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[@masterost1994]

"What did the mad CPO say when you made a critique behind his back?" "He said the same thing he'd been saying for hours, "ban them all.""

[@Volound]

seven hells, masterost...

[@njung1990able]

they ran of good game ideas and decided to go total war with the fanbase. for a company that cancelled a game called hyenas, they really like to feast on scraps these days

[@Grivehn]

@@njung1990able Keep in mind Sega cancelled Hyenas. If it was up to Rob and CA, it would have come out and would have been an even bigger embarrassment.

[@ZygasK]

@Volound you should remake this, sumarise it in shorter video for wider audience and people should send this to big youtubers like asmon and so on to cover this. This is new blizzard company in the making and people need to know this

[@masterost1994]

"You should market and edit your videos to fit twitch reactors" Bro what?

[@SylvanFeanturi]

"Right to discuss is a privilege" is a phrase that will be added to gaming canon, along with "sense of pride and accomplishment" and "surprise mechanics".

[@googleandsusansucks]

And "don't you have phones?"

[@TheGodzebra]

"What you guys don't have phones?"

[@Balubelu]

"Industry standard"

[@erdervv]

"200 years of collective game design experience"

[@Grivehn]

"You think you know how customer service works, but you dont."

[@profjeff9]

I love how Creative Assembly finally found a way to unite the Warhammer and historical fans as a single community.

[@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz]

Its a bit like uniting the bloods and crips or mixing the Sctizo Ward with the Spycho Ward. Rather, something like giving Hannibal a Ratling Gun.

[@goodtimesgamingtm1316]

As someone who was in the furthest back seat and played these games without engaging with the community at all just being introverted and all I couldn’t agree more. Still haven’t bought chaos dwarves much less shadows of change. I’m not a baby, I’m willing to pay money for more content but paying MORE money for LESS content is how you lose me as a customer and actually make me look into why it’s happening.

[@dickencider104]

"Meme them until they cry, then make meme's about them crying" -Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

“It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of CA.” ― Livy

[@Napoleon5005]

"Never Interrupt CA when they are making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

[@mr.ginger183]

“I died for your sins, but CA decided to keep sinning” -Jesus Christ The Bible.

[@enjoythestruggle]

'The outcome corresponds less to expectations in the Total War community than in any other case whatsoever.' - CA

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

This thread is a gem. Hats off to all of you.

[@Cosmo-Gnome]

Honestly I get so salty that a dev can release some non-statement that just says "I have no news and no updates for you and I don't plan on doing so either" and there are floods of people who just insist that they're listening now and it's all okay.

[@Volound]

people have 100 questions and they are willing to answer 0 of them. USELESS community team.

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

​@@Voloundon the steam forums, one guy asked 3 times to force an answer for the question

[@visibleninja2576]

Completely cucked audience.

[@HauntakuTV]

@@Volound Yeah, if someone called my games garbage I wouldn't give af and I'd leave their response up to show that people can have their own opinions about the game

[@shubhabrataray1313]

​@@HauntakuTVthat's exactly how you lose money and players. Hope CA is very happy with the massive success and amounts of money that Pharoah is bringing in....oh wait.

[@Wourghk]

"You are not customers - you are consumers - animals indistinguishable from cattle. Your rights are our whims - you will unconditionally honor what we, your masters, wish you to do. Now, shut up and consume product (plus DLC plus tip) or you WILL be banned for trespassing on our sacred pasture!" - CA It's a slow implosion, but a nice one.

[@Nelsonwmj]

This is the reality of the "you will own NOTHING and you WILL BE HAPPY" world we're hurtling towards, if not already in.

[@TA-yw7ce]

The channel you’re on is run by a Scottish communist

[@beliserre]

CONSOOOOOME

[@Subject_Keter]

I really dont get those type of people, there isnt a chip or collar yet forcing people to buy these games. Personally shocked more people arent h y p er vilgant since.. what devs and companies been like this since 2012? I wait for games to come out of the shadows and let people crash them before seeing if they are worth while.

[@TheGouliat]

Well, if you had a Company that puts out Products that are more and more Shit,but, more and more people buy it and you even get away with increasing the Price of the shit, would that increase the respect for your customers or would you start to think: " Wow, we are putting out more shit then ever before and get more money out of these people then ever before. They must be dumb as Bricks!" No Wonder they dont respect their customers... They just got so greedy and lazy that even the dumb bricks started to break...

[@MultiStendhal]

Feels like whoever is directing CA to act like this has the same level of intelligence as the AI in their games (Diplomacy wise)

[@PipoZePoulp]

Hey! At least with Med2's AI we know what is wrong and there's ways to fix it.

[@MultiStendhal]

read the second post and was like "Modern gaming Has gone too far. Now, not only do they expect us to beta test their games but also their community posts."

[@DarkSideCookies]

CA got large enough to reach Civil War mode, and now they don't know why everyone suddenly hates them, all their diplo is failing, and why the game isn't fun anymore because it's become a dull grind. Oh wait, this is real life

[@Smitty.Bacall]

Hahaha xD

[@saberpendragon271]

AI: "Give me London and I'll give you Dagestan" Empire AI probably

[@Benjaminy2k]

I honestly cannot believe how entitled this company is. It is not the customer's job to tell you how to fix your product. The customer is giving you better than you deserve if he even bothers to inform you that it sucks.

