World Of Warsh*ts (The Jimquisition)
A most highly requested episode, we take a look over the recent kerfuffle involving Wargaming and its tumultuous community.
World of Warships, like many free-to-play games, has only gotten more shameless with time, and its latest stunt involving loot boxes was seen as a bridge too far. There's been a community contributor walkout, and that's good to see, because loot boxes are filth.
So anyway, let's look at all that!
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Your content is always top tier, not just in the entertainment dept but in the shit you should care about dept and I am happy to support someone of your journalistic caliber! Thank you for what you do. <3
Checking in miss. Love you. Been loving you since the Escapist days, possibly Destructioid too? No idea. But I love you. I support you and I support hard workers like you, because I am, in fact, a hard worker myself. FedEx guy. A good one. Love and respect, Jim Steph. You look amazing btw. Hope that's something you're trying for. If not, well then I'm an ass. And I apologize. Just want to be a good fan, family. Love and respect. -Jarod
Hey, Steph. Did you have to use the words "pervert" & "perv" as synonymous with "rapist," "sexual abuser," & "womanizing sexist" in your "Bobby Badpants and Activision's Awful Executives" video? I'm an ace woman who writes wholesome erotica, & that makes my sex-positivity less accepted... I tried to ask you on Twitter, but I don't think you got my Tweet @ you. I'm not sure I'm comfortable watching your content without knowing whether this was an intentional synonym use or if it was totally unintentional. :(
Suspect it was reasonably unintentional, I grew up in the UK at the same time as Steph and throughout the late 80s it was frequently deployed as a comparable descriptor. Hard to shift using terms that have been with you most of your life and whose various definitions are all skewed negatively (e.g. perverting the course of justice)
I think that's exactly what they wanted.
I gotta disagree with you about the lowest scum on the face of the earth. Games that charge for ammo. I am sure that has nothing to do with tanks or ships or whatever even though those are the only games I can personally point to that do actually CHARGE FOR AMMO.
Upper Echelon did some further research into Wargamings Cyprus activities, there's some interesting stuff about money laundering connections that could interest you.
The thing that I find amusing is that this has been an issue since World of Tanks was first released they have always had premium currency + the random boxes and and the IRL money requirement is extortionate and always has been. My most recent complaints have been the removal of customisable tank commanders in favour of Barbie doll 3D character models along with the removal of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tanks completely which is bad for new players and long term players like myself. Games like this are free to monetize however they want ( except loot boxes) but, 1, the pricing is extortionate and 2. They are removing content and features so.,. Where's the money going? It's not being invested in expanding the game 😡 Predation and Extortion!
There are games like this where you don't have to pay tons of money every month. You can buy a game and play it. Maybe leave that horrible shitfest of a business model and find one of hundreds of other tank games?