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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

My only real experience with this guy was that he helped fund a mario 64 romhacking competition that I entered. So I got some money from him because of it. Funny how that works out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Can someone explain just what exactly he did?

I tend to avoid social media drama like the plague.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Misinterpreted the article, made a video about it. Ignored his own comments calling him out on it.

Was overall an asshole "I know more than all of you" through, tone and everything.

Then doubled down.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Business as usual for Thor, sadly

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

17 minutes.

But in short, PirateSoftware had a fall from grace for narcissism and with his previous opposition to the petition, became a "villain" to unite against.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I don't know what happened in details but I really don't hate him, as a member of the video game industry he has the right to make his voice heard.

I'm still glad consumers won here :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Lying and being rude to someone for no reason is not making your voice heard

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No one’s silencing him, though right? They’re just reacting to what he said, which is consequence. Is this somehow challenging his right to make his voice heard?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

I'm not saying you should hate him. And he absolutely have the right to his own opinion. But what he did is the equivalent of reading a news title, and then go trash talk it in the comments about how awful it is, when the article wasn't about what you were mad about, at all.

Basically this;

Title: Denmark shuts down 60% of their wind-power

Article: Denmark shuts down 60% of their wind-power, pending an investigation as 1 million birds have died in them over the past 3 months, they are currently assessing the situation and investigating why this change in bird migration route has occurred and how to prevent more deaths. According to local expert, they will use the time to perform maintenance and test various methods of scaring birds away.

PirateSoftware: Denmark are the fucking worst, they shut down tons of wind farms, they are anti renewable, they don't want wind farms, they realized that they can get cheaper gas, if they import more, and the difference will offset the cost of running and maintaining these wind farms. Where are they getting this gas? Probably Norway, possibly even Russia dude! They can eat my ass, the entire thing. Dried shit in my ass hairs and all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

If you're interested in the details: https://youtu.be/HIfRLujXtUo?t=1117

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It actually is the most hilarious of ironies that despite what very real harm Thor might have inflicted upon the early stages of the movement through misinformation/mischaracterization; The fact is, I don't think this movement would have come near to exploding the way that it has recently if not for the perfect Rube Goldberg machine of drama surrounding this man in the past 6 months.

Seriously. He could not have Barbara Streisand effected the "Stop Killing Games" movement harder if he tried. It really is such poetic justice. It's a shame that I don't live in the EU or I would gladly sign the initiate myself. Here's to hoping that another EU regulation can have sweeping effects for the US. As a reluctant and very jaded US citizen myself, I harbor no illusions about any real and meaningful consumer protection regulations to ever make it over here. Mega-corpos have simply spent far too much money buying out every level of government, legislature, and regulatory bodies that exist.

Europe really is like a strange beacon of hope for US consumers, as odd as that sounds. Fight the good fight for us as well, brothers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm calling it now: Thor is going to eventually say that this was his plan all along.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

A 5-D Chess move truly beyond comprehension by the mortal mind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I can believe this, if he wasn't such a narcissist or such a lying douche bag who always has to be right and has something to say about absolutely everything while having a story to go with it...

Then he would be a pretty cool guy...

Some of his advice isn't actually bad though... I watched him for a bit but the more you watch him the more you see him for who he is...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine using a voice changer to sound deeper and cheating in Outer Wilds of all games

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I didn't know about the voice changer and the cheating, am curious now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The real voice:

https://youtu.be/atuglRrItr4

And basically he finished Outer Wilds in his first time loop because he is so much smarter than everyone else

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To think I actually liked this guy, what an egotistical asshole he really is.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Egotism often translates to charisma and confidence, but falls apart eventually.

Also, a reminder, the "Con" in con-artist is short for confidence.

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