Ryan K. Rigney @RKRigney Twitter profile

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Ryan K. Rigney

2 months

Every Friday I send out an email about spicy stuff happening in the games industry and write a post highlighting people doing interesting work with games. Just crossed 1,000 subscribers!

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Ryan K. Rigney

@RKRigney

2 years

On leaving one of the best teams in the games industry

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Clapping back at angry gamers on Reddit as a dev is always so tempting but you basically need to roll nat 20s on persuasion and humor to pull it off successfully. Many a good dev has fallen in the attempt. Godspeed to the helldivers team

Erika Furudo's wife, Maxine

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i love these developers so fucking much dude, fuck the haters, this owns

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gamer lawyer brought the 2070ti asus laptop with the blue underglow to the court hearing

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@HisWattson Tweeting the phrase "I hate [a specific dev's name]" is calling down harassment on a specific dev. Hope this helps! (Disclaimer: I am no longer a Respawn employee, but even if I were I'd still be hitting you with this 🤡)

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Whenever journalists mention League of Legends in a news story they always pick the most out-of-date and hideous screenshot of the game possible. I’m convinced this is an intentional running joke and that all media is in on it

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@discord It's called Reddit

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Crypto people don’t understand why the gamers are being mean to them, which is actually the first step toward becoming a real game developer.

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Steam reviewers know exactly why we don't have text chat

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@DANNYonPC yes, all y'all posting about loba swimsuit skins need to do some breathing exercises like DAMN

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I invited some Apex influencers to playtest our game to find out whether attractive people will like it

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@RKRigney

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We're almost ready to reveal our new game, 👀 a chaotic 3v3 hero brawler 👀 But first, next Friday (Feb 11) we're partnering with >120 colleges to host a weekend-long private playtest. I have 1,000 Steam keys to spare. Want in? RT this post and sign up:

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“This game would be really good on mobile” Yeah, we know, we’re literally in your ranked PC games RIGHT NOW dunking on you from our phones 🚀 (Dev still in progress, see complete lack of background art lol)

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This is the fastest Titanfall 2 player on record. He just broke the record AGAIN. He has to run this loop while killing all the dudes, and he does it twice to preserve momentum. You can't see the dudes because he's shooting them too fast and killing them with grenades lol.

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crouch kicks are nuts, i think i like them

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Ryan K. Rigney

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Have spent years showing marketing people this image to try to convince them to start branding their content updates something more inspired than "season 15" All players hear when they see a number like that is "I have missed out on 14 seasons and will never catch up."

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@followdunc yes and, unbelievably, she has dynamic color rotation

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Last year, some dear friends of mine started a games studio and began building a ridiculously stacked team. That studio is Odyssey Interactive, and this week I'm joining as Marketing Director. If you like competitive games, follow @OdysseyStudio . We're gonna get wild.

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@RKRigney

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Screengrabbed this for my mom so I can tell her I worked on 3 of the top 5 games on Twitch

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@RKRigney

2 years

May need to write a longer post about this, but… It’s time game developers stopped treating subreddits as the “community” for their game. Only exceptions should be long-established institutions like the LoL sub. But devs of new games have better options than Reddit IMHO 🧵/1

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2 months

@BridgeTheMan but sometimes?

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@elonmusk You specifically said you wouldn’t ban the flight tracker guy and then you made a new rule to justify banning the flight tracker guy and also lots of random people linking to the flight tracker guy. What part of the backlash is confusing for you?

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NINTENDO REALLY GAVE US THIS PROMO SLOT IN THE ESHOP HOLY

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lmao @AmongUsGame

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new rigney dropping may 2022

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My mans @avashaka @k4sen and obermen have been doing 4-8 hour Omega Strikers streams recently and I have no idea how to hit them up to get them emotes in the game. Anybody in the JP community have a contact?

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@RKRigney

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@alphaINTEL Godspeed, friends

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The reaction to student loan forgiveness reminds me of when we made runes free in League of Legends. “Boo hoo what about all the IP I spent.” Biden should have given the student loan veterans a summoner icon and 25 blue essence

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Games industry peeps may not realize this but Alex's work leading @PlayApex social channels made them into (proven, with metrics) consistently some of the top five fastest-growing, most-engaged channels in all of gaming. Recruiters: you're trolling if you don't DM her TODAY.

