The toxicity of MMO communities

[@solairedelaprida]

46% want to make vanilla version of the game 52% want it to be more political 48% take all the politics out of it 44.5% want anarchy 55.5% want tyranny 17% don't wanna any of those 23.7% don't even play the game Welcome to MMO comunities

[@trhitrhitg]

The solution is you provide opportunity to all in the game. Let them so what they want

[@vukkulvar9769]

And as always, the roleplayers are not even a footnote :)

[@BrianLocke]

51% of the responders are actually bots. The other 49% is AI.

[@CinnamonQuills]

@@trhitrhitg You might be surprised by just HOW pressed people get about things existing in a video game that they play that aren't specifically *for* them and their personal tastes. It can provoke a bizarre amount of rage.

[@George_M_]

Only 23% don't play? Hah! Way more than that.

[@anonydun82fgoog35]

My wife runs a market research firm. Abby's behavior was something hauntingly familiar to me and the devs' attitude was spot on.

[@robotnoir5299]

There were zero "devs" in this video. "Dev" means programmer. Why do people think software-houses are magic buildings, that automatically grant programming abilities on anyone who enters? Do you think the mice in the basement are "devs" too? (Admittedly, this video was accurate having zero actual-devs in the room when decisions are being made, and with the marketing-girl giving zero credit to the dev who provided the data for her charts.)

[@Orpheo5]

@@robotnoir5299 two of them are the original devs of the game, other one is the ceo

[@robotnoir5299]

@Orpheo5 Interesting. Was this established somewhere in the video (or a previous episode I've missed), or is it just your head-canon? If we're ignoring their current job-titles, why not just call the series "babies". coz all these people must have been babies at some point in history. This just strikes me as the usual "youtubers who know so little about development that they don't even know the job-titles, yet somehow think they are qualified to comment on the industry" troupe. It's like doing a series about the executives and bean-counters who do the accounting for a hospital, and calling it "nurses".

[@anonydun82fgoog35]

@@robotnoir5299 it is quite possible that you are taking these videos far too seriously.

[@FahimHoq]

​@robotnoir5299 Yes, it was established in a previous video

[@Lorqu1n]

Love Adam's super nonchalant, "you can have a battle royale when I die"

[@Bjarki1066]

“Noted”

[@Adolh_Filter]

How did you write a comment 2 weeks ago in 1 hour old video?

[@SMthegamer1]

​@@Adolh_Filter Money

[@stanimir4197]

@@Adolh_Filter of course, video being private, having, erm, an early access, is a common pattern when it comes to having exclusive access options.

[@GrifoStelle]

@@Adolh_Filterall the reply’s you got are trying to say OP is part of their patron/members. One of the perks of supporting the artists directly can be preventing posts like “first” and “OMG IM SO EARLY PIN ME”

[@PresJPolk]

This is shaping up to be great. Adam as the co-founder who's really into the game and the code. He thinks getting rich hasn't changed him, but in fact it's just enabled all his personality quirks to turn up to 11. Rowan as the co-founder who's the artist and visionary. He will go along with whatever, because yes, he's just loving life. He feels getting rich has liberated him to become his best self. Alan as the guy who probably hates that he has to deal with founders like Rowan and Adam, but as long as he keeps making more f-ing money, it's fine. The second they stop though, it's over. Abby as the bright-eyed kid who grew up with these games, and is in her first Real Job. So much room for each character to grow from here.

[@keeperofthefate]

Sorry, but these guys aren't devs. Where are jokes about scrum masters doing nothing? Where are jokes about backend blaming frontend? Where are jokes about frontend hating clients? Where are jokes about 3D artists fear of being replaced by AI? Where are jokes about POs pushing new features on team, while tech debt blow into dev team's face? Where are jokes about stakeholders calling into the meeting from their multi milion boats in the middle of Carabean? VLDL should find yourself dev consultant on this series, because it's more lame and cringe than it should be.

[@Cancoillotteman]

@@keeperofthefate take it easy man, it's obvious they don't know the dev market and memes (I'm still waiting the first "problem is between the chair and keyboard" joke). But they're just doing a sketch series out of their love for video games, have some sympathy. If it triggers you, just skip this series, there's no ill intent here.

