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Whistleblower EXPOSES Extreme Racism INSIDE Compulsion Games During Development of 'South of Midnight'

A whistleblower intimately familiar with the studio exposes what's really going on...

www.smashjt.com

The Whistleblower Comes Forward​

A whistleblower intimately familiar with Compulsion Games, and someone I have known of for a long time and trust completely, reached out to me shortly after this all went down. Out of sheer frustration with the company’s internal chaos and hypocritical handling of PR, they decided it was time to reveal the real truth, and that I was the trustworthy source to get this out to the masses.
According to the whistleblower, they informed me:

“The lead voice actress for the main character was a totally different person than the one in the final game. She was hired to voice the protagonist, but apparently, she didn’t sound... err... Black enough."

Let that sink in for a second. They replaced a Black voice actress because she didn’t sound “Black enough.” If that’s not the definition of tokenism and racism, I don’t know what is.

This also disproves that original rumor that @Grummz tweeted about (above) how South of Midnight potentially raceswapped the game's protagonist, but at the same time, what actually DID happen... wasn't any better whatsoever.

The whistleblower continued:

"Eventually, they replaced her altogether with the voice actress you hear now. The irony is that the people crying racism are supporting a studio that hired a white dialect coach to teach a Black voice actress how to sound more Black."

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

 

[Jaybe]

YouTube for those that orefer

 

[Hugare]

 

[Varteras]

The snake eventually eats its own tail.

 

[Roberts]

Ffs, sometimes actors you choose don’t sound right for the character. This happens all the time. Somebody just rephrased it to create a controversy.

 

[Sebastian1295]

Smashjt is a grifting loser who grifts to make an income. I literally can't stand him or grummz because they're grifting assholes quite frankly who spend all day on twitter just looking up things to hate so that they get views and likes which is honestly pathetic. I also 100% believe that they'd make up stories to fit their own narrative because they know that there's going to be 0 consequences for them lying.

 

[onQ123]

Should have called in an expert

 

[adamsapple]

Smashjt

 

[Hookshot]

Sounds not true. "The wokes are sacking the blacks cos they won't speak jive for them!"

 

[Zathalus]

Obviously shit if true… but the source is Smashjt.

 

[LectureMaster]

Same emoji, but I take that's two every different laugh.

adamsapple James Sawyer Ford

 

[Crayon]

Should have called in an expert

I swear I feel so bad for this poor lady. She spent so long with the NAACP. It was a strange story, but just let her have this one thing lol.

 

[Shrap]

Smashjt is a grifting loser who grifts to make an income. I literally can't stand him or grummz because they're grifting assholes quite frankly who spend all day on twitter just looking up things to hate so that they get views and likes which is honestly pathetic. I also 100% believe that they'd make up stories to fit their own narrative because they know that there's going to be 0 consequences for them lying.

Yeah, this is completely baseless at the moment. Especially given the site and that it's an EXCLUSIVE from none other than "the whistleblower" that deemed a serial bullshitter to be a "trustworthy source".

 

[pqueue]

 

[adamsapple]

Same emoji, but I take that's two every different laugh.

adamsapple James Sawyer Ford

I would take roach boy asmond's word over smashjt, let's just put it that way.

 

[SlimySnake]

The game is set in the deep south. They probably hired a southern dialect expert who happened to be white to teach the black hollywood actress the southern accent.

 

[Crayon]

Great opportunity to practice a little skepticism. Team building activity, guys!

 

[onQ123]

I swear I feel so bad for this poor lady. She spent so long with the NAACP. It was a strange story, but just let her have this one thing lol.

It got even stranger afterwards

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[DeepEnigma]

The game is set in the deep south. They probably hired a southern dialect expert who happened to be white to teach the black hollywood actress the southern accent.

The coach:

 

[LectureMaster]

I would take roach boy asmond's word over smashjt, let's just put it that way.

I'm on board with my man. If we must do this anti woke grifting job, Asmon at least does it entertainingly.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Interesting.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

SmashJT and Gummz or whatever, lol.

