Eh. I'm really not a Linus fan but this doesn't seem a big deal. They had a perfectly good interaction and they left on good terms. At no point was there any call or implication that the guy should get harassed. I also think that's as gracious a response as you could ask. If the post is legit, I get why the Dad would be that way, but it doesn't seem at all fair to blame Linus for anything there.
SootyChimney
joined 1 year ago
'Brigading' has always been such a Reddit term. People need to learn to adjust to a different way of thinking.
That's my point. You need those Steam keys to get the full experience. If you pirate it, you don't get it. Therefore for some games, resellers > piracy.
Had a very similar experience. I've frequently found that kind of problem is a direct result of the community simply growing 'too large'. The only way to moderate is hit everyone even slightly suspected of being out of line with a brick.
Back in ye olden days of forums and boards, even flagrant transgression of rules were typically forgiven and you were dealt with like a human because moderators had time and care for the community and people.
If indie devs really have that preference, then they need to remove the DRM/Vendor-locking stuff in their games, unfortunately. If your game relies on eg. Steam for the multiplayer or workshop mods, then people are going to prefer resellers.
Honestly >70% of the time even Wikipedia actually contradicts their assertions.
Honestly I don't think I've seen many actually "pro-Russia" people in all my time on Hexbear. Pretty much all anti-Ukraine and anti-NATO sentiment seems to get interpreted by others as 'Russia good', rather than 'Russia might be best of two evils to win if this shitty war must have a victor'.
Geopolitically, since the heavily west-backed Euromaidan protests, the eastern regions of Ukraine have clearly disagreed and consistently wanted to split. Russia has spent 8 years trying to push two main demands: Stop bombing civilians in Donetsk/Luhansk and give the eastern Ukraine regions a vote on their autonomy. You could argue not Russia's business, but they're not super evil asks either. They're both things Ukraine agreed to do, twice, but never did. How long does Russia stand by while Ukraine makes false promises and kills innocent ethnic Russians asking for help? And there's no denying Ukraine has a.. questionably large scale of fascism in its government.
Russia bad. Russia absolutely bad fuck them. They should not have started this war and they're absolute dicks for it. But they and their aggression don't exist in a vacuum - the war was reasonably avoidable. Now we should be focusing on peace, not hungrily thirsting for more war that will continue to fuck Ukraine and its innocent civilians up for decades to come. Sadly, that seems to be what a lot of the West/USA/EU/NATO want.