[@micholous]

@@Cancoillotteman this is jokes about gaming stereotypes yes indeed

[@poiuyt975]

@@keeperofthefate This is merely the second episode. You can shove all the jokes all at once. :-)

[@evancombs5159]

@@keeperofthefate they are managers not devs. That stuff is below their pay grade.

[@Jarsia]

Adam "you can have a Battle Royale over my dead body" Alan "That's a price I'm willing to make you pay"

[@thingamabob3902]

now drink your tea ... its Earl Putin ^^

[@cfisher2447]

does anyone know the community manager's only fans name?

[@birthdayzrock1426]

@@cfisher2447 relax

[@Jade.Phoenix]

​@@cfisher2447 seriously!? What the heck!?

[@jwt7930]

Adam: You can have a battle royale once I'm dead. Alan: Challenge accepted

[@The_Gravetender]

Well as someone who's worked in customer service, I have to say I'm impressed that Abby lasted an entire week without a mental breakdown.

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Oh it’s coming

[@zura8879]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague This poor girl doesn't know what she signed up for, huh.

[@FedralBI]

I thought her name was Annie.

[@calronkeltaran493]

@@FedralBI that's ok, it's only been a week

[@feitan8745]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague wait, what?

[@SSingh-nr8qz]

"Just summarize it" gave me flashback for every presentation I put together that took me all night (or even a week of work) only to be brushed away into bulletpoints.

[@MinhNguyenD]

That's why my presentation always start with an executive review and a link to jump to the relevant parts if needed.

[@NightLancerX]

@@MinhNguyenD might as well had 15 empty slides in the middle and link-jump to the end XD

[@aca347]

"We need this quickly, do it as fast as possible! Need it on my desk next Monday!" "Hey boss, it's Monday, and I worked non-stop and finished that thing you asked me to do." "I don't have the time right now, let's go over it next week."

[@ForisTale]

Looks like you like to waste other peopel time. Every presentation should be on point, as short and condensed as possible. It's not a lecture and you are not a teacher.

[@unlikelycircumstances1986]

5% of the community want Djeoph added to the game, and they're very vocal about it.

[@loverlei79]

DJEOPH!🎉

[@DCVerThe3rd]

U spelt 500% wrong

[@nickholland7402]

DJEOPH!!!

[@ordermind]

Incredibly vocal

[@just_kris]

Who?

[@nielsjensen4185]

I have to give props to the actress for Abby, she really sold that, "close to a mental breakdown."

[@sokrates297]

I... I don't know if that was acting... or just real...

[@nielsjensen4185]

@@sokrates297 I would say that she definitely have experience in being in that mindspace because the infliction in her voice at the start where she it takes on a pretend happiness is unusual for pure acting.

[@nerfedirl]

Clearly, as the current fad goes, we should focus on the 23,7% that don't play the game because thats an untapped gold vein right there right ?

[@ShittyWankDemon]

I think you mean 2.3%

[@valor1omega]

What sux is that tends to be what they do. STO they do what they hope draw in the Funko pops/tourist (fake trekkies) and those people tend to never stay.

[@ShittyWankDemon]

@@valor1omega It's the trend from the last decade yes, but I believe we'll see a turning point soon

[@Sigurther]

Definitely listen to the loudest most obnoxious vocal minority on Bluetter, they have their finger on the pulse of the community even though not a single one of them ever has or will pay a dime for our product!

[@greycrimson3228]

And then that alienates the current playerbase, which creates a negative stigma around the game, voiced by players who know the most about it and it will become a game that is known for being in a bad state

[@jimmymcgoochie5363]

11% of players voted for a left-handed option to be added to player models, 69% voted ‘nice’ on the same poll so who knows what that actually means…

[@asteliaz]

The camera shake after the throwing of the presso board, I know from QnA was an accidental hit, but the decision to leave that shot in was such a great call. It just adds that extra pisazz! 👌🔥🔥

[@Xsasan2001]

Hahaha, that hit literally! Thanks for sharing

[@Lorqu1n]

Yep, it was a very artistic wobble, like perfectly done! Would have believed it was on purpose

[@98802ohhey]

They actually hit a camera lol!? Thanks for sharing

[@MeppyMan]

I guessed it was real from her brief reaction. Nicely handled by Abby/Annie

[@thingamabob3902]

thrown so hard it penetrated the 4th wall ^^

[@ivorybuk]

I’ve worked in game development for over a decade now, most of my career in community roles for mobile games - can say 90% of community managers get burnt out and gradually moving towards other roles with more specific business KPIs, primarily bc of their impostor syndrome trauma. It takes pure talent to remain passionate about a f2p game knowing the internal kitchen. Sad but true.