[@lightworker2956]

Smart devs will actually tell you that players are really good at pointing out problems but generally really bad at coming up with solutions. Which is true.

[@freedustin]

@@lightworker2956 Anyone fix clipping yet? And no I don't mean by just having models bounce off walls. I want them to be like a real body and smash and deform into the side of the wall.

[@OneofInfinity.]

They are not the only ones, the moment sad corpos feel standing on the high ground they show their true faces, no secret corpos own most governments in 2023.

[@Jorendo]

As someone who had a creative education it baffles me how they approach this. We were always told to look for constructive criticism. and filter out the crap talking. You can't do much with "This sucks", but when someone says "Game is riddled with bugs and things look horrible" then you have something to work with, to look into, to even approach that person to ask for further clarification as to what bugs are they running into, is it something many people report?". Having old school fans keep shouting how each new TW game is stepping further away to what made TW great, is something very valid to listen too and reconsider. What is that people miss the most about the old games? All very valid things to look into and see if it's something you can use to improve future games. Maybe they should bring back the deeper management of your cities and settlements like Rome 1, the individual soldiers with their own brain should come back perhaps as people liked it instead of the now group animated soldiers. In Rome 1 a soldier would help their comrade, each soldiers had their own animations and attacks, that got lost after Empire and Napoleon total war. Maybe they should go for a WW1 setting or at least return to historical stuff instead of the main focus on Warhammer fantasy. Something many people complain about. To CA that is ban stuff apparently.

[@marcpaulus6291]

The customer is telling them for years now how to fix their games, we are done with constructive critic because we know they dont listen anyway. So only critic its now.

[@JakeTheRipper]

"Post on the WH3 forum." "But sir hundreds will be banned!" "Thousands."

[@Volound]

come wae me n take this citeh

[@MollieLolly]

“What did it cost?” “Everything”

[@SwampGreen14]

CA Community Team: "There are brave critics in our forums. Lets go ban them!"

[@Hohenstein1871]

"CA continues to release good games" "A lie, take it out"

[@dxhunter9170]

"Bannings will continue until morale improves" - CA

[@canadianeh4792]

I love that CA_FREEMAN is Adam Freeman is likely the same Adam Freeman responsible for the Battlefield 2042 community management fiasco.

[@bencoldwell4609]

That's fucking rich lol. Don't like the game, don't buy it and no one did

[@selectionn]

nothing like tripping upwards huh? Or downwards maybe.

[@chico9805]

It's all the same incompetent, managerial class destroying IPs left and right in the gaming industry. These people are parasites.

[@BloodwyrmWildheart]

Leave it to a [triple parentheses]Freeman[triple parentheses] to gaslight, lie, and patronize with shameless impunity from atop his ivory tower...

[@jgomo3877]

​@@nicknayl0ryep this is how the world works today.

[@PhotriusPyrelus]

"The right to discuss is a privilege". Here's a guy who doesn't understand the difference between a "right" and a "privilege". The two things are mutually exclusive with one another.

[@JordanPaul.M]

CA is not the government, therefore, no 1A.

[@PhotriusPyrelus]

@@JordanPaul.M I don't remember mentioning either of those things. Try again, Akshually Dude.

[@TemplarGamer56]

Must be a discord mod running their company.

[@googleandsusansucks]

@@JordanPaul.M I love this response. Only a person who dislikes free speech would make this argument. Just be honest instead and say what you really think: That only a select people should be allowed to speak. Hint: this means you support the idea of a nobility.

[@DR3ADER1]

@@JordanPaul.MDoesn't matter, Freedom of Speech is a birthright and a standard that ALL of Mankind must heed and obey. Regardless if you're the state, a corporation, or just some clown on the Internet.

[@tomrobertson5820]

Imagine selling a product, someone buys the product then suggests a future product they would also buy, so you ban them

[@HauntakuTV]

If Nintendo did that then there wouldn't be a Paper Mario TTYD remake which will 100% sell over 10 million copies worldwide

[@elliottreed5283]

Bro we can't just tell them we would love another sequel to any of the mainline total war games lol, don't you know how much time and effort they'd have to put in to make something like that? Oh jeez man, nah better to just make another failed extraction shooter, maybe call this one wolves. 😂

[@rexrules8895]

"The right to discuss is a privilege" - CA. "Freedom of speech is a bourgeoisie prejudice" - Lenin. Note that they attack the same human right.

[@bluedolphina8977]

"We were too mask off" this made my day, it's like a cartoonishly evil villain at this point

[@onestormgx8948]

"The RIGHT to discuss something is a privilege for those who pay us" My kinsmen, grab the torches, it's our right to defend ourselves.

[@hammertime732]

That's not what Evangelos said. What he said was worse. He said discussion is NOT a right you get for paying, but a privilege they give you for also being a supportive sycophant.

[@JordanPaul.M]

CA is not the government, therefore, you have no 1A.