How many times are y’all going to let these clowns pull the wool over your eyes. Be better.

 

[PeteBull]

The wokies decided to turn on themselfs in the end

 

[R3TRO]

Smashjt…Yeah not believing that.

 

[proandrad]

Telling a black person they sound white or not black enough is so fucking patronizing. These people don't care about diversity, just the appearance of it.

 

[Blank Space Invader]

I used to joke about standing at ground zero of the extinction event asteroid strike site.

I will now plot my course for the crash site of Asteroid 2024 Y4.

 

[SlimySnake]

The coach:

Let’s face it. Redneck hillbillies don’t go to college.

 

[GHG]

The one responsible for this decision:

 

[YeulEmeralda]

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Well SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

 

[DeepEnigma]

Let’s face it. Redneck hillbillies don’t go to college.

They only fight wars, go to prestigious colleges, become a millionaire from their business, get elected senator, then vice president of the United States.

IYKYK

 

[ReBurn]

I was just looking for something new to be upset about.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

it been said that her voice was a microaggression to the entire black community.

 

[Hugare]

Smashjt is a grifting loser who grifts to make an income. I literally can't stand him or grummz because they're grifting assholes quite frankly who spend all day on twitter just looking up things to hate so that they get views and likes which is honestly pathetic. I also 100% believe that they'd make up stories to fit their own narrative because they know that there's going to be 0 consequences for them lying.

Grummz have faked Vailguard's NDA to have material to hate on

So yeah, they would make stories to generate clicks. They have.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[Topher]

Black, woman and southern? That's the triple crown of hate?

As a southern American, one-third of me is offended by this.

2/3 thinks it is stupid made up shit by smashjt.

 

[Viruz]

Good morning xbox and what a great news to begin the day with. Please keep digging

 

[PixelatedBeast]

Hey Mods, are you going to lock the thread, or is it okay now to allow people to express microaggressions against black Americans over a baseless rumor?

 

[Kacho]

Oh it’s a Smash JT apocalypse on GAF

 

[Gamerfan81]

For some reason this story reminds me of this clip I saw years back.

 

[owandeseis]

Another masterpiece by MS incoming

Black, woman and southern? That's the triple crown of hate?

As a southern American, one-third of me is offended by this.

No racism or anything like that here, but i never understood they decided to make a game on that setting, it can have some potential in the USA, but outside of that, doubt anyone in Europe or Asia cares at all about that setting, i imagine the sales in any of these regions will be tragic

 

[blacktout]

The game is set in the deep south. They probably hired a southern dialect expert who happened to be white to teach the black hollywood actress the southern accent.

I want to believe the framing in the OP, because it would be hilarious, but this is probably what actually happened, especially considering the dev team is in fucking Canada.

 

[DeepEnigma]

express microaggressions

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Hey Mods, are you going to lock the thread, or is it okay now to allow people to express microaggressions against black Americans over a baseless rumor?

English, please.

 

[Crayon]

Another masterpiece by MS incoming



No racism or anything like that here, but i never understood they decided to make a game on that setting, it can have some potential in the USA, but outside of that, doubt anyone in Europe or Asia cares at all about that setting, i imagine the sales in any of these regions will be tragic

Sorry, we forget the rest of the world exists sometimes. Most the time.

 

[Topher]

Another masterpiece by MS incoming



No racism or anything like that here, but i never understood they decided to make a game on that setting, it can have some potential in the USA, but outside of that, doubt anyone in Europe or Asia cares at all about that setting, i imagine the sales in any of these regions will be tragic

Just as good a location as any other part of the world that no one cares about as long as it is a good game

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Another masterpiece by MS incoming



No racism or anything like that here, but i never understood they decided to make a game on that setting, it can have some potential in the USA, but outside of that, doubt anyone in Europe or Asia cares at all about that setting, i imagine the sales in any of these regions will be tragic

A lot of movies and TV shows take place over there. Though not as popular as New York or Paris, it's a recognizable setting to Western foreigners. Logically, creators make fiction in the places they know best.

They are aiming mostly at a local target, which is large enough.