[@kalidesu]

Hi Tim Cain XD

[@jefferson7097]

I disagree and I represent all the people that are me, which as of the time of this post is 33% of the participants in this thread. 😊

[@tobiasripper4124]

unless you are rebecca ford of course, or megan everett.. aaanndd your "kitchen" is as clean as digital extremes'.

[@ChiBiL1nK]

"There's no guns in Azerim" I know a wizard in a wheelchair who'd say the opposite.

[@lambentlamprey]

No one would argue with him a second time, that's for sure. 😅

[@AlsomeCode]

I vaguely recall one adventurer being very enthusiastic about a minigun they broke through a game wall to take with them! 😂

[@silenraven1017]

@@AlsomeCode That was not a minigun. It's a was a holy machine!

[@СтаниславАлексеенко-ч4ъ]

wait, wait, wait...what about that quest-gun in the Forest? XD

[@silenraven1017]

@@СтаниславАлексеенко-ч4ъ Aren't we literally going over the minigun again? xD

[@chld9078]

At 1:20, I really like that Alan brought some flour to bake a tiny pie after the meeting. All these corporate are sooo good at baking, they always get the most expensive flour ! They are not bad guys.

[@M.Monroe4200]

Ion thinks that's flour bro lol 😂

[@chld9078]

@@M.Monroe4200 I swear it is!!! It's for making "energy pies". It's so high quality that you can bake it directly in your nose.

[@the1band1wagon]

Abby's freak out at the end, I was like, "Yes, she has been there for a week." Edit: Friendo's, 0:21 the subtitles say "Abby"

[@TragicPlayer1]

I'm surprised it took a week.

[@digitaIgorilla]

Amy

[@2centschange]

I question where she went to school for this because of of the main lessons is "When you are given the option of staring at the results of what players want, and the abyss, opt for the abyss. It's friendlier and makes more sense"

[@Squidbush8563]

She learned fast that it's impossible to make any significant part of a group happy without making the rest absolutely hate you.

[@Abelius]

I can hear Alan saying "Good... goooood!"

[@JeffKantin]

65% of the audience love this video 15% like it but would prefer they just do more NPC man content 10% are sick of all the new stuff and just want them to go back to only making Bored sketches (and 50% of this group also wants them back at Playtech!) 6% only watch this stuff in the background while they do other stuff so don't really care what happens 4% have no opinion other than "Where's Britt?"

[@Jack-yo2bc]

good point where is britt?

[@xtifr]

You left out the ones just here in the hopes that Rowan will take off his shirt again! 😀

[@Jack-yo2bc]

@@xtifr give it 5 mins lol

[@palodani58]

Where's bored though?

[@fairystail1]

Then there's one guy who just thinks it's a nice day for fishing aint it

[@TheCollector-t6g]

"MMO forums are proof that players hate every new update-until the next one comes out, and then it’s suddenly the 'good old days.'”

[@gaz-atolla7519]

Not just MMOs... you should see some of the batshit and bullshit thrown around every time Games Workshop does something

[@Karl666Smith]

And updates in ui are universally hated, especially if they don't add anything and just move old options to a different place

[@photoo848]

I've read that part of it is the young ones not being so much on forums so by the time they grow into forum...ers? Forumees? The a good chunk of the previous group of haters has outgrown it

[@SyntheticFuture]

That's why you always need to be making new updates :D

[@dawoifee]

Sometimes I wish desvs would just ignore the community and go with something brave and innovative. Georg R.R Martin said in an Interveiw "Art is not a Democracy". And Devs should view the Game as Art. But there is also the big Money interest, and they do not allow to be brave.

[@danevileye]

01:20 The cocaine bag hahahaha

[@Jarsia]

Oh I totally missed that

[@imALazyPanda]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed this lol. I was thinking how is this not a top comment pointing that out.

[@boosted02wagon]

Same ​@@imALazyPanda

[@truecross4090]

I thought that was a condom at first as a dig to all the allegations that happen at Blizzard.

[@dirkwolf9463]

Happens all the time at the strip club I worked at.😆

[@robertthompson5701]

Day 1: Overly excited and optimistic Day 2: "I hate my job, I hate end users, I want to set everything on fire and watch the chaos unfold with a bucket of popcorn." Get Abby a computer and a Visual Studio subscription, she's officially a software developer.