[@aerfwefd7334]

@@JordanPaul.M CA is not the government, therefore they also do not have the army necessary to silence me.

[@OneofInfinity.]

@@aerfwefd7334 WHO does "have a private one" at the ready.

[@JordanPaul.M]

@@aerfwefd7334 True, but they do have the right to censor you on their private service.

[@aerfwefd7334]

The saga continues. For my part, CA has burned away what little good will they had left with me after the constant debacles of the past couple years. I knew CA would, when actually pressed, go full mask off - especially in regards to their view on whether people have the right to voice unapproved (read: negative) opinions. This, however, has exceeded all expectations - in particular their phony bologna excuse that "leaks are illegal" as justification for reddit-tier moderator crackdowns.

[@honeybadger6275]

That "leaks are illegal" line reminds me of a few years ago when the news anchor tried claiming "wikileaks are illegal to look at" and "its their job to tell you what is in them" same types of people running these game corporations that run the media outlets.

[@Lady_Rhea]

“The saga continues” you seem to be mistaken, this is about a full release total war game :)

[@aerfwefd7334]

@@honeybadger6275 That was the gist of my response to one of the featured threads (you can actually see it in this video), though I likened it to the suppression of the Biden laptop story by social media (and TV media) for more relatability. It's a far newer example, after all.

[@Ser-Vex131]

@@Lady_Rhea Eheheh. I appreciate that.

[@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz]

Its in the Book. Its all in the gatdang Book.

[@LegendaryAbysss]

CA is so mask off and proving everything you’ve been saying for years

[@Agentcoolguy1]

They released an "apology" and a "clarification" for their joke of a statement they put on the Steam forums. It's just as bad and tone-deaf as the original post but with prettier words this time lmao

[@szmike]

they could, you know, just unban all people as a gesture of good will...

[@Sorrowborn]

Got Banned for reminding CA, that if they banned Australian Gamers they were in breach of the Australia Customer Consumer laws which state any part of the product that does not work as it should, or as advertised is in breach of the law. (The Discussion boards are provided by steam which allows us access to the forums as a part of PURCHASING the game).

[@peterc3262]

I can access the forums and I didn't buy the game. Not sure it had anything to do with the purchase.

[@ballistic2527]

Why'd you assume they gave a fuck anyway. They clearly don't

[@Sorrowborn]

It is a right given to us by purchase of a product and/or agreement to a contract. Well at least australians, and to take away that right is in breach of the contract.@@peterc3262

[@Sorrowborn]

It was more that those that bought the game within australia bought the right to talk about it as they please and to take that away is wrong. @@peterc3262

[@Sorrowborn]

They clearly do not, that is true...can't wait to never buy one of their products again.@@ballistic2527

[@MrMonsterwar]

I went on the Steam forum and wrote "Please ban me too CA" and they did.

[@bigs42069]

Based.

[@fellington2398]

Same

[@selectionn]

I made a post asking for my post to get deleted and It got deleted in like 10 seconds, and got a perma ban.

[@GraytheKnight]

If they wanted to not respond to the DMCA strike, keep the Rob firing and 40% firing stuff on the down low, going on a mass-purge of their Steam Forums certainly doesn't sell the 'we have everything under control and everything is fine' corpo-speak. All they had to do is dismiss the claims as 'rumors', apologize to you, Volound (public or private), and move on to focus on making quality games. They can't even do the first one right, because at this point they've taken too long to address things. So instead they're causing another 'fire' that may be intended to distract people from the other issues.

[@dickinwurfer]

AFF

[@RambleOn07]

What I've seen of CA's community managers for half a decade or so, it makes me think that CA specifically recruits the absolute worst possible candidates for says positions.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

@@RambleOn07 The sad part is that CA used to have *good* community managers that people liked to talk to.

[@catylist8378]

“Can’t say something is wrong without a solution.” Guess I can’t say war and world hunger hunger is wrong huh

[@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz]

They don't want the solutions to those anyway because it involves global effort and they can't actually be bothered. Its likely true of all their problems though.

[@jeppe5942]

CA's statement "the right to discuss is a privilege" is one of those taglines that end up in gamer history, up there with Blizzard's "don't you have phones" or EAs "sense of pride of accomplishment"

[@dantauche7917]

"it's not an entitlement you earn by playing the game"...yes the fuck it is. 100%. If you forked over $60 minimum and bought, spent time on and played the game, you are ABSOLUTELY ENTITLED to voice your opinion on the game. My God is CA so far gone it's incredible.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

I can talk shit about the game without ever playing or paying for it

[@JordanPaul.M]

CA is not the government, therefore, no 1A.

[@googleandsusansucks]

@@JordanPaul.M I knew I would find you here again. Just fuck off with your anti-free speech opinions.

[@Fallout3131]

@@JordanPaul.Mbot

[@doltBmB]

@@JordanPaul.M freedom of speech applies to everything, not just the government

[@shininaho6732]

In 3k forum, ppl just say to never forget what CA did to the game and the thread got locked.

