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[CashPrizes]

Sounds more like a fanfic written by a 13 year old about how woke their imaginary game dev job is.

 

[March Climber]

But i am getting tired of these threads.

I really think all these should be off topic.

The whole gaming board is full of this lately and its getting old.

The sad reality is that They’re not going to stop making these types of threads, people get made fun of/talked down to for complaining about the forum being overloaded with these threads, and no one will stop them from making these types of threads, because any very teeny tiny action taken against them is seen as ‘purple side’ behavior.

It’s like the verbal version of a defense card in Yugioh that literally covers all possible angles.

You will have to play the waiting game like the rest of us who were tired of it years ago.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

People are really that thirsty to find things to hate on. The headline should be enough to make you stop and think how ridiculous this claim is.

 

[Codeblew]

I don't work in the games industry but I am a developer in a very big corp with thousands of developers. 1/4 of them if fired, the company would probably be better off. Another 1/4 of them, nobody would notice if they were fired. The rest actually get shit done. They would get even more done if they didn't have to put up with the bullshit that the aforementioned create. There are a lot of posers in the corporate world.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[The Cockatrice]

Not sure how true any of these allegations are,

Might be exaggerated a bit, but it sounds exactly as any other corporation, similar to the one I work in, minus the DEI stuff since I'm in a Eastern European country. Creativity in corporations is at an all time low and it is indeed just a factory line. Sadly most have no choice but to work there, it's a living.

 

[TastyPastry]

lots of ubisoft devs posting ITT right now

 

[Puscifer]

You don't need a rumor or secret report for the obvious.

 

[Embearded]

Ubisoft joined the DEI hiring trend hard to win social media points and now they are paying the price.

Regarding the coding part of the development, I want to say that for years i've been vocal in my university and colleagues, about the trend of teaching higher level languages and leaving behind C/C++ and Assembly.
This leads to programmers detached from the machine and many times they don't understand the impact of their code on the machine.
I work in embedded and every now and then we get a new colleague from CS instead of EE.
None of them so far knew how to optimize on the low level and gain back machine cycles.
Of course that's anecdotal and my personal observation, but i truly believe that the average programmer today produces worse code than 20 years ago.

 

[RagnarokIV]

This rumor comes from YouTuber..

Ahh. So bullshit then.

 

[GinSama]

Can't wait for the next far cry game

 

[Black_Stride]

Whenever one of these random yooutube grifters pop up I always check what other content they make.
If it leans heavily in either direction.........doubt!!!!!!!

Yup thats a grifter.
No thanks.

 

[GymWolf]

Sound like bullshit alright.

 

[evanft]

AccolonnTV

So we're taking the word of YouTube rage grifters seriously?

Whenever one of these random yooutube grifters pop up I always check what other content they make.
If it leans heavily in either direction.........doubt!!!!!!!

Yup thats a grifter.
No thanks.

I don't know what's more pathetic, making these videos or watching them regularly.

 

[a'la mode]

So we're taking the word of YouTube rage grifters seriously?

It is Gaf, after all.

 

[Bernardougf]

I dont even think its a rumor... this is exactly like I think every company that heavily push DEI and abolish meritocracy will eventually work... its so obvious.

 

[kruis]

This complaint must have been written by someone who landed his first job as a dev at Ubisoft.

From there he shared that this original insider as well as another detailed how Ubisoft’s video game development processes are all bogged down in administration and bureaucratic meetings.

He explained, “The next thing that was revealed to me — and this is from both insiders — is actually just the nightmare of designing video games for Ubisoft. Gaming today, according to these insiders, are more like a factory line and a logistical nightmare than it is about creativity. In order to get anything done you take weeks of meetings and department logistics to get all of the teams involved. And then you get to do the thing and then once you're done with the thing you have to go into more meetings in order to implement the thing. There's just so little space for actual creativity.

That's exactly what building ANYTHING in a big corporation is like. You can't just be CREATIVE and do shit on your own. You're a cog in an enormous machine and if you do something other than you're supposed to, you'll be causing problems up the chain.

These people complaining about not being able to express their creativity should leave teams made up of hundreds of people and join an indie development team where just a handful of people work.