[@Unknown_Genius]

That hits home, lol I originally learned software developement and fell out due to (until then) undiagnosed issues that make me unfit for full work days (and half work days for that matter). I still question myself if I actually want to go back to developement if my situation improves enough.

[@robertthompson5701]

@@Unknown_Genius I feel like if I stopped being a software dev, my quality of life would improve, I wouldn't be so cynical, and I'd be a much happier person.

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@robertthompson5701 Might be, but I honestly think it'd not change as much. You know about the stupid things people will do and it'll always stick out whenever you notice it, at least it's that way for me still.

[@Tamizushi]

I work in a school as a teacher's assistant on computer programming. For about a month when I got hired, it was the job of my dream. I loved spending time with students, walking them through the concepts until there face went "eureka". I'm actually very good at finding exactly how to explain something so that someone understands so it was also very low stress. Then my boss came back from vacation and I had my first meeting with her, and things have never been the same. Now I feel like I'm walking on egg shells, like anything I say or do could be twisted and used against me. I have to keep notes of everything that happen so I won't get gaslit.

[@corefunstudios]

Abby's shy mannerisms at the beginning and then the slow crescendo of her exasperation-- she was really fantastic! She's a great actress, and I hope to see her involved with other projects you guys do, too.

[@charlottet7379]

Absolutely agree!! She is really an ✨excellent✨ actress. I was very impressed with even the tiny details/micro expressions on her face from the first video. Very very well done (also I wouldn’t have known Greg the Garlic farmer had it in him to be this good of an a-hole 😅😂 the guys are playing it phenomenally 👌👌👌

[@joshuawarren551]

100% of me want more horse pockets for all my mounts

[@redjules1215]

I thought Abby would maintain her composer for a few more episodes but then I realized she's been talking to gamers on the internet and was actually holding it together pretty well.

[@Mosestylez]

Who's Abby? That's clearly Annie

[@Voidi-Void]

Poor alex

[@joshuaingram571]

Small but mighty . . . and utterly gorgeous.

[@adaptable1553]

@@joshuaingram571 There's an edit button on comments. You can stall save face. It's not too late, dude. Edit: It's closing in on an hour now. I think it's too late for this man. He truly believes she might be scrolling through every comments replies reading everything.

[@tr1bes]

It's Abby. @0:34 she correct them. Not Annie.

[@yuyaplays9311]

Where was the 10% of the community that is wondering why some of the npc's act like normal people?

[@michael_pilot]

100% of me wants pettable animals added to the game, 100% wants to ride a dragon and 100% loves this series

[@andrewpolito9244]

If there is a puppy or kitty and I can't pet it, my rating imminently drops to 5/10 stars

[@INFPeace-]

Not sure if psycho Allen would permit it though! 😂

[@amspracklen]

Dragon of Schmagenrog flying mount for $69.99

[@SethBeaty]

@@amspracklenwhere else would they get their money anyway?

[@GGBlaster]

99.99999999999999% of players would agree that pettable animals are a direct upgrade to every game

[@ninjaclone]

I usually causally drop in every few months to see new content. This series however is bringing me in more and more. Super funny. Love the characters. Cant wait to see what you guys have in store.

[@R4-B10]

100% of Rowans would have liked to do this scene shirtless.

[@cfisher2447]

does anyone know the community manager's only fans name?

[@exilieaon6256]

Adam not wanting a battle royale made him my new favorite

[@Vermouth_19]

Gah the actress playing Abby was soo good. That frustration feels personal 😅

[@panda4247]

Yes, I wanted to hug her (the character, just to be clear, not creepy)

[@sw-gs]

​@@panda4247 Creepy nonetheless. 😂

[@panda4247]

@@sw-gs why? she looked like she needed a hug, the way Adam usually needs the hug in the Bored series.

[@thomgizziz]

Really it is just cringe and not well acted.

[@thomgizziz]

@@panda4247 you really shouldn't be talking about hugging people you have never spoke with and have never been in the same place as. The feeling that you needed to say it isn't creepy probably means you are being creepy.

[@kurtreznor]

Great meeting! Glad we got all that sorted out and have a clear plan of action. Good job everyone!

