'Please stop that': In the run-up to Baldur's Gate 3 modding support, Larian's head of publishing speaks out against 'threats and toxicity against our devs and community teams'
'Please stop that': In the run-up to Baldur's Gate 3 modding support, Larian's head of publishing speaks out against 'threats and toxicity against our devs and community teams'
"We need people to understand that these conversations take time."
"We need people to understand that these conversations take time."
I feel terrible that these devs have to address a bunch of crybabies who are sending death threats for the most insane and entitled reason ever.
And mods are not officially supported. Installing mods has risks that they will break with patches.
The whole situation has been absolutely absurd, honestly. I can't believe that the entire community hasn't shunned every single modder who actually put their name to that insane "petition".
It reads like an immature attempt at authority. Here's hoping it's forgotten swiftly, and those who signed are made to feel silly for even supporting such a childish view.
They should also realize that only a tiny fringe minority would send threats and it isn't representing their use or fan base, the fact that they are even brothered by this means they are misunderstanding what is happening
They do address that in the article though.
Dowse adds that "99.9% of our community are the absolute best and it’s because of them— thankfully—that my community team perseveres. But I suppose it was inevitable that when you have a city, a few bad eggs will start a fire."
"It's a double-edged sword that comes with this kind of approach—especially with a game that's this popular. Developers gain a lot by listening closely to feedback, talking with their players, and putting a face to their names on social media. On the other hand, they also open themselves up to the masses at large. While only a small portion of said masses are nasty, the law of large numbers kicks in very quickly: 0.5% of a million people is still 5,000 angry strangers yelling at you."
Even if 99.99% of the community is amazing, that still leaves at least 1,000 people who are still willing to do/say terrible things to the developers.
Had a similar thought. The BG3 community have been nothing but cutie patooties to everyone who worked on it from all I could see. Be it general social media interactions or chat messages during live streams of actors and other people who worked on it.
Of course at a certain reach you will be met with unhinged rage that troubled minds gathered somewhere and target at you. That‘s sadly the internet being the internet. It‘s an important thing to address but it also can‘t be stressed enough how absolutely amazing the community is as a whole.