[@Jach93]

I have only one thing to say to the question, “is CA going insane or are they purposefully malicious?” “Honestly its’s both”

[@archangel6497]

Holy shit never in my life did I ever think a company would say this with 100% confidence and not see a problem. To be honest at this point its in everyone best interest that CA as a company dies out over time someone will eventually make a game similar to Total War but with the way they speak and undermine us customers i don't see how they could change. Once again very good video thank you for keeping us up to date on their BS.

[@dank_stogie_yooooo]

Right, I too think they're beyond saving

[@OneofInfinity.]

U haven't being paying attention to the evil mouse corpo.

[@crackshack2]

They need to be sold so that the current management gets fired. That only happens if people stop giving them money!

[@CsStoker]

Of course the one in charge of dealing with customers is ex EA

[@reubenlawrence5258]

What is happening here is quite insane, but the absolute weirdest thing about this is that it's not limited to CA... you're seeing the same thing throughout Western societal culture... games.. movies.... politics, it's so weird, this exact same mindset, dictating down to the masses what to think, what to do, how to behave or... cancelled! I expected it in politics and its been a trend here in the UK creeping and clawing its way out of the shadows and becoming so damn obvious but to see it in the game industry and movie industry... what is going on in the west..

[@googleandsusansucks]

This whole thing with CA is very similar to the west. As Vol showed in his expose, it is just a bunch of greedy businessmen milking the once great company for every short term gain they can. They have no plan for the future, nor do they care about making great games. It is only natural that they start silencing dissent, cause they can't make great games anymore. Now compare this to western nation and it is almost exactly the same. We are run by politicians who are essentially just actors reading scripts. They only care about making short term gains and could not give a flying F about making great nations again. So when people point this out, they are branded as extreme and silenced on the spot.

[@trabuco9]

This was always the case, the issue now is that the people in these industries are incompetent and as subtle as a brick through a window. It's only been getting worse and we're just reaching a milestone.

[@ThatOliveMrT]

45000 copies should be bigger news. My favorite part is when CA said it's creative time and assemblyed all over the place

[@nietzscheshorse8566]

Kek

[@Darth_Conans]

I don't know why, but the rainbow CA logo avatar just made me crack up. They've certainly got their priorities in the right places!

[@yeahhbuddy3932]

Why isit even there? Isnt pride month like june? Weird.

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

ESG?

[@chico9805]

​@@yeahhbuddy3932It's pride year, every year now. Give an inch, they take...

[@aw0422]

@@chico9805oh they take it alright

[@williamdrum9899]

Is it any surprise they silence their critics?

[@chrisschmidt2245]

CA's public relations teams are about as good at diplomacy as some of their games.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

"Don't attack, or else we attack"

[@fullmeddljacket8486]

"the right to discuss is a privilege" they say, with their rainbow flags absolute twilight zone

[@Tom_Quixote]

"It's 2023 and we still can't make a good game, but here's your daily reminder of various sexual preferences"

[@jgomo3877]

Honestly, this describes the entire industry.

[@jangleberry1682]

EA: "Sense of Pride and Accomplishment" CA: "The right to discuss is a privilege" Priceless.

[@JordanPaul.M]

CA is not the government, therefore, no 1A. You actually do merely have the privilege.

[@TemplarGamer56]

@@JordanPaul.Mif you are paying for a product then you have the right to discuss it . This has been a common sense thing until recently .

[@googleandsusansucks]

@@JordanPaul.M Again, just admit you hate the idea of free speech.

[@justsomegamer6719]

​@@JordanPaul.Mwhy the need to go to bat for CA out of all people though?

[@ludovicartu4239]

​@@TemplarGamer56not only that but you have the right even if you didn't buy the game.

[@Volound]

My subreddit was utilised specifically for people censored for criticism of games, in the very first place: www.reddit.com/r/Volound/

[@riomio7852]

Also rumors have it that SFO main creator has been banned. RIP venris.

[@evanmurphy118]

CA: crap, there's a modder making a better game than us. Take them out back.

[@RadzioTheGreat]

No way, SFO is the only reason why i still play this unfinished game, because Venris added dozens of missing features without asking for 100$ worth of DLC's. What's the source?

[@riomio7852]

@@RadzioTheGreat It came to me in a dream.

[@Princeofbelka]

CA to Volound: HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!

[@billbaggins7355]

