While I don't think "threatening employees" / "witch hunting" is rarely ever called for.... She literally ADMITTED it was her and was PROUD to support it. Then when that proud support is met with "Yes! This company grew a spine and is saying fuck you to the woke liberals", that probably will warrant unrest.
Like I said, this isn't just about a hot balance take or a bug... it was endorsing a known problematic streamer with a volatile fanbase. The same fanbase that has been through numerous other communities spewing hate and bigotry in defense of their holy streamer, who evidently doesn't tell them not to or speak down on their actions. This is the community he fosters.
Calling @Mandyta1k and @DeadbyDaylight / @DbDPulse out directly was a good thing. Especially since she OPENLY welcomed the heat and attached her name to it. This isn't witch hunting or bullying, it was her own decision and consequences to face. I guess the skillet got too hot, so now she's probably trying to disassociate herself from it and have the official account claim the DBD community as just bullying a developer.
CAN YOU NOT TAKE THE HEAT 🔥 ?
This weekend, a Dead by Daylight team member awarded in-game content and currency to a creator streaming our game. Although it is not unusual to unlock content to give creators discovering DbD a chance to have a sneak peek at available content, this decision was made without receiving appropriate approvals. Furthermore, the team member's subsequent comments and conduct do not align with Dead by Daylight’s core values.
When concerns about this decision became apparent during the stream, we should have responded by looking into these concerns, not dismissing them.
Unfortunately, we’ve now seen the fallout of this decision unfolding in many conversations across the DbD community. We appreciate and stand with our community’s willingness to ensure our shared values are being upheld, at all times, regardless of popularity, and we’re heartbroken at the inflammatory language now being directed towards our community.
At the same time, threatening employees will never be acceptable, and we’re asking everyone to stop engaging with these posts.
We apologize to our community for letting you down. We have already begun reviewing our internal processes to prevent an incident like this from happening again.
Being into dbd is so fucking hard man it's just back to back humiliation rituals and when they finally drop a content drop that is basically universally positively received they immediately ruin it by outwardly betraying a huge portion of their playerbase that they claim to love
watching all my friends get harassed by hundreds of people and called slurs constantly because of @DeadbyDaylight developers is so disgusting. you guys fucked up royally and the decision you made was abhorrent. hope y’all can take the heat!!
@DbDPulse 1. the perk meta follows the optimal playstyle meta, slug builds become stronger as hooking is more and more punishing for example
2. anything that can spice up the most optimal things to run. this can even be just making off-meta builds not so completely useless in comparison