I’m pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot “being woke” last year lol

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    The review bombing is another fabrication:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217000/Rivals_of_Aether_II/?curator_clanid=45028385

    It seems like a minor influx of recent negative reviews. Most likely they didn’t want his current status in the public perception to work against the marketing push they wanted from him.

    Because let’s be real, “director of strategy” doesn’t seem accurate for someone who is obviously just an influencer marketing your game to his large audience.

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      Reviews since July first look at least 50% negative which was not seen before so there could be an argument it is happening.

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        Check the actual reviews.

        (the link is for the past week, so will be less and less inaccurate to the july first start date as the days pass by)

        The only two reviews related to the drama are specifically in reaction to the alleged review bombing. The other negative reviews don’t mention anything related to the drama at all, and so the increase is probably just due to the streisand effect.

        I’ll list the two drama-related reviews here trimmed down to the drama-relevant parts only (not the full reviews):

        “Drumming up fake drama about a review bombing that never happened to artificially inflate your positive review count through fan counteraction is gross.” — Full Review

        “Wasn’t gonna leave a review but Ludwig and Pirate Software cried review bombing so I’m leaving an honest review to combat the non-existent bombing.” — Full Review

        As you can see by these excerpts, both of them were made AFTER the allegations of review bombing. They’re not part of the review bombing itself that was being talked about.

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        More than 0 reviews related to the drama = review bombing

        He worked at blizzard for 7 years guys.

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          You do understand that on Steam if you have 50% or more negative reviews, it is a “Mostly Negative” and puts people off even trying. Bad reviews can have a serious effect on sales. 10 negative reviews in millions is nothing, 10 negative reviews alongside 10 positive is detrimental. It’s all about the percentage and indie games work at a different scale.

          I’m unsure what the point about working for Blizzard means. You’ll have to elaborate.

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            On Steam you can report review bombing events to have the reviews struck from the list so…

            And the working at blizzard line is mocking Thor for literally never shutting the fuck up about his nepobaby job.