Here is the situation the best way I've found it described. Playerbase: "Hey guys we like the game but we have some concerns. Here they are." CA: ... Playerbase: "Hey. We really like what you're doing but there are still concerns over some things. Here is what they are." CA: ... We have DLC Playerbase: "Cool we really like this DLC it's pretty fun but now some stuff ain't working and other things are still kinda weird can you look at these?" CA: ... Here's a patch Playerbase: "Awesome thanks! Hey, that fixed this thing but now this other thing is broken. Can you take a look?" CA: ... Playerbase: "Hello?" CA: ... Playerbase: "Hey mods can you fix this? Great!" CA: ... Playerbase: "Hey we like mods and stuff but the last patch broke those and now all this other stuff is broke can you please fix it?" CA: ... We have new DLC. Playerbase: "That's... Cool and all but can you fix these problems?" CA: ... Playerbase: "Are we still connected?" CA: ... Playerbase: "Guys, what do we do? They aren't fixing stuff." CA: ... We will patch. Playerbase: "Ok... When?" CA: ... 3 months. Playerbase: "... Ok?" CA: ... We have new DLC Playerbase: "... O...K?" CA: ... We have new DLC Playerbase: "You didn't fix stuff yet. And why is this DLC so much more?" CA: ... Playerbase: "Hello?" CA: ... Playerbase: "Guys?" CA: ... Costs are up. We have Pharaoh coming. Playerbase: "What? Hello?! Hey fellow community guys what's going on? (People find out Hyenas cancelled and company lost money and discovered there's a skeleton crew manning the game they've been funding for years and they just lost all that money funding a cancelled project and that's why 'costs are up'.) Playerbase: *Angry rage face emoji* CA: ... Hey stop that. You're being mean. Buy product or no more product in future. Playerbase: *Warcry* CA: ... Stop that. Why you no talk like people and ask politely? Playerbase: "... Really CA?" CA: ... We are sorry you misunderstood. Shut up. *Ban* Playerbase: "... Really?" CA: ... And now we're here.

[@signalrecieved]

CA are committing seppuku in real time. Sad.

[@franklydum5056]

When the captain of the titanic refuses to discuss the iceberg or the massive hole in the ship.

[@franklydum5056]

@@nicknayl0r shamefuru disprayu

[@Coccyx69]

This is the same company that made alien isolation? which didnt sell enough but was amazing and their response to that was "well it is what it is". Crazy to see what they've turned into.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

I dunno why people thought it was amazing... The xenomorph's ai was damn near braindead at moments, the puzzles were thing we did in kindergarten

[@Helmutlozzi]

​@fillerbunnyninjashark271 it's unique cause the atmosphere of the game, setting and art direction was amazing compared to any previous titles. Very comfy and creepy at the same time.

[@oll-turny-llo8200]

alien isolation has been the only game from CA I've enjoyed in the last decade. Their total war titles for me at least went in the wrong direction starting with rome 2. Lost that passion the 2000's games had. Its also ironic that alien isolation is based around seagson, a shady corporation in major financial difficulties, and that's exactly what CA has become.

[@johnryan3940]

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 I don't know why people expect elaborate puzzles in games where the puzzles are not the main appeal. Play a puzzle game. A puzzle in a horror game is there for people who play horror games, not puzzle gamers. making a hard puzzle which would filter your main audience is braindead

[@RambleOn07]

Alien Isolation got so much right, except the alien AI. After dying the first time, the game just becomes an inconsistent stealth game.

[@BeardedCarlos]

The fact that more people weren't jumping onto the whole "its honestly both" response to being either genuinely sorry for their handling or for being too mask off is insane to me. Not me though, that small piece of the sentence really hammered everything home. I sit here and look at the hundreds I've spent on a game that i thought would capitalize on a franchise i held dear when I was younger, and I was the one being capatalized. I look through my most played on Steam and im now almost ashamed that of the top 10, five are TW titles, and three are Warhammer. I've recently gone and started up Shogun 2 again because I missed the time perioed, and it's so night and day. I won't tell you what you already know, but the Warhammer games are literally streamlined, big number generators. It's reallyna shame. Im not a converted CA apologist, or anything like that. I don't, and never have based my happiness off some shitty companies products, but I will say I've been watching yours and Daimyo's work for awhile now and many of your points throughout both of your Fall of TW series' rings very true. Excellent work, and sorry for the ramble.

[@universe_kitty4859]

And here I thought that it couldn't get any worse lmao. Actually, how did they make it worse? Someone please explain how it's getting worse 😂

[@Volound]

it got worse.... and then got worse again....

[@Ghost101]

Basically the banning will continue until the morale improves.

[@universe_kitty4859]

@@Ghost101 that seems very counter productive lol

[@bfrehksdhf]

At this rate of self implosion, their next post will be about how Rob didn't diddle the kids.

[@Gonzlah]

How does anybody still have a job there? If this happened in any other industry so many people would have lost their jobs for how they were treating their customers?

[@daddysgirl69]

At least their logo shows LGBT pride! Things like that and diverse hiring are much more important than quality games and content!

[@HauntakuTV]

The company is just pretending to care actually. It's known as "rainbow capitalism". How many of the devs games have diverse characters in them? Is the studio diverse? Is the boss of the company not a straight cis het white man? Companies tend to just change the logo but not the workplace.

[@nietzscheshorse8566]

CA should stop making games and focus on tr00ns banging full time instead.

[@django8451]

It isn't even June today ahahahah))))

[@Ultrajamz]

@@django8451its 2023, its always June now.

[@Tom_Quixote]

@@Ultrajamz "It's always been June"

[@Savvysnek]

One day when the ashes of the CA wars have long settled, there will be a Total War game based on it.

[@kaiseryakkovonwarner8783]

SHAMEFUL DISPLAY

[@evanmurphy118]

Total war: 4chan

[@RambleOn07]

​@@evanmurphy118 imagine running a faction of chantards. It would actually be fun with pulling together a massive and weirdly talented army to accomplish a task. Only, for your army to implode, to have massive civil wars, and desertions coming out of nowhere.