 

[Wildebeest]

Everyone young should know that their social media profile is way more important for their career than actually being able to do the work the career is about with any efficiency.

 

[Cyborg]

Who would like to work for Ubisoft? With a dictator at his head..........

 

[DonJimbo]

Ubisoft is dying R.I.P

 

[Clear]

Ubisoft joined the DEI hiring trend hard to win social media points and now they are paying the price.

Regarding the coding part of the development, I want to say that for years i've been vocal in my university and colleagues, about the trend of teaching higher level languages and leaving behind C/C++ and Assembly.
This leads to programmers detached from the machine and many times they don't understand the impact of their code on the machine.
I work in embedded and every now and then we get a new colleague from CS instead of EE.
None of them so far knew how to optimize on the low level and gain back machine cycles.
Of course that's anecdotal and my personal observation, but i truly believe that the average programmer today produces worse code than 20 years ago.

This I can well believe.

The more abstracted you get from hardware the more it becomes about function over efficiency. Which is fine when efficiency isn't a consideration, but... yeah games aren't like that.

 

[Wildebeest]

Whenever one of these random yooutube grifters pop up I always check what other content they make.
If it leans heavily in either direction.........doubt!!!!!!!

Sad thing is, you can't even get any visibility on YouTube now unless your video titles make your channel look like a bowl full of angry ragebait turds. Even people who try to make good content by actually doing more research than copying the worst troll posts of the day on twitter or reddit do it.

 

[boo]

I want to hear this information so that I can understand why these companies continue to make these woke games. I understand that there are grifters that join the bandwagon on yotube, but I still want to know. So keep the information coming.

 

[Ozriel]

Imagine being gullible enough to believe this obvious nonsense.

 

[LordOcidax]

Go WOKE go BROKE… Simple.

 

[KiteGr]

Whenever one of these random yooutube grifters pop up I always check what other content they make.
If it leans heavily in either direction.........doubt!!!!!!!

Yup thats a grifter.
No thanks.

We'll if the leak is true, he wouldn't send it to Kotaku and the like. The official sites and channels acted blind to the Dei issues all those years, so people had gone to these "grifters" who voice their frustrations, thus becoming a proper go-to for the raw side of gaming news, which makes them the ideal media to spread such a leak.

My biggest issue with the "leak" is that it fits way to well to what we've been saying all this time. It makes me suspicious, if not because I expect to be wrong on at least a couple of things when actual behind-the-scenes information is revealed.

 

[Sintoid]

I dont know whats worse
Some DEI or Some Youtubers

 

[Wildebeest]

My biggest issue with the "leak" is that it fits way to well to what we've been saying all this time. It makes me suspicious, if not because I expect to be wrong on at least a couple of things when actual behind-the-scenes information is revealed.

That's crazy talk. You think some YouTube grifter with zero accountability might just be making things up that you want to hear just because it contains no real verifiable information or any new details? Astonishing cynicism.

 

[Toots]

Apparently, guys merc brand is Fat Man Gaming.

 

[BlackTron]

This is a rumor?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Not sure how true any of these allegations are

I am, I've played the games

Total dross. UBI have been going down the purple rabbit hole for years now. I'm just a tad miffed they pushed their magnum opus back. Was looking forward to a laugh.

The only thing I'm hoping from all this drama and if the Chinese overlords do eventually buy them out is they'll get rid of Uplay on Steam for the old games.

Who am I kidding though, as if the Chinese are going to drop all that extra yummy personal data.

 

[Black_Stride]

We'll if the leak is true, he wouldn't send it to Kotaku and the like. The official sites and channels acted blind to the Dei issues all those years, so people had gone to these "grifters" who voice their frustrations, thus becoming a proper go-to for the raw side of gaming news, which makes them the ideal media to spread such a leak.

My biggest issue with the "leak" is that it fits way to well to what we've been saying all this time. It makes me suspicious, if not because I expect to be wrong on at least a couple of things when actual behind-the-scenes information is revealed.

They wouldnt email a random nobody on youtube.
There are other "grifters" who have a bigger audience who would more likely be emailed.

Hell Asmogold would have been a perfect person to email cuz he is quite critical of devs who follow trends and/or push random agendas.
If a channel is full of nothing but ragebait chances are they are full on grifter hunting for engagement.

