Congrats, dipsticks. You came in with enough spun-up-in-fandom-until-toxic takes to alienate the guy who sacrificed his mental and physical health fighting to have past Dragon Age respected as much as it was and give people who cared about Solas's arc a respectful ending. Great work, no notes. - ThreadSky

trickweekes.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Congrats, dipsticks. You came in with enough spun-up-in-fandom-until-toxic takes to alienate the guy who sacrificed his mental and physical health fighting to have past Dragon Age respected as much as it was and give people who cared about Solas's arc a respectful ending. Great work, no notes.

Reposted from John Epler

and also, like... learn how creative endeavours work. i absolutely made mistakes as creative director but dictating anything is not one that i think any member of the team would accuse me of.

anyways. that's the last i'm gonna say on DATV, period. i am beyond tired of this nonsense.

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lonirae.bsky.social•2 days ago

This makes me so sick/sad/angry for you all. 😔 I convinced myself for years that we were probably not going to get another game/closure at all, so am beyond appreciative that we got *anything*. I enjoyed and savored every minute of it. (Even through my moments of inconsolable sobbing. 🫠)

vmurr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Basic human decency shouldn't be a hard ask. My god.

I have so many words for the types of assholes that think it's perfectly fine to verbally assault devs ... but I'll leave it at this: that kind of behavior is never acceptable.

knight1029.bsky.social•2 days ago

Really amazing how the accomplished all of that. Fantastic. Truly amazing people who have no critical thinking skills whatsoever and just let other inform them on their own opinion because... Their very, very smart.

(Fuck them)

mimimaruuu.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m just one person but Veilguard introduced me to dragon age And it has only brought joy and comfort into my life ever since. So from the bottom of my heart thank you to you and everyone else who gifted us with all your blood sweat and tears. It made a difference to me

kaldannan.bsky.social•3 days ago

I want to have several one-way conversations with these people's knees.

iwatooshi.bsky.social•3 days ago

these people think if they bad mouth one dev, they'll get the others on their side because apparently you all hate each other? as if you weren't co-workers and friends for years

skyquake.bsky.social•3 days ago

DAtV was an incredible game I put a few hundred hours in. Sending gratitude your way @eplerjc.bsky.social.

Solas was one of my favorite parts. The creative camera work (as it were) in his scenes was awesome, too. That end sequence has stayed with me.

rhi88.bsky.social•3 days ago

People are wank stains. Keep being awesome, Trick and @eplerjc.bsky.social. DA is a fantastic series all the way through and you all did incredibly well. Please, please listen to us actual fans on this and not the toxic asshats on social media ♡

felassanis.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm so embarrassed by fans. The literal hell you guys went through 😭 such a nasty way to be acting

peachyaenne.bsky.social•2 days ago

I waited 10 years for Solas between Inquisition and Veilguard, and I'd wait another 10 for the completion to his story because it was perfection!

I cried, I cheered, and was so damn proud of what everyone accomplished throughout the Dragon Age series. <3 <3

amypisces.bsky.social•3 days ago

There is no need for people to act like this. I'm so sorry that some of these so-called fans keep harassing you guys. Basic human decency is not that hard.

All of you deserve better.

rahaeli.bsky.social•3 days ago

As a Dragon Age fan, I really fucking hate large parts of Dragon Age fandom an awful lot

saintpablo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Seconded. All fandom is horrible.

rahaeli.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've been "in fandom" for a really long time and it's been some of the best parts of my life; hell, I met my wife through fandom (Final Fantasy 7, to be precise). But way too many people take entirely the wrong approach to it and always have.

saintpablo.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s always been a bunch of entitled assholes driving the culture in my experience with pockets of people with common sense and actual lives outside of their interests. Folks wanna be the mob so bad, and they let their cognitive dissonance win in the worst ways every time.

6sidedgames.bsky.social•3 days ago

Eww. FF7. The worst of the FF's.

Joking.

FF10 takes that title.

My experience with fandom has been a mixed bag. Star Wars is *Toxic* as is Fromsoft fandom.

