u/deadpoly

I appreciate the advice. They haven’t really gotten to me at all, truthfully. It might not come off that way because I’m posting things like this, but I’ve been in game dev for over 5 years in the public sphere now. I handle negative reviews daily, this just isn’t really what it is about at this point for me.

I’ve actually had a support ticket open since Friday with no response unfortunately.

If what they did is illegal where they are (most believe AUS), is there still a chance they could be held liable if I file a report and press charges and they are able to be found?

To be specific; they do not seem very good at hiding their identities, cover their tracks, etc. multiple random internet users have already tried to send me their personal information (doxxing them) which I’m obviously not doing anything with, but just to say I don’t think it will be difficult for any agency to actually find them

It's an interesting scenario that just keeps going.

They are now trying to claim I'm lying about what they said because I censored it, and even tried to goad me in to releasing the full unedited video (which would platform their agenda) by calling me a chicken. Like, come on, lol.

Thanks for the shout out!

I hope you were able to get them removed.

Thank you! It’s really how it feels, especially this specific weekend, it was just more and more piling on.

Insert Kevin hart meme haha.

I’m not sure yet until I see how they handle it. I’m assuming they keep track of all the upvotes, and they already have IP/HWID data, so they can probably use that to link a bunch of the people together.

I’m actually really thankful you posted this because there’s a lot of people who keep trying to say it doesn’t matter and reviews don’t do anything, but they definitely do. You have nothing feel stupid about; I don’t think anyone should risk it.

It’s basically been discovered in quite a few of the comments at this point.

I love to hear that you enjoy it! More updates coming for sure, and I have every intention of going to the FBI.

Thank you!

Honestly, I get it. Especially now because it’s gained quite a bit of momentum. I’m definitely not good enough at marketing for that, but more, there’s zero chance I’d tank my own daily deal for the hope to maybe have a post go viral afterwards.

I’ve had a ticket I’ve been updating over and over since Friday, hoping it’s top of the pile tomorrow.

I have a support ticket in with steam, waiting on a reply.

I think the bigger thing isn’t the size of my game, but the limited giant visibility it has during the daily deal.

Thank you! He was a great dude, I’m sure he’d be getting a chuckle over this and give me a smart ass thing to say to them.

I really hope so!

100%.

Thank you!

It’s definitely an interesting scenario when it comes to trying to quantify that aspect. I’m much more interested in trying to make sure it doesn’t end with no repercussions for them, whatever it may end up being.

My game actually has an awesome chunk of Aussie and NZ players! They were very stoked / kind when I finally (after way too long) got an AUS server set up, I'd fully recommend releasing there.

I'm sure at least a small bit of it was honestly sleep depravation with how wild the weekend was. Dealing with trying to get the update out prior to the daily deal, releasing, flying out of state for the funeral, getting no sleep multiple nights trying to deal with this, then attending the funeral... Was kind of just at the "fuck it" stage, hadn't heard a peep from Steam, so figured it was better than nothing, and they ended up giving me a mountain of information about them, and at minimum, it was medium entertaining.