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I hope Mick takes Bethesda to the cleaners. The audacity to post this after their original Reddit post and not giving a single shit about the abuse cannon they

I hope Mick takes Bethesda to the cleaners. The audacity to post this after their original Reddit post and not giving a single shit about the abuse cannon they turned towards Mick is disgusting. I normally live by the quote (abridged): > If there is a hard, high wall and an egg that breaks against it, no matter how right the wall or how wrong the egg, I will stand on the side of the egg. But in this case (after having read Mick’s account posted a few days ago here) it seems clear the “egg” was not even “wrong”.

LegitShady 4y ago
AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
Very much doubt that'll happen. Most likely outcome is a settlement check and a very tepid statement to undo some small amount of the damage to Mick's reputation caused by Marty's statement.
MichaelCollins 4y ago
> the abuse cannon they turned towards Mick Wait, really? There were really redditors who sided with Bethesda/Zenimax instead of the artist? That's shockingly stupid, even for reddit. I know many subreddits are filled with corporate sycophants, but even so this is shocking to me. How clueless could a gamer be to think that Bethesda/Zenimax is honest and trustworthy? Reddit must induce brain damage.
- joshstrange 4y ago
  The original reddit thread is pretty painful to read, commenters taking Bethesda/Zenimax almost 100% at face value. From Mick's blog post: > I began receiving specific expressions of violence, the content so vivid it made me sick. The torrent of abuse telling me how to kill myself, how I’d be mutilated, how they would circulate photos of my body to traumatise my family, how my family would be murdered, how they’d hurt my animals, how they’d shoot up any event I attended, how I’d be raped to death, really started to wear me down in ways I couldn’t previously imagine. I will never understand this. I will never understand people who go that far for something so minor. It wasn't even the game, the game sound was fine, hell they used double what they paid him for, it would appear all this anger is due to the OST not being good. A fucking soundtrack, some music, how do you get from "bad music" to "raped to death"? I don't get it.
  - toyg 4y ago
    That sort of people just enjoy abusing their fellow man, and are constantly on the lookout for excuses. Anything will do.
    - _cenw 4y ago
      Marty still painted a big target on Mick's back.
- alewi481 4y ago
  I hadn't been paying much attention but I believe this occurred after Marty made his statement on Reddit but before Mick released his own.
- ChoGGi 4y ago
  If you're bored, go read some of the older comments from the Reddit post that Marty made two years ago.
sleepymoose 4y ago
I hope so as well. The language in his response from last week is has some strong language that really makes it feel as if it was written alongside legal counsel. With how long he's sat on this issue, I would imagine there has been quite a lot happening behind the scenes in that regard. Issuing that statement publicly feels like the first step towards litigation to me.
aliqot 4y ago
That egg quote doesn't sound right. Is that how you meant to phrase it?
- joshstrange 4y ago
  It’s the first part of this full quote [0] which I copied directly so it’s “correct” though I guess someone could argue that I’ve misinterpreted it? [0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/140477-if-there-is-a-hard-high-wall-and-an-egg https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/140477-if-there-is-a-hard-h...

LegitShady 4y ago

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago

Very much doubt that'll happen. Most likely outcome is a settlement check and a very tepid statement to undo some small amount of the damage to Mick's reputation caused by Marty's statement.

MichaelCollins 4y ago

> the abuse cannon they turned towards Mick Wait, really? There were really redditors who sided with Bethesda/Zenimax instead of the artist? That's shockingly stupid, even for reddit. I know many subreddits are filled with corporate sycophants, but even so this is shocking to me. How clueless could a gamer be to think that Bethesda/Zenimax is honest and trustworthy? Reddit must induce brain damage.

joshstrange 4y ago
The original reddit thread is pretty painful to read, commenters taking Bethesda/Zenimax almost 100% at face value. From Mick's blog post: > I began receiving specific expressions of violence, the content so vivid it made me sick. The torrent of abuse telling me how to kill myself, how I’d be mutilated, how they would circulate photos of my body to traumatise my family, how my family would be murdered, how they’d hurt my animals, how they’d shoot up any event I attended, how I’d be raped to death, really started to wear me down in ways I couldn’t previously imagine. I will never understand this. I will never understand people who go that far for something so minor. It wasn't even the game, the game sound was fine, hell they used double what they paid him for, it would appear all this anger is due to the OST not being good. A fucking soundtrack, some music, how do you get from "bad music" to "raped to death"? I don't get it.
- toyg 4y ago
  That sort of people just enjoy abusing their fellow man, and are constantly on the lookout for excuses. Anything will do.
  - _cenw 4y ago
    Marty still painted a big target on Mick's back.
alewi481 4y ago
I hadn't been paying much attention but I believe this occurred after Marty made his statement on Reddit but before Mick released his own.
ChoGGi 4y ago
If you're bored, go read some of the older comments from the Reddit post that Marty made two years ago.

sleepymoose 4y ago

I hope so as well. The language in his response from last week is has some strong language that really makes it feel as if it was written alongside legal counsel. With how long he's sat on this issue, I would imagine there has been quite a lot happening behind the scenes in that regard. Issuing that statement publicly feels like the first step towards litigation to me.

aliqot 4y ago

That egg quote doesn't sound right. Is that how you meant to phrase it?

joshstrange 4y ago
It’s the first part of this full quote [0] which I copied directly so it’s “correct” though I guess someone could argue that I’ve misinterpreted it? [0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/140477-if-there-is-a-hard-high-wall-and-an-egg https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/140477-if-there-is-a-hard-h...