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

First :P

[@wordofmike]

BOOOO HISSSS

[@CaseyDillistone]

Devs -- cheat coding for first.

[@michael_pilot]

Reported for temporary ban😜

[@DragonsAreHungry]

Here, have a cookie Adam. Quickly, before Rowan takes it!

[@SettesNL]

Hehehe....😂😂😂😂 lol

[@HeavyHardDrive]

2:51 I love it !

[@xoria114]

Action it! Action all of it!

[@James-n6e]

The part of me that took business classes once upon a time is asking all kinds of questions about how much overlap there is between each category, while also accepting that the boss just wants The Correct Option and The Sacrificial Option.

[@Wrathlon]

Honestly this is the most accurate representation of the WoW community ever filmed.

[@Unknown_Genius]

Of any community to be precise. Unless you make a 2nd game a decade or so later, then you can rest assured that a ton of people will feel negative about the game as it's either "not as polished" as a game worked on for a decade or "doesn't have as much content" as a game updated for a decade - and damn be all the positives about the new release, who cares about those?

[@Freestyle80]

@@Unknown_Geniusthis is parody of the WoW reddit/twitter/wow forums community….

[@EscapeePrisoner]

Thanks for the shout out at the end there guys. That felt nice.

[@1nsertRand0m]

Damn, I love it! Adam's "after my dead body" got me in giggles and Rowan's enthusiasm is just contagious! I'm a fan of Alan and him being bros. I'm so happy that so many people with various tastes found Skycraft to their liking~ I'm sure the game's future will be glorious and the devs would milk tons of money from the grateful players!😁

[@J4-R0]

Woah she broke faster than I expected, i was giving her at least 5 episodes.

[@ItsPinkay]

You mustn't have much experience in the MMO community. I am very impressed by her endurance.

[@NiMareQ]

Did you pre-record the end sequence 3:20 before Abby destroyed it? 😁

[@Tooamazin]

They probably made multiples since they planned on having her throw it and the shot may not work so they'd need multiple takes.

[@NiMareQ]

@Tooamazin that's probably the correct boring answer.

[@Keln02]

"I worked all night on it" Yep, classic AAA work culture right there

[@lukask4498]

I was thinking the same. She did a "deep dive".........overnight. 😂

[@cfisher2447]

does anyone know the community manager's only fans name?

[@ricardotoyos1892]

@@cfisher2447 you are sick

[@spderweb]

100% of players want top see Abby make a character in Skycraft to talk directly with the players. Would be neat if she learns that Greg is Sentient.

[@karazsteel]

So what they're going to action is an optional only expansion pack that has multiple routes allowing political or non-political choices involving the new characters and ways to kill or support them, the temporary quest involving guns making a comeback during it, end game decisions to cause tyranny or anarchy, resulting in a battle royale but only after Delvin has been hit with a defibrillator a couple of times.

[@spartanx169x]

Brilliance.

[@popplars964]

something very important happened in this meeting. Alan asked "so whats the play" and if abby realizes that she will realize she has SO. MUCH. POWER. it caught her off guard this time, i hope in the future she is ready for it and able to make positive changes :3

[@oronport9255]

Half want men, half want bear, and half want pig

[@jbullforg]

Now I want bacon

[@brandonsopinion8904]

Great! We'll make Al Gore a playable character.

[@jeremiaas15]

@@jbullforg Really? I for one want super cereal.

[@absence9443]

0:00 whoever did the sound design for the start, this is phenomenally clean

[@SF.Photographia]

I never thought I could hate Alan (the character I mean!) ... Rowan yes, obviously... But Alan? I would love to see Adam in a tougher role again, like the Player he once was outside Techtown on his bike

[@miss_pelt]

Yes, bring tough Adam in somewhere. Tough but in a good way!

[@DreamweaverMirar]

I absolutely want to see badass biker Adam again lol

[@neohybridkai]

Same, this is the first time I feel my blood boiling from Alan. Amazing acting!

[@cristlejohnson4900]

I think he sucks at the douche character. It is very fake like.

[@bobbynygaardchrisitansen6874]

You are supposed to hate the game creators I guess. He is just playing a long being a villain.

[@Drakken737]

"Artictstorm" The name. The font. Pure cinema. I was also the CM for PUBG MOBILE for a while and that was pretty much exactly how it was lmao

[@leewood729]

2% want Skycraft the Musical.... (But seriously, love how Adam is the empathetic one here...)