[@evanmurphy118]

@@RambleOn07 also random obsessions and arguments.

[@unowno123]

When you threaten to fire almost everyone at your company so your community managers turn into bloodthirsty hounds in a desperate attempt to keep their position

[@31MacDozer]

A big part of me still struggles to accept that this debacle is actually happening even though I'm watching it play out in real time. It feels like one of those 'This is too stupid to be real' kind of things.

[@RambleOn07]

CA's moderation team has been anti-customer for a long time. The fact that they didn't fire all of them years ago and hire actual professionals is pathetic.

[@vnkfrancis1328]

You could say it's a verbal car crash in slow motion.

[@Kyle496]

​@@vnkfrancis1328 How is this slow motion? This looks like a speed run world record attempt to me.

[@TheGreatBookofGrudges]

Regarding CA complaining about boycotts: If I may be so bold to say. I don't think there was in fact a boycott for Pharaoh. Honestly I just think nobody was interested in Pharaoh it's not a boycott when the fans aren't interested in paying a full games price for a SAGA and most importantly their SAGAs never really sold well. Thrones didn't (22K players peak which is still bad for a new title), Troy only made massive "sales" because it was free, hell I've got free games in my account that I would have never purchased if I had to pay for them lol. Shadows of Change was likely a boycott because the price was mental but Pharaoh? I don't think it was going to sell well regardless.

[@Volound]

yep you are right there really wasnt. i didnt even say "dont buy pharaoh" for the first time until after the game came out (i am quite sure). and that was the only time it really made sense for me to say it, because i advocate against pre-orders without exception. and thats just me. so yep, i never saw anything even resembling a boycott. it is just as you say, people didnt care. boycotts have some implicit level of caring that is overcome with mass action. no mass action was even needed.

[@FinDan07]

”the right to discuss is a privilege” is some EA ”sense of pride and accomplishment” tier bullshit

[@strakk]

"the right to discuss is a privilege" and "honestly it's both" are such a massive HOWLERS from CA, holy shit.

[@qualityesports7802]

Haven’t purchased a CA product for retail since Rome II. Last CA product I purchased was Attila for

[@Sersan_]

That 349 clown medals on CA post Lol 💀💀💀

[@Marshmobilise]

Heading to steam rn to add to it 😊

[@yeahhbuddy3932]

Im adding 1 too 😂

[@recruitlegionary9747]

Ive never seen a game company act like literal children but here goes CA taking the piss

[@cr0mag732]

Yeah this was quite the unhinged meltdown, after seeing the hyenas disaster I can see why they are so insecure

[@RambleOn07]

Yeah, normally they would have said that they fired the rogue community moderator and said that the comments were not that of the company. Or, at least, that's what sane companies generally say.

[@muse5722]

The gaming sphere is a weird industry, it has to be the only one where firms can get away with not only hating their customers but being public about that contempt. Sure, there are other businesses that hate the people they serve, investment firms, insurance, whatever, but they have the good sense to keep quiet about it. Also, 35:28 you accidentally? kept a name in - Edit: It was a public interview

[@philippbehn59]

@Volound please check

[@michelians1148]

The film and TV industry has utter contempt for the audience as does the media in general. Often the crazy sociopaths in AAA games are wannabe/failed film people.

[@Volound]

cheers, that name was from a public interview ive already referenced before

[@muse5722]

@@Volound Ah, my bad. Good to hear it.

[@Volound]

i couldve made it clearer, thanks for the diligence.@@muse5722

[@KB-oh7xk]

There really is nothing left here. No management worth saving and no coders who could do the job even if they were allowed to try. It's tragic there are still people out there giving this company money.

[@collinhealy1585]

Keep up the good work with reporting and keeping everyone informed

[@DanBarry851]

Rome II killed Total War and CA for me. Only thing I got since then is Rome Remastered. Don't give these companies a dime or any of your attention and energy.

[@Marshmobilise]

I thought the remaster was poo tbh. Missing all the magic of rome one. Just felt empty and soulless

[@DanBarry851]

@Marshmobilise It did yeah but I figured it was worth trying to see how it was.

[@Marshmobilise]

@@DanBarry851 same 😞

[@bustabusts]

think about it most people have purchased multiple games and multiple DLCs hundreds and hundreds of dollars. if you were at a bar you would get the VIP room. they won't even let you talk about what you want. and most of us make more money than the guy that moderates the forums. we got our friends to buy the game. these people are mental. they seem like children

[@alilhard]

CA : "We will not discuss moderation actions taken with anyone other than that user" Also CA : "Arguing publicly about a warning or ban is not acceptable behaviour" We have investigated ourselves internally and have found we never did anything wrong.

[@Casimir1998]

CA company doctrine. look at every situation, determine the worst possible actions, always use said actions as the response. I cant remember a time where a company shot itself in the foot so many times in a row. you'd think they'd even accidentally make a good decision by now. for shame CA, for shame.

[@HauntakuTV]

Reminds me of how often Roblox refuses to listen to the fans

[@DeltaDragon79]

Don't you love it when a company does stuff like this but has the balls to post their rainbow logo. As if they care about whatever marginalized group is the current flavor of the month so they can milk a few virtue points.

