One time I posted my ass on a forum. A woman was posting her tits and I said my ass had more cleavage than her. She called me out. I posted. She deleted her account after being made fun of by everyone in the subreddit.
It then got reposted on reddit best of. So at least 2 separate groups of people laughed at my ass/that woman.
Even got my own thirsty message which was different.
I appreciated the confidence boost this gave me. But now my ass is out there. Maybe you’ve seen it?
What’s a dumb thing you did online?
No ragrets tho
I was one of the fucking idiots that preordered No Man’s Sky. The devs have done a lot to make up for it, so I don’t really regret it anymore as it’s a decent game now, but at release it was so drastically bare-bones compared to what they advertised that if the legal system actually gave a shit about consumer protection, the staff of Hello Games would have served jail time.
But Sean was a charismatic little con artist, and he cut right past my defense. bUt ThiS gUy’S diFfeReNt!! Bruh I fuckin knew better than that!
Don’t feel bad I put money into star citizen early on and I still don’t have a stable playable game.
Star Citizen, Yooka-Laylee, Broken Age, A Hat in Time, The Good Life.
At least A Hat in Time was a solid W.
When i read things like that, i’m confused, because i never bought a word that Sean said and all their demos looked fake as hell.
Then i remember that i pre-ordered Brink
I wanted so badly to believe… so I did… cuz I’m a dumbass.
The good thing about it is that i never pre-ordered a game again and became way more cynical about the video game industry and more careful in general.
the staff serving jail time would make no sense as they’re not the ones in charge of marketing decisions. the CEO, and the managers? sure
Idk who decides what in an indie studio, but whatever the job title, I’m talking about those involved in deceiving their customers… and there was a lot of that with NMS.
Sending people to jail for launching a bad but harmless product is psychotic
It’s not for launching a bad product. It’s for lying about what the product is. It’s fraud. There’s no excuse for that.
If I sell you a 2025 Ferrari then give you a 2011 Honda Civic, I broke the law and you got scammed.
Even if I take the unexpected step of sending you a civic-to-Ferrari conversion kit after the fact that makes the car I delivered somewhat comparable to the one I advertised, that doesn’t excuse the initial deception.
What they did was deliberate and dishonest - it’s awesome that they’ve taken (a shit ton of) steps since to make it right, but it’ll never be right.
Holding them accountable is not psychotic.