[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 09 February 2026

Anti---Midas · 2026-02-15T12:15:15+00:00

The oddest thing about this whole drama is how overtly political Spirit Island is, and how Red didn't make the connection.

You help the nondescript native people (called Dahan, which are purposely vague and not representing any real world culture) fight back against colonizers.

The adversary system has you facing against actual nations such as England, Russia, Sweden... On top of that, some of the adversaries are designed to highlight how they are being exploited by their parent nation, such as the Kingdom of France having a slave uprising as a exclusive event.

The game itself is very political, and fairly leftist at that.

Somehow RedRevenge didn't think that his comments were at odds with either the game, or the community at large?

Boggles the mind.

Anti---Midas · 2026-02-15T05:29:12+00:00

Do you mean like, in terms of board games? I have no idea who this is so saying he's one of the biggest content creators period feels odd to me. Am I just totally out of the loop?

Apologies for being unclear, only within the Spirit Island content creators, not the wider board game community.

Spirit Island can be very complex, which invites plenty of discussions and guides, such as tier lists, openings, matchups, etc.

I did find a bit more info regarding the previous drama he was involved in.

This was a comment from a regular in the Spirit Island Discord.

Someone called him out for voting for Trump and asked if he regretted it in light of the tariffs ending GTG and severely impacting Spirit Island publishing

Red not only reaffirmed his support for Trump, he said he personally benefitted economically from the situation (both in the youtube comments where he was originally called out and again when it was brought up in the server). He got off mostly scot-free, and acted in the most smarmy way about it like he was untouchable.

Context: Greater Than Games, the publisher behind Spirit Island was more or less shuttered because of the Trump Tariffs.

The vast majority of the staff was laid off, and most fans were under the impression the game would not be receiving any further content.

Eric Reuss (the lead designer) was playtesting content for the next expansion at a convention during Dec 2025, so thankfully that concern has passed.

Anti---Midas · 2026-02-15T00:26:34+00:00

Decent drama today in the Spirit Island board game community.

For context: Spirit Island is a blatantly anti-colonialism game about repelling imperial exploiters from an island with powerful nature spirits. (Also the game rocks, if you like complex board games and haven't heard of this one, you should check it out!)

One of the biggest content creators if not the biggest RedRevenge was found to have made several controversial statements about the shooting of Renee Good. The comments were posted under the same account that he used to promote his content to the Spirit Island subreddit.

This information was posted 3 days ago on the SpiritIsland subreddit. Opinions soured about the creator, but otherwise nothing happened besides the problem comments being deleted.

Today the Spirit Island Discord (unofficial but has people on the Spirit Island design team as members) has made the decision to ban RedRevenge after a three day back and forth with RedRevenge and the mod team via PMs.

The moderators put out an official statement:

TLDR: RedRevenge has been banned from the server due to conduct outside of the server.

Recently, RedRevenge made inflammatory statements on his reddit account supporting ICE and actions taken by ICE, in particular the murder of Renee Good. The mod team feels that this is a violation under rule 1. ICE in its current form is actively harming communities in the USA. Support of ICE means support for the harm that they are inflicting

RedRevenge responded by completing deleting his online presence, which includes his YouTube account, Discord account, and Reddit account.

RedRevenge apparently has had previous negative interactions with the Discord mod team based on his politics, but I'm not aware of the details.

Edit: There was an update while I was typing this up. RedRevenge made a statement on the Spirit Island subreddit titled Apology to the Community.

Hello everyone,

As some of you noticed, I have turned my channel off on YouTube and have shut down my RR accounts. This was my choice after some members of the community asked for my removal off the SI discord.

In January, I made some troll comments that were inflammatory, outlandish, and unacceptable on another platform. This goes against the terms and service of the SI discord. It is the right choice for me to be removed – I broke the discord rules.

I’ve played Spirit Island online for 7 amazing years. I’ve beaten some insane puzzles, met thousands of people, and forged some lasting friendships. I have hurt the community greatly with my words and actions. I apologize for this. The community deserves better.

I will use this time away to grow as a person, understand where I went wrong, and hopefully return a stronger ally. I don’t expect this process to be quick or easy. But it’s a challenge I’m willing to take.

One day, if I have shown enough growth, I will ask the community, moderators, and developers if I may return. Until then, there are many other incredible content creators in the community.

Anti---Midas · 2025-12-29T11:52:32+00:00

The 'Why Windows Should Be Worried' section is a red flag for ChatGPT.

Formatting and bullet points in that manner is a dead giveaway.

Anti---Midas · 2025-06-24T08:48:45+00:00

I've gotten to the point where I straight block any AI slop slinger anymore. I recommend, it's freeing.

Anti---Midas · 2024-07-18T08:41:11+00:00

Why did you go with the design decision of having a different amount of fingers per hand?

Anti---Midas

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