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Reminder that Factorio director have an history of problematic statements (rape, racism, homophobia)
Just to give a bit of context to this allegation, Kovarex linked an article written by Uncle Bob, who has made some awful statements.
When called out for this, Kovarex asserted that it's irrelevant because the article he linked wasn't to do with any of that.
He didn't defend Uncle Bob's statements just that it didn't make him (Kovarex) worthy of cancelling because of it and how Internet culture means that everyone has to be an enemy or ally with no room for any nuance.
Wait, so someone is criticizing Factorio because someone who worked on Factorio linked to an article written by someone who has, at some point in the past, made awful statements?
Man, that's some bullshit.
I can't imagine that like of thinking in, say, science
"Yeah, very interesting article but it is rejected because you cited an article made by someone who once coauthored another article with a racist individual"
Here's a couple of articles regarding the director.
https://nichegamer.com/attempts-to-cancel-factorio-dev-backfire-players-and-positive-reviews-swell/
https://nichegamer.com/factorio-founder-kovarex-interview-cancel-culture-and-secret-support/
Kovarex's responses to the criticism he has received seem entirely reasonable.
Recommending an article by an alleged bigot, on an entirely technical subject, does not make the recommender a bigot by association.
:( like wtf man
Satisfactory it is then
+1 for Satisfactory. It is more than satisfactory
It's a good game, but I'm much more into factorio. It's just much easier to manage a factory when seen top down.
I like the fun and challenge of having to work around the 3d terrain. It does cause some super ugly results sometimes, but that is part of the fun
Wow my drug dealer is an asshole, shocker.
This is an example of a problematic statement. Due to one link to a technical paper. You try to paint kovarex with the actions of another person. Claiming a "history of problematic statements" is just a blatant lie. This type of slander is imho a more problematic statement then kovarex linking of a technical paper.
I myself have never researched the history of every author, on every webpage i have ever linked to. It is just not a reasonable ask.
Really? Which one? I hadn't heard about anything - sucks if true
E: looks like Kovarik had some controversial comments that might be worth looking into if folks are considering buying Factorio
Kovarex defend teachers sleeping with their students and one of his dev (Uncle Bob?) who made racist and homophobic post, Kovarex said that he don’t care since this is not important for the job.
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No. He was discussing something technical and linked an article by uncle bob, someone tried to argue about uncle bob being a bad person. kovarex said that him being a piece of shit doesn't mean the technical thing he is describing in the article is wrong.
This is a really forced smear campaign against him that's being pushed by russian and tankies accounts of Wube came out in support of Ukraine.
Doesn't affect me cause I pirate everything anyway.