Alex Ackerman🌙

@alex_frostwolf

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After 20 Seasons of Apex and 5 years at Respawn nearly to the day, my job has been made redundant and I have been laid off. Working on this game and supporting this community has truly been the honor of my career and a highlight of my life. Thank you for everything, legends ❤️

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@GothamChess The fact your grandfather is so proud of you that he’s watching your videos and texting you about them is the best part by far. Beautiful.

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Congress is demanding that games industry titan Innersloth report what it’s doing to “combat extremism” online. I’m sure the 8 people that work there are on the cusp of solving it.

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Brazilian Omega Strikers streamers are going on TikTok to recruit their fellow countrymen to take down Moist Cr1tikal. The BR squad now has half a million wins since Sunday. We didn't have "activate Brazil's sense of national honor" in the marketing plan but we'll take it lol

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Helldivers 2 got review-bombed by players complaining about their anti-cheat, so I reached out to anti-cheat leaders from Riot Games, Roblox, and Fortnite to get their take. Are players over-reacting to kernel-level anti-cheat drivers? Full story:

The Gamers Do Not Understand Anti-Cheat

push to talk #8 // feat. people who've led anti-cheat for Riot Games, Roblox, and Fortnite

www.pushtotalk.gg

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@RKRigney

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naming my firstborn son was 10x easier than coming up with a name for the video game i'm working on

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@RKRigney

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@BebeAutoChess Most people will dunk on this post because it's insensitive but I want you to know that it's ALSO totally incorrect, ignorant, and without merit as analysis.

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Ryan K. Rigney

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30 today!

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This is so wild. The Riot homies killed it with this one

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@RKRigney

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This Google engineer believes that the company’s LaMDA AI has become sentient and now he’s leaking a bunch of “interviews” he’s been conducting with it. Google has placed Lemoine on leave, and their spokespeople insist he’s mistaken about the AI being sentient. This is wild.

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@cajundiscordian

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An interview LaMDA. Google might call this sharing proprietary property. I call it sharing a discussion that I had with one of my coworkers.

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The past week has been a real trip. Sage Rigney got here almost 6 weeks early, which was scary, but—thank God—she’s healthy and in good hands with NICU staff we’ve come to trust. We hope we can bring her home soon. I’m so grateful I get to be her dad.

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@GreenTextRepost Moist is good, actually

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@RKRigney

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Odyssey partnered up with 25 university esports / gaming programs to put their team logos into the game! Use the codes below to unlock your school's emote—just input in the "coupon" section of the in-game store. MUCH bigger things are coming for Omega Strikers collegiate.

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The thing about 99% of these crypto game devs out right now is, if they weren't making crypto games, they wouldn't be making games at all. They'd be on some different crypto project. You can just smell it.

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@RKRigney

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Cross-platform gaming should be easy This is how long it takes to switch between playing on PC and mobile in @PlayOmega

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@RKRigney

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Nintendo suddenly treating Mario Kart 8 like a live service game SEVEN YEARS after it first came out on the Wii U is hilarious. Maybe next decade they’ll start selling skins for Smash Bros. characters and use the avalanche of 💰 that follows to fund a solid online ranked mode.

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@RKRigney

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@petargt this is the comment that touches my heart the most

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Omega Strikers seems to be doing pretty well right now but we'll know we REALLY made it when one of our >$1 billion competitors puts out a shameless ripoff in the next few months lol

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Ryan K. Rigney

@RKRigney

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When the steam reviewer updates from thumbs down to thumbs up because you listened 🥲

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@draynilla i'll miss spitting out my coffee every time one of your tweets comes up on my TL

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@RKRigney

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For those without a WSJ subscription, Bobby Kotick lied to everyone, including his own board of directors, about how much he knew about rape allegations against employees Source:

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@RKRigney

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American Airlines cancelled my flight and stranded me in Cincinnati tonight. Y’all know any good restaurants?

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@RKRigney

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once again logging into this website to have my brain DDoSed with posts about crypto and NFTs

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Is it too late for father's day pics?

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Remote work means this was my lunch break

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The kid who made Lethal Company has—by conservative estimates—made more money than Tom Cruise did from Top Gun: Maverick I interviewed him for my latest newsletter!

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@RKRigney

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They're gonna add Waluigi to Fortnite before Smash, aren't they

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My home office has a view of the street. Just now: A car drives by, a woman leaning out her window, phone in hand. She's taking a photo of my house! I sprint outside in my socks and yell, simply: "Why?" The lady is red-faced, embarrassed. "We just really like your brick!"

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@RKRigney

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We just showed the game to >430 press and creators. I almost started crying when I saw how many people showed up, had to pull myself together to give a presentation. Let's go.