 

[The_Observer]

Hard not to believe it.

 

[justiceiro]

Sounds like an obnoxious employee that thinks it's the only professional surrounded by idiots who he blames for his shortcomings.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Feels like made up info to get clicks.

 

[Skifi28]

Sounds like YongYea ragebait.

 

[GymWolf]

They wouldnt email a random nobody on youtube.
There are other "grifters" who have a bigger audience who would more likely be emailed.

Hell Asmogold would have been a perfect person to email cuz he is quite critical of devs who follow trends and/or push random agendas.
If a channel is full of nothing but ragebait chances are they are full on grifter hunting for engagement.

Can ubisoft sue him for false accusation or some shit when they are so blatantly making stuff up?

 

[Black_Stride]

Hard not to believe it.

That Ubisoft is bloated....absolutely doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure that out......just look at the credits for any game.
That the vast majority of devs in Ubisoft are wack.......Nah fam, getting employed with Ubi would require talent.
Ubi devs cant leave because they dont have "names" also bullshit......your portfolio gets you hired, having shipped a AAA game and you likely even get headhunted..

 

[Laptop1991]

Yeah i saw this on Youtube, makes total sense now, no wonder Ubisoft is in trouble, no matter how many games failed the activist's just wouldn't listen, madness!

 

[Black_Stride]

Can ubisoft sue him for false accusation or some shit when they are so blatantly making stuff up?

So few subscribers........not even worth the lawyers time.
If anything he would be happy if Ubisoft gave him time of day.
It is sad he is spreading fud that the vast majority of devs in Ubisoft are shit......cuz if the story gains traction, imagine a Ubi dev trying to find another job?

 

[The Dead Flag Blues]

Whenever one of these random yooutube grifters pop up I always check what other content they make.

First thing I did as well, channel filled with exactly the kind of nonsense I expected. You'd have to be braindead to take these people seriously.

 

[Boss Mog]

I don't need a rumor to tell me what I already know. Just look at Suicide Squad, a game that actually looks worse than Arkham Knight which is a decade old at this point. Established companies are putting out games these days that are actually worse technically than 5 or even 10 years ago. The reason for this is because they're not the same companies anymore, all the talented people left and they were replaced by talentless DEI hires who only care about pushing the "progressive" agenda.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Threads like this should be banned so these grifters don't get any clicks from gaf at least.

 

[Black_Stride]

First thing I did as well, channel filled with exactly the kind of nonsense I expected. You'd have to be braindead to take these people seriously.

Truly unfortunate that ragebait channels work.
Because, if you follow these accounts, you will legit start hating gaming in general.....cuz all they talk about is how shit gaming is.
Theres some posters on GAF who do the same, it always makes me wonder why they are still in this hobby if they absolutely hate it.
Dont like the direction COD is going......you should have played fucking TitanFall.

For every "woke, gaming is dying" game, there is a "OMG this is why I love gaming" game......but people would rather focus on games they dislike than games they do like......which is odd to me, do people just like suffering?





Im just glad theres still some channels who talk about hidden gems and feel good games like the Atelier series........literally any time im feeling down and out about gaming I always remember that GUST were so happy and proud to have sold 400,000 units of Sophie then Ryza went on to do in excess of 500,000.

 

[Kings Field]

 

[ReyBrujo]

Sounds like the average government IT department.

 

[Hudo]

Sounds like the average IT department.

ftfy

 

[genesisblock]

I'm sorry but this is horseshit. If there is anything that you can’t deny it's that the actual developers at Ubisoft are very talented regardless of what you may think about their writers.

I'm sorry, their recent output says otherwise.

 

[DaciaJC]

“Then there's the what he refers to as the good developers, but they don't have brands. They don't tweet,” he relayed. “And he calls himself one of these developers. They make up a small portion of those developers that are still left at Ubisoft. The problem is while they're good they don't have names so they can't get jobs anywhere else.”

Eh, sounds pretty unlikely.

 

[Gambit2483]

When you have Ubisoft games that have better game design, animations and lighting from 8+ years ago then yeah, you realize something has seriously changed for the worse.

And then you look at the development teams from then and now and you can pretty much see exactly what has changed...