[@HauntakuTV]

It's like how the creators of "The Good Doctor" mock my autism

[@django8451]

First time? I won't be surprised if they change their logo to palestinian

[@johncezar350]

@@django8451 doubt they would risk doing anything historically accurate

[@RambleOn07]

It's never "marginalized groups." It's always aggressively promoted groups that our institutions demand that we bow down before.

[@HauntakuTV]

@@RambleOn07 No, you literally just have to be nice to people like me. I'm not taking away your rights by existing, you're taking OUR rights away by voting for people who hate freedom. You righties always talk about freedom but you actively vote against it because you want the red team to win. BOTH teams suck! Just pick the one who gives you actual facts and not the dude who wants money. Gas prices aren't impacted by what dork you vote for - they're dictated by the rich.

[@GeoffreyMH]

Constructive criticism between friends is the sincerest kindness... only tell your enemies what they want to hear (that way they never learn).

[@xelpad2379]

I'm here for my daily dose of volound being vindicated

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

"Don't you guys have phones?" "The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes." "The bag shown in the media was a prototype and was too expensive to make. We aren’t planning on doing anything about it." "The right to discuss is a privilege, not a entitlement you earn by playing the game" **AAA Hubris Quotes keep booming, buy stocks NOW while your favourite AAA crashes to hell**

[@DigitalApex]

"If you don't like it, don't buy it." Gladly.

[@mountainshark2388]

So they fired %40 but these demons using words like 'space' and 'inclusivity' are still lurking around.

[@wulfheort8021]

Demons are hard to get rid off.

[@Casualfield]

355 Clown Awards had me in tears

[@Baldeagle-tw2nv]

If CA is preventing people from making informed choices regarding their products due to suppression of criticism, then I think Steam should be asked if they're reconsidering CA's "privilege" of selling their broken titles on Steam.

[@Mitch93]

I'm fecking gobsmacked that that PR Guy just outright said they hoped to decieve us AND want to course correct as a result of that failing. I just can't believe it, it blew my mind.

[@l0lDrGoose]

Volo you should send all this stuff to people like yongyea It's important that people hear about what CA has done and that we'll not forget that they smack the community

[@HauntakuTV]

YongYea would love to talk about this I'm sure

[@bubyCZ]

Bellular already picked it up... 426k views on that vid

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

@@bubyCZ even northen exile is tearing them a new one, and he has a warhammer community channel that talk about the tabletop mostly.

[@Rifqiethehero]

Ehhh yongyea is a shill, better give it to another youtuber

[@IndyMiraaga]

@@Rifqiethehero That's a nice argument, rando. Mind backing it up with a source?

[@Gonzlah]

I'm fine if CA just stops existing, they basically already aren't even a thought to me at this point. I haven't played a Total War game for any more than an hour in a long time now. Thanks for all your coverage so far, this has been more entertaining to me than playing a Total War game

[@hammertime732]

In my ideal dream scenario, the Total War source code and game engine tools are leaked right before CA closes the doors for good so modders can repair 10 years of gameplay stagnancy in a month or 2.

[@Gonzlah]

@@hammertime732 Modders would probably get more done in a month than CA in the last decade, and with respect for their audience

[@rrai1999]

I think at this point you've won/proven your point, and let me tell you why. I've only commented once before on your channel and I think it was years ago on a Shogun II video, I'm a "hardcore?" 'gamer' in general, I play a lot of things, I'm into strategy and history, whatever. I'm the target audience for these games, and so are people like me. I'm saying you've won now because whereas beforehand, I'd have continued to just keep buying the warhammer-sloppa to watch the funny miniatures fight for real on my TV in huge battles, they've scared me away now. Pharaoh was a disaster and banning everyone who criticizes anything about this company while it goes belly-up from poor decisions has exposed CA as a bloated carcass. It's no longer vigorous, it can't produce another Rome I or Shogun II, the talent left, and what's left is strangled. No more money from types of people like me just means no more money at all. This is death for CA and they hammered the last nail in with the criticism banning with gusto edit: they havent gotten a cent out of me since warhammer II, I was waiting for a sale or some kind of compelling reason to buy the new one but they didn't produce one

[@alekssavic1154]

Personally I can confirm this, I was willing to eventually pick up Warhammer 3 if it went on a decent sale, but now I really don't want to give them another cent for that or anything else.

[@HauntakuTV]

Their so-called "apology" was written by Chat GPT

[@LAKXx]

Riddle me this, what do Clown Assembly's PR team and 30 grit sandpaper have in common

[@Pariatech]

They are a bad toilet paper substitute?

[@LAKXx]

@@Pariatech Equally smooth. I will mark your answer as correct✅

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

30 grit isn't smooth at all... Over 200 grit is

[@LAKXx]

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 That's the point Einstein

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@@LAKXx clearly it wasn't and you're offended

[@thelonecookie3592]

"Youre not allowed to just criticise. You also have to suggest constructive fixes." Isn't that like, your job, as a multi million dollar company? To come up with solutions to things we think are issues? We AREN'T your fucking employees, CA.

