Earlier this week, two of our employees failed to uphold our standards of communication, and they are no longer with the company. We are committed to fostering open, constructive dialogue with our community around our games. We make this game for you.Īn ArenaNet representative provided the following comment to Game Informer: As a company we always strive to have a collaborative relationship with the Guild Wars community. I want to be clear that the statements they made do not reflect the views of ArenaNet at all. As a result, they’re no longer with the company. Their attacks on the community were unacceptable. Recently two of our employees failed to uphold our standards of communicating with players. #IAmAFeminist įollowing the public spat, Mike O'Brien responded to a thread on the official Guild Wars 2 forum on the topic. In a world where discussions should be encouraged, and not belittled, yet the opposite becomes reality, I've apparently found myself in the midst of a war I never intended to partake in. "In a world where discussions should be encouraged, and not belittled, yet the opposite becomes reality, I've apparently found myself in the midst of a war I never intended to partake in. You don't own me, and I don't owe you," she continued.Īs the fallout continued, Deroir tweeted his own response. "The attempts of fans to exert ownership over our personal lives and times are something I am hardcore about stopping. Don't expect me to pretend to like you here." I'm not your emotional courtesan just because I'm a dev. "Since we've got a lot of hurt manfeels today, lemme make something clear: this is my feed. /rebates/2fen2fmanual2fyour-personal-story2fyour-private-instance2f&2. Price's subsequent tweet addressed the backlash her tweet received.
Jessica is great at her job and deserves to be treated with respect, was the gist of what I was reacting to." If I’m being embarrassing and unprofessional, it’s because I’m enjoying a beverage in the sun in my backyard and this nonsense is being directed at someone I respect. It is our day off, after working hard for months on our most recent content release. "These are our *private* social media accounts-imagine you’re an astronomer and you start sharing some things you’ve learned in the last few months since you began a research project observing Saturn, only to have observation techniques explained to you by a layman," he continued in response to a Twitter user talking about the subject. In now-deleted responses to other users' tweets, Fries said, "Here's a bit of insight I legitimately hope he reflects on: she never asked for his feedback." Shortly after the initial tweets, another ArenaNet writer, Peter Fries, tweeted in defense of Price. "Allow me-a person who does not work with you-explain to you how you do your job." įollowing the response, Price continued. "like, the next rando asshat who attempts to explain the concept of branching dialogue to me-as if, you know, having worked in game narrative for a f-ing DECADE, I have never heard of it-is getting instablocked.
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