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Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has fired two employees, Jessica Price and Peter Fries, for responding rudely to a partnered content creator and YouTuber who was offering feedback on how characters could be better written/defined in MMOs. Evidently triggered by constructive criticism, Price attacked the streamer in a number of tweets, which were backed up by Fries. Thanks Spun Ducky.
She retweeted Deroir's remarks to her larger Twitter following, saying: "Today in being a female game dev: 'Allow me--a person who does not work with you--explain to you how you do your job.'" Minutes later, she added: "like, the next rando asshat who attempts to explain the concept of branching dialogue to me--as if, you know, having worked in game narrative for a fucking DECADE, I have never heard of it--is getting instablocked. PSA."
She retweeted Deroir's remarks to her larger Twitter following, saying: "Today in being a female game dev: 'Allow me--a person who does not work with you--explain to you how you do your job.'" Minutes later, she added: "like, the next rando asshat who attempts to explain the concept of branching dialogue to me--as if, you know, having worked in game narrative for a fucking DECADE, I have never heard of it--is getting instablocked. PSA."