[@michael_pilot]

I'm one of those, but I'm a dreamer

[@DragonsAreHungry]

I hope they will include the smashing "Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal...." by Wotsit.

[@onecoolboy98]

There’s a reason we have “Baradune, the Musical High Sorcerer”.

[@Zikkori]

Loving this Abby character, feels like great chemistry between eachother. Also scary how real this could actually be in the big companies.

[@NameNotAChannel]

I sympathize with the players sharing their honest negative feedback, and how their viewpoints are being brushed off because there are people who feel the opposite of them, making them part of some whole that can't make up its collective mind.

[@Kantharr]

Or they get drowned out by the loud overly negative minority of the community.

[@TiesOfZip]

Dude, spending 20 years in the wow forums, her breakdown at the end is the most realistic and appropriate thing I’ve ever seen lol

[@NightLancerX]

everything after 3.3.5a is meh-to-trash :]

[@Freestyle80]

@@NightLancerXuh huh, you have been moaning about that for 15 years now, give it up

[@NightLancerX]

@@Freestyle80 go yap in your yard, dog XD

[@Freestyle80]

@@NightLancerX i’m not the one crying for 15 years, you are worse than most exes

[@thatdmguy4512]

The solution is simple. We need higher percentages. This was taken from a survey where 400% of the community disagreed with the above statement.

[@jayingy]

The actor who plays Annie is great. You guys all killed it as usual 😂

[@TheUnknownD]

Skycraft would be an amazing game.

[@Azurenighterror11]

“You can have it over my dead body” Adams character sounds like he'd really do it too

[@Agg1E91]

"This 23.7% don't even play the game!" That is probably the most generally true statement of any community of any MMO game ever released.

[@fion3943]

should be higher, with how many dead, multiple, bot accounts there are.

[@Mailed-Knight]

I feel as though its not just MMO communities that have that.

[@poiuyt975]

That's also the best customer. Pays for the game and then doesn't burden the servers. Kinda like the guy who buys a gym pass and then never goes there. ;-)

[@Aounfather1]

This series is gonna end with Adam getting kicked out a window.

[@bellissimo4520]

Also the lady playing Abby is doing a great job! Hope to see a lot more of her on Viva!

[@stevenpolack4444]

Nobody talking about the lil baggie that fell out 😂 😂 it's the lil details that make us laugh 😂 😂 thanks for another vid 👍👍

[@stevenpolack4444]

1:21

[@Reina.Nijinsky]

0:14 Alan’s glow up from a sweet bumbling storekeeper in Honeywood to this finger snapping alpha male bossman 🤯 Happy Holidays to you and yours! 🎄🎅🏻🧑🏻‍🎄🌲❄️☃️🌲🎉🎂🎊🎈🎁🌲🍷🥂🍾🍻🌲 from NYC 🍎🇺🇸

[@Gigi-Anai8c7l]

he's a great actor

[@Stellarcrete]

The dwarves have guns. The goblins have guns. Everyone has guns. Adam is the only one that thinks there are no guns.

[@sarriest]

As somebody who's a dev on an MMO in real life, this hits WAY too close to home 🥲

[@Theinkedanarchist]

You have my deepest sympathies for your impending breakdown.

[@thoughtsfromnobody1845]

Rest in piece your mental health. May it find joy in the players who enjoy your work.

[@xR0N1Nx]

Yet nothing will change

[@ShittyWankDemon]

:( best to start looking for a different job im afraid

[@marsovac]

If you're an indie dev and want to make an outstanding game, don't listen to feedback from gamers. You'll end up with a game that covers the lowest common denominator and won't ever become great. Instead become a gamer yourself and make the game YOU would want to play. You will take a risk, but without risk there is no great success story.

[@n.m.h9679]

The voice of the people. There is no voice. It’s millions of people all screeching at the top of their lungs for different things. That’s how you get a $90 mount.

[@NxGDE50MErK]

Love this show! Please 🙏 bring us more

[@ericpisch2732]

You missed a trick here “So what’s the play” recolour the rarest mount in game and put it in the shop for $100 😂

[@EstariaValens]

Just wait till you see the next episode!

[@DanaTheInsane]

I’d have been thrilled if I could’ve bought my mount. one of the reasons I quit playing Warcraft was I spent over a decade farming a mount from a holiday that would not drop for me ever. And if I complained in trade chat swarms of trolls would fly it around my head in a circle and laugh at me. I want a mount in Star Trek online no problem it’s 30 bucks.

