrictions.
Show threadstarman2112Mar 9
A second user issued the weapon restriction challenge. I don’t play HD2, but apparently they specifically chose weapons that the playerbase widely agrees are underpowered, but the devs say are fine