This is even better then Zuck vs Musk. Hopefully it amounts to something.

Not likely. The pirates probably aren't on the boat, only expendable mules. Once the victims are on the boat they have their cash.

If this is like it is in the US, which I suspect it is, they often don't know it is illegal. They paid everything they had to a group that promised them legal status and a safe journey. It's gangs running these operations.

Holy cow that's trippy. The game could be really fun as a result of that style though. It isn't exactly like Mario wasn't weird to begin with.

I never used slide. What do people like about it?

This is the best take. There are many men who are stuck and undersupported so they are turning to dark places. That is the issue. This was just a jackass using them for fame.

Obviously just speculation, the past week demonstrated that Spez is disorganized and probably contributing to a hostile working environment. Does his recent AMA or interviews give an impression of a leader that would be easy to excel and create with?

Imagine being the only mod in a large subreddit, leading an army of untrained recruits. What does that mean for the health of that community? The quality of the subjects and posts isn't going to be very good, particularly if people start birigading or something.

They are getting rid of their best volunteers.

Someone needs to keep those criminals in check!

I suspect a lot of the development time was qa. A game that relies on physics takes a lot of work to get right, and an open world makes it way more open to things that go wrong.