[@Clickificationist]

"Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges." - George Carlin

[@toddfromwork8931]

"Come and take them." - Leonidas of Sparta

[@endo4137]

It's a pretty common issue everywhere nowadays. Never fix any problem! Just invest in PR and blame everyone and everything else... Fixing problems is for the weak! Never admit you made an error!

[@user-ow5qh2oh2t]

I demanded they ban me on the TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH forums, then I wake up the next day and I was banned.

[@AdrianGrave]

if they really wanted to own you then they wouldn't have have, haha.

[@lorkh4nn]

this company is done dawg

[@reddragon4482]

I can't believe they banned the artifacts mod guy lmao. He made the second game 10 times better with all the stuff he added lol.

[@Fernybun]

Cria cuervos y te arrancaran los ojos

[@juggernaut9994]

Silencing criticism is the last resort of a dying organization that refuses to acknowledge its mistakes and change for the better.

[@jas1195]

I clicked on a Google generated link to the CA forums that talked about employees being fired that was about 15 minutes old and the thread has been deleted. I can't say if it was official or not but dang their forums are going so nuts even Google doesn't know what to scrape for news.

[@sedoskovelha123]

Honestly I kind of sympathize with CA when it comes to hating your own costumers. If you're the kind of absolute tool who wasted your money in this reskin of a game, despite all the warnings and all the history of CA and its fanbase, then maybe you do deserve to be mistreated, because you have no standards and no respect for your own money and time. Even worse: you sustain a completely terrible business model. And I'm only saying this because despite all the bad faith of CA, despite the mistreatment of the consumers, the latter will still buy the next shitty product, they will still support it with mods, they will still allow this company to occupy a position in the gaming industry that it doesnt deserve.

[@TheOdderlbert]

the 5k peak players of pharao were all the youtubers making videos i bet :D

[@fine9375]

It's such a joke that they want constructive criticism when they've NEVER listened.

[@PhantomRaspberryBlower]

Having customers is a privilege not a right.

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

It’s unfortunate that a studio i once loved and followed closely has died and had its skin used to pantomime existence in the hopes that it fools enough people into thinking its what it used to be so they’ll fork over money. I remember before Rome 2 there was a massive push to get CA to innovate and try something new. A ton of people on their forums, not steam but they’re actual private forums, were brainstorming ideas for WW1: total war and others. They chose the easy route, regurgitate the game that put them on the map without any of the passion or talent and ride off the fact that by the time everyone realizes it’s shit you already have their money. We lost CA that day and like an addict things just compounded and festered until now we simply cannot recognize them anymore.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Let this be a lesson. It's a corporation. Corporations make product. Product gets consumed and forgotten

[@headstart9900]

The thing about Someone dying and having something else takes over their skin reminds me of something that happens in Elden Ring. ELDEN RING SPOILER ALERT After Yura ( The bloody finger hunter) died, Shabiri the Frenzied God of Chaos takes over Yura's body. It feels surreal you are looking at your friend but your friend is not your friend. So in this case, I feel there is a similarity here where we are merely looking at the CA that was once our friend but is actually no longer .

[@vangoghsseveredear]

Dont agree with you on everything, but CA lately has been genuinely pathetic. Especially since it locks you out of Steam workshop mods. Criticism should not equal getting banned. No matter what, its a bad look. If its a directive by CA, it makes them look pathetic. If its some community manager getting salty, hes reflecting absolutely abhorrently on the company and should be fired. CA is acting like a spurned lover and its genuinely unhinged.

[@johnwhite7648]

Jesus,I can remember working a months overtime just so I could afford to update my PC so I could run shogun on minimum settings .

[@Bluepenguin28]

"This is a company that pisses on you and telling you its raining" its soo true its sad really, and more sad thing is %99 of the game companies became like this

[@honkworld9405]

>LGBTQP flag background profile pic Yeah, focusing on the important things, CA.

[@PipoZePoulp]

Corporate talk, and proof that ChatGPT has more soul than spin doctors. And would do a better job of it...

[@adamlee2550]

How is that every institution with low approval tends to use the term 'misinformation' and uses it as a foundation for banning people from communities and services? Is there a school where these tactics are taught? The Institute for Destroying Beloved Organisations?

[@adamm2091]

Volound, I have been watching you since your Rome 2 deconstruction videos and your views have aligned with mine. You put it far more eloquently, which I appreciate. It's been great watching you be vindicated over the last few months. Having seen you be ostracized and ridiculed, to now basking in a succulent and wonderful "I told you so", is awesome. Congrats on the recent growth as well. Keep it up.

[@Volound]

i remember the name and have seen you around a lot. thanks very much. you get to share in it with me. it would be no fun if i was completely on my own. cheers and thanks for being one of the good ones.

[@naturalbornpatriot6369]

Well, you have over 100k people that are very grateful for your efforts. Keep it up friend

[@chrille27]

Funny how long this has lasted for. People didn’t care when others were getting banned for criticizing the day1 DLCs

[@foshershmul1648]

Only 45k for pharaoh? What a hard fall.

[@mootedtols4865]

"am I so out of touch?" - "no, it's the customers that are wrong"

[@jangleberry1682]

*asks about lore* *BANNED* LOL