But, I've seen a lot of good Star Trek fandom as well as some bad.

saintpablo.bsky.social•3 days ago

First off, watch your mouth about Spira. Lol

But yeah Star Wars is THE worst fandom and it’s spilled over into any other fandom that shares orbit with it.

Like Sports fans are one culture shift away from being pariahs now.

imasithduh.bsky.social•2 days ago

SW fandom has gotten so absolutely vile over the past decade or so that I've basically completely stopped talking about it with all but a few people. It's been such an intrinsic part of my life it was the first movie I was taken to (at 3 months old) and I have a tattoo, with others I had planned>

6sidedgames.bsky.social•3 days ago

FF10 and 16 are the only ones I've not finished.

And 16 is just because I got super into something else while in a playthrough. No fault of the game itself. ADD brain go "Fun new shiny thing!"

Yeah, sportsball fans are bad.

Also, apparently, DA fans are also bad? Ugh.

didichanoch.bsky.social•3 days ago

Large parts of Dragon Age fandom are... well, they're very similar to large parts of Star Wars fandom.

eplerjc.bsky.social•3 days ago

trick i know i've said this before but

thanks for always being a great collaborator and friend

and just ignore all the times i left you for dead in Lethal Company

knight1029.bsky.social•2 days ago

Now that's a good friend right here!

talonofmyheart.bsky.social•3 days ago

See, I could never form a paragraph like this without swearing, but I'm also Australian, so I get a free pass on that one.

Well said.

lizagnanoodles.bsky.social•3 days ago

I love that Trick is so f*cking supportive and wholesome as an entire person that you can feel the tell off without a single cuss word used.

🗣️

clpolk.com•3 days ago

The way i did a happy bounce in my chair when I earned another bite of Solas content. I’m distanced from fandom now because it’s complicated to be even a small-time creator in fandom spaces but-horribly-I think I get to enjoy the things I love more this way

mostlybree.kitrocha.com•3 days ago

you already know how I feel about all of this but I would really like to fight some folks behind a bar

thejbru.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m the weirdo that likes DA2 the best of the series due to the strength of the story. But I also love DAI and DATV. My wife insisted I play DATV with speakers on so she could follow the story and has strong opinions about which companion is being romanced next. So folks did good/should be proud.

alistaircaradec.bsky.social•3 days ago

What in the—? Why are people like this?

6sidedgames.bsky.social•3 days ago

Because people suck.

linnybobinny.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've been here since 2009 and im so sick of seeing this fandom pull this same shit. No one fucking learns.

periwinklefuzz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Veilguard is amazing. Thank the gods someone stood up for Dragon Age and didn't let EA fuck it up. You are all appreciated by so many. Please don't let trolls ruin how proud everyone should feel.

natascha83.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you to the whole Team for everything, especially for people like me who cared about Solas or Solavellan 🥹. His Story and ending means so much for us, thank you soooo much to everyone❤️

ladynoita.bsky.social•3 days ago

this I such bullshit, I'm so sorry for what the whole DA team had to go through :(

Dragon Age is one of my favorites series ever, and it helped me so much to come to terms with my transness, you guys are literally my heroes ❤️

I'm sorry for all the online bullshit

girlstandstill.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm really sorry that you, John & the rest of the team are on the receiving end of such awful bullshit. Really am grateful to you all for fighting as hard as you did for us & giving us the game.

6sidedgames.bsky.social•3 days ago

@eplerjc.bsky.social, @trickweekes.bsky.social, and the rest of the DAtV team did amazing work.

Fuck the haters.

I think that Solas got a possible ending that he deserved while also treating the character with respect.

I *loved* what you all brought to the table with DAtV.

regeener.bsky.social•3 days ago

it’s like beyond sad people like this spend so much time of the short time they have on earth to be completely garbage and unproductive to learning how creative things are made (esp in a big company), making ANYTHING themselves or even learning empathy. like it’s not even pitiable it’s like wow

regeener.bsky.social•3 days ago

you wasted your time on this planet and for what? to be completely miserable to other people about something you can’t control but also not making things better for yourself by learning to be a more empathetic & understanding person?

wow. bet your ancestors & descendants will be proud of you, buddy

kristadb1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Christ, what an asshole

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