Ignis Fatuus
Banned
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Update 3
Holy shit.
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Update 1
ORIGINAL POST:
Oh boy, where to begin with this one? Up until now much of the discussion in the 36 page long thread for the Republique Kickstarter has been overshadowed by the words of Eli Hodapp, editor in chief of Touch Arcade, the largest iOS gaming site in the world. His ongoing meltdown has now completely derailed that discussion and spun off into something with a life of its own.
This sad saga all started when NeoGAF poster Zeouterlimits reached out to Hodapp hoping to get some coverage for Republique, which was then an iOS only game. The initial response was less than enthusiastic, but people brushed it off and moved on. Hodapp, however, did not:
Just in case his position was still unclear after that, he followed it up with a bizarre rant that begins like this:
A dispirited Ryan Payton, no doubt bewildered by the venomous response, attempted to reach out to Hodapp and offered to fly to Chicago to demonstrate the game and prove that it was a real thing that they were working on. The reply?
Meanwhile, the Kickstarter funding floundered. In recent days Hodapp has been celebrating the difficulties that Republique is experiencing. As the iOS gaming press savaged the project, we bitched most diligently at Ryan (who posts here) to persuade him to put the game on PC. Finally, yesterday he did so in an extensive video where he promised to create a unique version of the game for PC and add extra features that would suit the platform after completing their original, unchanged plans for the iOS version.
Hodapp caught wind of this, and was not amused.
The result so far?
And this brings us to today, and Hodapp's complete meltdown.
Ultimately this is not a tale about Republique, or Touch Arcade's policies, or Kickstarter, or whatever remains of professional decorum in this industry. It's about one tragic figure and his misadventures on Twitter, where he is currently acting like a victim because some people don't seem to like him very much for some reason.
He's just misunderstood, guys.
Note: This thread was created because Hodapp sent one of his cronies into the Republique thread to pretend that people are complaining about Touch Arcade's lack of coverage and not their public rants. The topic was getting derailed, so a new one seems appropriate.
That's a lot of very desperate tweeting.
Update 3
Holy shit.
Update 2
Update 1
ORIGINAL POST:
Oh boy, where to begin with this one? Up until now much of the discussion in the 36 page long thread for the Republique Kickstarter has been overshadowed by the words of Eli Hodapp, editor in chief of Touch Arcade, the largest iOS gaming site in the world. His ongoing meltdown has now completely derailed that discussion and spun off into something with a life of its own.
This sad saga all started when NeoGAF poster Zeouterlimits reached out to Hodapp hoping to get some coverage for Republique, which was then an iOS only game. The initial response was less than enthusiastic, but people brushed it off and moved on. Hodapp, however, did not:
Just in case his position was still unclear after that, he followed it up with a bizarre rant that begins like this:
Note: He lied about how much Republique was showing in its pitch, and claimed that there was no gameplay in the video.
A dispirited Ryan Payton, no doubt bewildered by the venomous response, attempted to reach out to Hodapp and offered to fly to Chicago to demonstrate the game and prove that it was a real thing that they were working on. The reply?
Meanwhile, the Kickstarter funding floundered. In recent days Hodapp has been celebrating the difficulties that Republique is experiencing. As the iOS gaming press savaged the project, we bitched most diligently at Ryan (who posts here) to persuade him to put the game on PC. Finally, yesterday he did so in an extensive video where he promised to create a unique version of the game for PC and add extra features that would suit the platform after completing their original, unchanged plans for the iOS version.
Hodapp caught wind of this, and was not amused.
The result so far?
And this brings us to today, and Hodapp's complete meltdown.
Ultimately this is not a tale about Republique, or Touch Arcade's policies, or Kickstarter, or whatever remains of professional decorum in this industry. It's about one tragic figure and his misadventures on Twitter, where he is currently acting like a victim because some people don't seem to like him very much for some reason.
He's just misunderstood, guys.
Note: This thread was created because Hodapp sent one of his cronies into the Republique thread to pretend that people are complaining about Touch Arcade's lack of coverage and not their public rants. The topic was getting derailed, so a new one seems appropriate.