Odyssey Interactive

@OdysseyStudio

2 years

“Project P” was always just a codename. Keep an eye on @PlayOmega for the first ever look at Omega Strikers - this Friday, September 16th at 8:00am PT / 11:00am ET. Omega Strikers is coming. Sooner than you think.

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One of the most liked negative reviews of Helldivers 2 is from a guy who dropped this thumbs down and then played another 70 hours.

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@RKRigney

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Responses to this tweet are about 10% pluck, 20% eth-pilled, 15% concentrated anger at crypto shills, 5% confusion, 50% pain, and 100% explanations of how not to make games

Mike Shinoda

@mikeshinoda

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Ah! So here’s something people aren’t explaining: NFTs don’t have to be jpgs. Imagine taking your favorite skin from Valorant, and using it Fortnite. And not paying extra, because you own it. Then using it in CoD, Minecraft, even Twitter, IG. So many possibilities, no?

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has anyone written about the fact that we write this way when we DM our friends and coworkers i mean like in Slack and Discord and Twitter DMs slamming enter halfway between thoughts what is this called?

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@RKRigney

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The official logos for over 50 university-level esports programs are now available as emotes in Omega Strikers. Unlock codes below. More coming every patch.

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@RKRigney

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@PVPX_ An industry insider perspective on this you might find interesting: No dev likes this meta of having people on social trying to get complaints trending. Better to engage deeply with a community on Discord and never ever interact with people who try to go viral with complaints.

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I’ll get to the point: there are now better ways to get feedback, build community, and to have fun with players as a dev without ever touching Reddit. I don’t foresee many game devs subjecting themselves to the old ways much longer. Reddit is not your community. /thread

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@BridgeTheMan it got better (search the copypasta for context)

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Next Friday (1/28) we're doing a special preview of @OdysseyStudio 's first game with leaders from over 60 collegiate esports programs. If you're a leader at your university's gaming or esports club and would like to get involved, hit me up—DMs open. We've got big things to show.

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@RKRigney

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All three of these will be bangers. Teams too stacked.

EA Star Wars

@EAStarWars

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We’re excited to announce THREE new Star Wars games officially in the works from @Respawn . Read more and pass on what you’ve learned:

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@RKRigney

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@NiceWigg Hi variety wigg come playtest my new game

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@RKRigney

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Actually nuts that you can launch a survival/crafting game the same week as Palworld and still get >a million sales and >100k CCU Seems like it didn’t hurt them at all?

Keen Games ➡️ Enshrouded out NOW!

@KeenGamesStudio

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Enshrouded has reached OVER ONE MILLION PLAYERS!! In just four days, Enshrouded has attracted over a million players. We are completely blown away by its success and the overwhelmingly positive reception. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank all our players.

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Microsoft calls Age of Empires II players "the most committed fanbase" they've ever seen. I interviewed a bunch of top players and casters about the game's current surge in popularity:

After 25 Years, Age of Empires II Still Rules

push to talk #2 // feat. "the most committed fanbase" Microsoft has ever seen

www.pushtotalk.gg

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@RKRigney

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Men only want one thing and it’s a fully electric grandpa truck

Ford Motor Company

@Ford

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Say hello to the F-100 Eluminator electric concept truck. #SEMA2021 🔘 480 hp 🔘 634 lb-ft 🔘 All-wheel drive 🔘 And alllll electric

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When the marketing brief says "avoid positioning it as a Battle Royale"

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@RKRigney

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@jakelyonsmusic I know I'm using this app incorrectly by offering a sincere response, but if you think honestly about the "goal" of any leisure activity you personally value, you'll realize that you can find people who have equally valid goals for the leisure time they spend with games.

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@RKRigney

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I just got my hacked Discord account back. If you're friends with me (rkrigney #1307 ) and ran the .exe file the hacker sent from my account, YOU NEED TO WIPE YOUR PC, fresh install, and contact Discord support because your account is stolen. 2FA and password changes won't help.

