GB Patch Games: Sensitivity Reader Update
Okay, well I am able to make another statement before Rose does. I can now explain much more easily why I didnāt fire Rose. Thereās been new developments with the leakers. The people behind this have doxed Roseās discord account (please donāt go looking for it) and also shared a screenshot of an email that was sent to my support address months ago. They believe that incriminates us somehow, but really all itās done is shown in broad daylight what they were doing and why I was defending Rose so much. If I had brought up that email as a connection to this myself people understandably wouldāve thought I was making a conspiracy.
However, it is out now. Here is the story- a few months ago someone who wanted to remain anonymous sent me an email with a screenshot where Rose called me a cracker. And I told them I appreciated the concern but itās alright, was there evidence of Rose being unkind to players? They had nothing. No response.
As an aside, yes, I have been aware for a long time that Rose uses crude language when talking about me. That doesnāt mean Iāve hidden how evil they were from players. It means Iām allowed to choose what Iām comfortable with. That original ārevealā didnāt shock or upset me in any way. Our Life is a sensitive, wholesome game, but Iām a full-grown adult. Iām not innocent or pure. The game I released before OL is XOXO Blood Droplets. Something I wrote and released to the public is full of crude jokes, curse words, and violence. Itās cartoonish and comical, but edgy. Rose themselves likes to BS with bad words and Iām not accepting abuse because I think getting called a pussy is funny. I know Rose doesnāt hate me or wish me any harm. Rose also isnāt causing ādiscourseā for me and my games on purpose, they were joking that bringing up serious topics is ādiscourseā to some people. Ironically, the leakers who did this are trying to make some ādiscourseā on purpose.
Regardless, I initially thought that email was from someone earnestly worried for me and that they moved on when it was clear I was fine. But thatās not what happened. Them and at least one other person have been waiting for months to bring this up again. They went through almost a yearās worth of Roseās private posts to collect as many unflattering screenshots as they could, and then they didnāt send them to me. They posted them publicly. I had a suspicion from the get go that it was the same person/people from before who couldnāt prove anything to me in private. And if true, how horrible is it that a bunch of the comments they shared were crude language towards me, something they already knew Iād brush off as nothing. They decided for me that it was wrong and they wanted the rest of the players to do the same. Or even less charitably, those extra posts were simply there to make Rose look as bad and untrustworthy as possible and they didnāt care that I was comfortable with it. I could not explain everything we were thinking/feeling at first, but behind the scenes we were discussing how this was personally motivated and not a knee-jerk act without forethought. And we do know for certain at least the main people involved now, and they do have personal issues with Rose.
Also, if you still believe that they just wanted to help the game at any length because Rose is that huge of a risk, showing that email and framing something innocuous about me (not fainting at the word ācrackerā and politely being open to more proof) as serious āevidence of wrongdoingā at GB Patch Games makes me believe they want to smear Rose so bad theyāll try to turn players against me as well. Plus, the post is framed as āthis email was anonymously sent to meā, but we know from account details that the people who couldāve gotten those screenshots of the discord and email are the same people who sent that email and started this situation, which is embarrassing. Iāve confirmed the screenshots shared in the email to me and the original public post came from the same private, āventing-safeā discord server. Thereās very few people in there. We know itās still you and not a separate source. I canāt prove they think Iām stupid or in their way, but I canāt see how anything theyāre doing is trying to be beneficial to the creation of OL: NF. They told me in the email theyād give me more evidence if I requested it and I was ready to know, but instead they went silent for months and then did this.
I want it to be clear that this doesnāt mean players canāt wonder if Rose has enough experience to be a sensitivity reader right now, or to worry theyāre so invested in the game that itās going to effect how objective they are with their feedback, or to say that Rose is flawless and has never done anything hurtful. However, I hope you can understand why I was on Roseās side and couldnāt just fire them over this. It felt so incredibly unfair. If another person tries to get their way by doing this in the future, I will not hail them as a hero and immediately fire at the target. And I don't tolerate any racial harassment of any kind to anyone on my team.
If those people want to continue to share Roseās private posts in retaliation, you can fuck off. If you somehow reveal now that Rose is secretly a murderer, Iām not gonna apologize and say I was so wrong about you. If you had tons of evidence of Rose being horrible to players, you shouldāve sent it all to me and with full context to begin with in the email like you offered to do. I just donāt understand.
Any players who like to see someoneās least flattering points portrayed in the worst possible way and continue flocking to the leaks as fandom drama, I donāt want you in this fandom. I donāt want you to enjoy my games.
Anyone who has been truly hurt by this and are left confused and angry, I do completely understand that. I didnāt know how to handle this, and it made a lot of people not know how to keep trusting me. I am still looking into getting a community manager to help me better communicate with players, especially when something serious happens. And Iāll always be around for you to reach out to if you have doubts about anything.
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