Divergence Online is an upcoming hardcore sandbox MMO by developer Stained Glass Llama, dubbed a spiritual successor to pre-CU Galaxies and set to hit Steam as soon as Valve hits the launch button. SGL hopes to bring Divergence back to the glory days of sandbox games, one that predates Youtubers and streamers using their alleged popularity in order to bully developers into giving them free stuff.
In a recent blog post, Ethan Casner makes an ultimatum against what he calls ‘Gaming Yelp Reviewers:’ No game keys will be given to people offering good reviews in exchange. Furthermore, any requests of the like will go into a list to be dispensed at a time of their own choosing. The number of people making such requests is high enough that, in Casner’s own words, “if everyone who has asked for a free key in the last two weeks had contributed to our IndieGoGo, not only would it have not failed but the game would be substantially more complete right now.”
Therefore, and furthermore, any requests made to Stained Glass Llama for the intention of getting free keys will be summarily ignored. Any “repeat” requests, threats, or offers from so-called “reputable” reviewers, streamers, whoemever, offering a favorable review in exchange for free stuff will go on a nice little list that I’m building up of “sources you trust for reviews which offered to give me a blanket good one in exchange for free stuff,” to be dispensed to your own community if and when I feel like it, assholes.
You can read the rest of the blog post at the link below, in which Casner doesn’t hold much back when referring to said Youtubers.
(Source: Divergence Blog)
MMO Fallout 