[@Radzaification]

"If that's the preference, I could die then you could have a battle royale" "Noted" 😂😂😂 I love this already

[@Kubrzesz]

The biggest plotwist would be if it turned out that Adam is the worst of them all. Even worse than Alan

[@tsoliaspn354]

The DEV series has so much potential! With a bit of fine-tuning, thoughtful writing, and that signature Viva La Dirt League humor, it could truly become an outstanding series. The possibilities are endless! They could even mix in skits and episodes tied to an upcoming game, building anticipation over a couple of years. Not only would it likely become a massive hit, but the team could also gather invaluable feedback from the community throughout the process. The future for this series is incredibly exciting!

[@BL00DYME55]

"team could also gather invaluable feedback from the community " Have you not been paying attention to the skit?

[@bigyoshi5170]

1:51 Bro woke up and chose violence

[@del1000005]

“There are no guns in Azaram”…after a Gatling gun is used to mow down enemies in a prior episode.

[@Astromechy]

Abby .... "Never meet your idols".

[@psoma_brufd]

So glad to have supported this show getting made, loving all the content!

[@FardeenKhan-we1ku]

100% of the community wants a real skycraft game

[@JacobL228]

I love the reference to the speedrunning video at the beginning. 🎶The dragons of Schmargonrog.🎶

[@arcshadowstorm]

ok, so when do we get a devs meeting with a behind the scenes on why the NPCs are self aware? Do the devs know about it and put it in there on purpose, or was it accidental and they don't know what caused it? Or are some devs trolling the others with their amazing AI? I feel like Rowan's character is the kind of guy who would accidentally code a self aware NPC in completely out of the blue, and might not even realize he did it.

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Well we’re only on episode 2 so… 😉

[@IamGrimalkin]

You're talking about Bored Rowan here, who's a different character.

[@calronkeltaran493]

they could also be just GM's who are messing with the players

[@andrewpolito9244]

There is an episode where Greg has a wife and loses her to to a patch where we see a dev "fixing an issue"

[@westrim]

There is absolutely no way it was on purpose.

[@Brawndo2008]

Stare long enough into the abyss.... Eventually Abby stares back.

[@poorwotan]

32.3333% (repeating, of course) want chicken...

[@MrDavid01228]

While an individual player is stoned and just yelled "LEERRROOYYY JEEENKINS!" We felt it important to include him in the demographics.

[@poorwotan]

@@MrDavid01228 Because we also cater to the individual player - for a fee!!! :)

[@richardmarple2695]

This is probably pretty close to how a meeting at the Hawk Tuah girls crypto launch went

[@Armageddon2k]

thats why you dont listen to what people say, you listen to what they spend their money on.

[@realLow-Key]

💯

[@ShittyWankDemon]

👏

[@jeremiaas15]

Not fully. That mindset creates "desert MMOs"- a handfull of whales in an enviorement too hostile to admit new inhabitants.

[@ShittyWankDemon]

@@jeremiaas15 who said anything about making it pay-to-win

[@Volkaer]

@@jeremiaas15 Doesn't have to have anything with pay to win or microtransactions. Just pay attention as to what the players interact with in game, and what they spend in game currency on.

[@MitsisChris]

maybe....just maybe the BEST and more accurate video you made so far .... pretty sure thats how they "work " and 100% sure the community last 5-6 years are like that !! lets goooooooo thanks for these videos 4 mins of joy in our day

[@Jack-yo2bc]

concord and veilguard proves its waaaaay higher than 9% lol

[@ShittyWankDemon]

yup, realistically it's more like 90%

[@DH-xw6jp]

Not even gonna mention Dustborn? Lol Another disaster.

[@Jack-yo2bc]

@@DH-xw6jp if I mentioned em all I'd be here all day lol

[@samcochran8203]

Yeah this whole year has been full of these dead on release games hasn't it

[@caleb186]

Abby did a deep dive into the community spaces and her primary takeaway was ptsd.

[@zema9401]

There is no shot a 31% of a MMO community wants a Battle Royal. And there is no shot that over half of any playerbase wants more politics. I would say at least 75 % dont even care.

