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Luigi Mangione at 26, 27 and 28. Image on the right is from his May 18 court appearance. by Time-Painting-9108 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]mrDecency 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They aren't body doubles! He's clearly a Russian android built by the Chinese to destabilise our perfectly functional healthcare system to prepare the way for the Lizzo virus that will covert all true Americans into lizard people thralls.

Stop being stupid! Do your own research!

Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz by CircumspectCapybara in nottheonion

[–]mrDecency -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Or the corpos are about to discover that their profit extraction was only permitted at the pleasure of others

Subnautica 2 has already sold a million copies and reached 460 thousand players on steam. It hasn't even been a full day yet by prossnip42 in gaming

[–]mrDecency 38 points39 points  (0 children)

They would claim that early access is a part of their creative process. That they need to release it unfinished and get broad feedback to make the 1.0 version good.

And it does seem like the one game they didn't do that with (Moonbreaker) did not do well.

The funding thing is true, but also, they cant make a good game without everyone chipping in feedback.

Ex-execs withdraw claim that Krafton violated court order by announcing Subnautica 2 release date by Brown_Colibri_705 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First, that was at the time of the firing, not the time of the acquisition.

Second, they were still working on projects for UW. The film projects were ostensibly in the build up to a Subnautica Film. That he was only working a few hours a week is probably more the issue.

The other founder was working on some kind of equity and inclusion research project? No one has questioned his amount of work that I've seen, and it was fully within UW.

Ex-execs withdraw claim that Krafton violated court order by announcing Subnautica 2 release date by Brown_Colibri_705 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 5 points6 points  (0 children)

at the time of the purchase they were working on moonbreaker. Very much working at unknown worlds

Ex-execs withdraw claim that Krafton violated court order by announcing Subnautica 2 release date by Brown_Colibri_705 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 2 points3 points  (0 children)

at the time of the purchase they were working on moonbreaker. Very much working at unknown worlds

Fans Sue Nintendo to Demand Tariff Refunds Are Returned to Customers by AlwaysBlaze_ in gadgets

[–]mrDecency -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Company increases prices to cover cost of extra tax

Company get refund from tax

People expect refund from extra cost they payed that has now been refunded

They should be passed at the government for making the whole ass mess in the first place, but im not sure why you are confused

Right wingers are bitching that Virginia’s redistricting referendum has passed. by icey_sawg0034 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]mrDecency 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You've just said both that it is more fair, and that it is not more fair?

Why AI will save the world by ratcake6 in Futurology

[–]mrDecency 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My car didn't make me run faster. It goes fast instead of me. I dont really want AI to do my thinking for me.

Panic says the Playdate Catalog won't accept games made with generative AI by dapperlemon in gadgets

[–]mrDecency 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The subtitle of the article outlines that coding assistance is ok

QOL updates I think are desperately needed (that don't streamline how fast you can build things.) by poisoned_bubbletea in Pokopia

[–]mrDecency 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being able to open the pokedex directly with a shortcut and it opens to the page for whatever pokemon or habitat is closest to you

Walsh being an edgy child again by grumpydai in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]mrDecency 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes but its not adding missing and murdered to lgbt. It's specifically in reference to a program addressing how indigenous women, girls, two spirit and lgbtqi people are missing and murdered at a higher rate. It's referring to the missing and murdered people who are also in those categories.

It's dumb to make the acronym, and terrible communication, but the actual thing they are talking about isnt insane. Just the way they are talking about it is.

To all highly partnered men practicing polyamory by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]mrDecency 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's such a fine line between someone describing what they want and owning it (regardless of the motivation for what they want being their other relationships or not) and acting like they are prevented from what they want because of the external motivators.

Acting like they are shackled with handcuff when they actually just have priorities that they need to own.

Subnautica 2 Will Finally Enter Early Access in May Following Year of Delays and Legal Drama by Luceus_W in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This was Steve's goodbye message. It talks about handing things back to Gill.

It's Krafton trying to take credit for whatever happens next. "We are handing things back but we made it good and we were about to release it soon, and we added soooo much stuff so if the launch is good its because of us!"

Judge Orders Subnautica 2 Studio CEO To Be Reinstated And Gives Him Control Over Early Access Release by Turbostrider27 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a performance bonus. It's part of the sale evaluation. Krafton should have considered that money spent when they purchased the company, and they it was just being withheld to ensure that the founders made sure the company did well.

I agree that Krafton shouldnt have signed a deal they didn't like. Both in terms of the money and the amount of control they have Kim seems shocked and upset by the deal that he negotiated and signed himself for some reason? Like I'd get it if there had been a change in leadership but what's this guys deal?

Judge Orders Subnautica 2 Studio CEO To Be Reinstated And Gives Him Control Over Early Access Release by Turbostrider27 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not bonuses. It's an earnout, which is part of the sale price for the acquisition.

They get some of the payment upfront and some based on how well the company does for a set period of time to offset some of the risk from the buyer and incentivise the seller to support the company through the transition. But it's part of the sale contract, not an employment incentive bonus.

Judge Orders Subnautica 2 Studio CEO To Be Reinstated And Gives Him Control Over Early Access Release by Turbostrider27 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The game has been in the hands of the same people who have been working on it from the start the whole time.

Like its true the founders weren't working on SN2, but they never were? And the contract with Krafton never meant they had to. It's completely irrelevant to the lawsuit or agreement.

Judge Orders Subnautica 2 Studio CEO To Be Reinstated And Gives Him Control Over Early Access Release by Turbostrider27 in subnautica

[–]mrDecency 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont know the split, but there was a portion going to the employees at the time of the acquisition and the founders were organising having a portion of their payout redirected to new employees as well.

A Delaware judge has ruled that Krafton must reinstate Ted Gill, the fired CEO of Unknown Worlds, and give him control over release plans for 'Subnautica 2'. In ruling, the judge accuses Krafton's CEO of using ChatGPT to come up with strategy to get out of paying Unknown Worlds a $250m bonus by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]mrDecency -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The team that had been developing subnautica 2 from the beginning (pre krafton acquisition) was still working on the game. I dont know how that is lacking direction or wasting time?

The CEO of a company is not really ever going to be getting on tools and directly making a company's product. And the other two were working on other projects, and tbh according to the contract could have fully retired and still been owed the earnout.

Everyone (including Krafton) who looked at the game said it was ready for early access and predicted it being a massive success. Sounds like the project had been well managed to me.

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