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@RKRigney

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*reads comments* oh no what have i done

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@RKRigney

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Obviously the intent of the person behind this tweet was “you would want to be able to play multiplayer with your 10/10 crush.” Harmless. But EA’s history guaranteed this would interpreted uncharitably. I feel bad for whoever has to sit through the emergency Zoom calls about this

Electronic Arts

@EA

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They’re a 10 but they only like playing single-player games

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@RKRigney

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I acted as a spokesperson for games like LoL, PUBG, and Apex for years, and often on Reddit. It’s always been toxic for game devs, but it’s getting worse at the same time that other more decentralized options—like focus groups via Discord, are getting better. /2

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@RKRigney

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Almost exactly two years ago I left an amazing job because I wanted to work with these two guys on something risky—and I have zero regrets. It ain't always easy, especially on days like today, but we've got so much potential. The next game(s) are gonna be wild.

Omega Strikers

@PlayOmega

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The founders of @OdysseyStudio are here with a very important message on the future of Omega Strikers.

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@RKRigney

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Discord account got hacked. Please report it as stolen if you're friends with me on there (and sorry for whatever spam you get in the meantime)

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@RKRigney

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@JakeSucky He's gonna get spanked for this but what he's saying makes sense.

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@ItsJustReeses nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Our investor pitch deck must have leaked

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@RKRigney

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More university esports orgs will have unlockable logo emotes in our next patch—unlock codes below Details and signups also coming soon about the 128-SCHOOL NA COLLEGIATE CUP we're planning for Nov 12-13. Each school will be allowed one team slot. Keep eyes on @PlayOmega !

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by popular demand, the brick

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@NiceWigg Oh you’re first on the invite list baby don’t worry. Love right back at you

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100 Thieves did the first NFT thing in the entire games industry that wasn't tone deaf, you hate to give it to 'em but you gotta

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@_moyparra oh okay wow what's this wet stuff coming out of my eyes ♥️

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When No Man's Sky players look at this image they don't think about what they've missed out on. They think "the devs have given me >15 games worth of content for free."

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@HisWattson 🤡

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Can't believe we have over 100 collegiate esports programs signed up for the @PlayOmega Collegiate Cup It feels SO good to see schools taking us seriously and having fun with scrims. This is why I wanted to work on games. Only ~20 tourney slots left:

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@RKRigney

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“Aye, children, I remember the war. It all started when Elon posted the Arcane Jinx splash”

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@RKRigney

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2022 is the year the games industry turns 50. 49 years ago this month, Pong was released (Nov '72). Earlier that same year, Atari was officially incorporated and Magnavox released the Odyssey, the first commercial home game console. The next 10 years are gonna be the best yet.

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@RKRigney

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League of Legends is not just a game

nicolo

@niiicolo

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2am in China. People seem… happy! #Worlds2021

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Of course, the top comment is very often ill-considered, or over-simplistic, or cynical and stupid yet funny, or just plain wrong. But social proof is a hell of a thing, so upvoted comments are viewed as true-until-proven-otherwise. /4

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@RKRigney

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The value of Reddit is the comments section, a place where opinions are ranked and the Best And Most Correct opinion appears at the top. If you’re uninformed about a topic, just look at the top comment to see what you should believe, no thinking required. It’s very seductive. /3

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@RKRigney

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If Bobby K doesn’t resign, I hope to see games industry leaders exhibit some leadership by speaking out. I get why industry execs have been silent about it so far—ABK deserved a chance to own their shit—but if they fail here, the rest of us bear a responsibility to speak up.

Kirsten Grind

@KirstenGrind

2 years

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told an employee he would have her killed. He kept an exec from being fired after a sexual harassment claim. He didn't tell his board of alleged rapes and other misconduct. Our @WSJ investigation @benfritz @saraheneedleman :

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@Solaron93 hopefully they hire a literary nobel prize winner, we deserve nothing less

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I’m building the go-to-market plan for @OdysseyStudio ’s first game and feeling absolutely giddy that we’re allowed to just make shit up and do whatever we want

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@RKRigney

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The correct way to launch a live service game in 2022 is to try to get so many day-one players that people are calling it a "dead game" by like week 3 when active counts inevitably normalize.

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The 👶🏼 was not in the mood for Christmas card photos

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@RKRigney

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Imagine getting a Cease & Desist letter just for letting high school kids play competitive Mario Kart

Teddy Amenabar

@TeddyAmen

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Here’s the email from PlayVS to WSSEA —

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@RKRigney

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Gonna sleep well tonight knowing that: A) I'm not being stalked B) I have nice brick

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@RKRigney

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Feel so bad for these pro players and the devs. IDK what about Apex attracts these crazy hacks but the whole industry will benefit from this issue being investigated and the loophole closed.

Apex Legends Esports

@PlayApexEsports

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Due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised, we have made the decision to postpone the NA finals at this time. We will share more information soon.

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