[@nv_boredom.at.its.finest]

I already love this new series, can’t wait to see moreee

[@panda4247]

"46% want us to make vanilla version of the game" -- Abby I was expecting someone to add "15% want us to make a chocolate version of the game" ("if you know what I mean")

[@kikidevine694]

Hello Daddy

[@tom3266]

What aboht cookies and cream?

[@ant33rux]

Time traveler moves a chair : Alan becomes Rowan incarnate.

[@yourin8er]

There’s cheaters in the comments. I see post from 2 weeks ago. 37% of the community want time travel nerfed.

[@b-52eggbeast88]

“So what’s the plan?” - actually redeeming.

[@stanimir4197]

Mr. Dalvin appears to suffer form amnesia. He did add (approve) a machine gun firing magic bullets that never run out and totally mow down orcs, likely totally... in a good way. There was an update where a fix removed the possibility to add the gun permanently to player's inventory. In that regard, it's very safe to say: big guns are very established, a true lore element of the game... Yet he fails to remember, perhaps he does need a break.

[@maxpower3990]

That wasn’t a gun, that was several wizard staffs strapped together.

[@stanimir4197]

@@maxpower3990 the quest itself was called 'minigun madness', and the weapon is ref.'d as 'minigun' verbatim (that cannot leave the area).

[@IamGrimalkin]

To be fair he says "no guns in Azerim". Maybe the quest is based in another nation or planet or something. Also we don't know when this sketch is set, it may have happened before the minigun mission.

[@calronkeltaran493]

"no guns in azerim" is plural. this means, one gun is ok

[@stanimir4197]

@@IamGrimalkin it's absolutely, most definitely in Azerim - as much as Greg is. He is featured in the original quest and then in update (where he also loses his 'wife' and newborn). So the location is settled. The timeline - I did consider it quite extensively prior writing this - up to the point to finding a date on the board. Few giveaways. -- Abby talks about playing the game as "kids" along with her brother . There has to be enough years passed, esp for her to refer to herself as a kid. -- The badge design strap (the one around the neck) is 2023 (if produced by the same "Candy Land" company) -- Diversity quota, and the "woke" use as pejorative would imply 2023 as well (even though 9% feels on the low side, so it might be bit earlier?) -- I can't recognize the Mac model at 0:41 -- The phone at 0:02 is 2022+ -- Dragons of Shmargonrog singing at the start, however, feels like anachronism as the same theme song is featured in one of the expansions/massive skips earlier episodes.

[@markkramer5740]

I kinda feel like Abby's week is a representation of how Jackie Ko's week (community manager for SWTOR) goes. This makes me appreciate Jackie even more.

[@here_bedragons]

Watching this new actress slowly freak out was great! I look forward to more of her :)

[@stobbsm]

Abbie is an awesome character! Love how naive yet insightful she is

[@LG02380]

1:39 😂😂😂 The based part of the community.

[@lionhead123]

this reminds me so much of a Dutch satirical sketch show called Jiskefet. They did this piece called "Multilul". Almost exactly like this. Except 20 years ago.

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

Poor Abby. As if things couldn't get worse, just wait til she steps foot in Honeywood and has to go through that armour ordeal with Britt. 700% of people want to see that episode. Thank you guys in advance for making it.

[@YourHandleHere84]

The toxic player community in MMOs these days is one of the main reasons I no longer play any of them. I played pre-CU Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest 2 up to the desert expansion, WoW from vanilla through Battle for Azeroth, and Star Wars: The Old Republic from stress test beta until the forced server merge, so I think I have a pretty good feel for how the community has changed. The mmo player communities are a totally different kind of animal compared to the communities of the 2000’s. Honestly, I blame platforms like Facebook and Twitter; the toxicity of social media has bled into gaming and even real life too. Truly unfortunate.

[@alexholden]

"I love it. Action all of it." 😄

[@verhalenvrouwe]

"🎶the dragon of Schmargenrog🎶" "Yes, and then we get the NPCs to sing it" Throwback to The Problem With Skipping Cut Scenes, one of my favourite Epic NPC Man skits

[@tomfromtartu9706]

99.8% of the VLDL community wants to play skycraft

[@mrgerbik]

I'm so invested in the story of ArcticStorm Studios. If Clint is the major share holder, is this before they get bought out by Fracturedvision? Will we see Robbie Goatdick take over? Or are they already under Macrohard? Can't wait to see how this plays out 😂