Culture ‘Concord’ Dev Writes Off Critics: “Why Would I Care About A Bunch Of Talentless Freaks Hating On It?” - Peak player count of just 679 lol

In a move that’s sure to engender some good will for the widely-panned hero shooter, a former Firewalk Studios dev who worked on Concord has written off the game’s numerous critics as nothing more than “talentless freaks”.

This PR misstep for the already embattled title came courtesy of one Xander Farrell, a now-former Firewalk Studios member who worked on Concord as a view model animator (in other words, the animations undertaken by the player character’s model when in first-person view).

Admittedly, things started off innocently enough, with Farrell, who uses they/them pronouns, taking to their Twitter on August 23rd to congratulate the Concord team on the release of their title.

“It’s Concord release day!” beamed the animator. “So insanely proud of the team and what they (and we) have accomplished. A labour of love like nothing else. Been playing it so much since early access started a few days ago, and I’m so excited for it to be available to everyone.”



“And I’m so honoured to have had this be my first AAA game. was a huge learning experience, lots of struggles but I’m glad to have gone through them,” they added. “Time to go play!”



Unfortunately, from there, things took a sharp turn to disaster.

In response to Farrell’s posts, Twitter user @Preston55272266 attempted to offer the animator their genuine condolences for Concord‘s abysmal reception, telling them, “I’m so sorry this has to be your first. I do not believe it is you, or any of the other devs fault that this game has performed so poorly. I can tell that a lot of effort was put into completing this game, it just came at the wrong time and genre.”



But rather than thanking them for their message, liking their post, or simply acknowledging their post in private, Farrell instead offered the now-deleted reply, “Eh. I don’t really care. It was a huge labour from a lot of insanely talent people making an awesome game. Why would I care about a bunch of talentless freaks hating on it?”

“I’m sure having fun playing it,” the animator concluded. “And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”



To further compound matters for the Concord team, despite Farrell’s assertion, it seems the game absolutely needs the interest of some of those “talentless freaks” in order to survive.

At current, per info provided by Steam analytics outlet Steam DB, the game has only managed to draw in a peak player count of just 679 in the roughly 24 hours since its release.



To that end, for anyone masochistic enough to want endure a game whose gameplay and writing are both outdated by about a decade, Concord is now available on the PlayStation 5 and PC platforms.



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[Blacklight]

I once made the mistake in undergraduate of calling a PhD "professor" and was then given a 30 minute lecture on how you never call a PhD "professor" unless they allow it

This is why I go out of my way to disrespect anyone who teaches at a college.

 

[ScurvyRat]

This guy did a fantastic video on WTF is going on at Firewalker Studio:

this guy seems way too old to be doing what he's doing
But I love his energy.

 

[breadandcircuses]

Which was likely the one decision with Concord they had no control over because Sony wants a live service hit.

After they strangled the Golden Goose that was Helldivers 2...

 

[ZazietheBeast]

Credit is where credit is due. At least they tried making their own game.

Too bad for them no-one likes their leftist swill. It also doesn't help that this is literally a welfare baby with money they swindled off of the government. Just like Goodbye Volcano High.

Now, as much as I'd like /v/ to remake the game to teabag this one, the designs on this one are just so bad that they're better off making their own Hero Arena shooter. And that one can have as many badass dudes and hot chicks straight out of Taimanin.

 

[Spasticus Autisticus]

The fact you defend the ivory tower says far more about you.

You'd better be careful or he'll declare Vendetta upon you and you'll get a Planet Buster up your ass.

 

[Kettle Cooked]

Xander M Farrell

I'm 100% sure this is a transman (born female, remains female, tries to pretend otherwise). Reeks of no-dick energy. Too bad she deleted her Linkedin. IMDB's still up, can't find a profile pic though.

 

[Snekposter]

As someone who has taught at the university level, I can say that in the US, the honorific of "Professor" is very much reserved for someone who is an academic that is permanent faculty at an accredited college or university, who has a terminal degree (at least a master's or equivalent), and does not have a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in their field of instruction. If they are permanent faculty and they are a PhD or equivalent you always call them "Doctor" as a matter of respect for the degree they hold. I once made the mistake in undergraduate of calling a PhD "professor" and was then given a 30 minute lecture on how you never call a PhD "professor" unless they allow it (you can be assured, I never made that mistake again). If you are not a permanent member of the faculty, have a terminal degree, and do not hold a PhD or equivalent, then you are properly called an "Instructor". If someone is adjunct faculty but holds a PhD or equivalent, you still address them as "Doctor" as it is respect of the degree, regardless of the permanency of their position, or lack thereof.

So, Professor X should more properly be referred to as Doctor X?

Or is he a mere professor if he is teaching outside of his doctorate?

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

I once made the mistake in undergraduate of calling a PhD "professor" and was then given a 30 minute lecture on how you never call a PhD "professor" unless they allow it (you can be assured, I never made that mistake again).

What a little faggot, lol.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

I will never, ever understand the high IQ powermove of shitting on a potential playerbase when a product is already tanking. Anyone with common sense would be trying to farm and hoard all the goodwill they can, but these morons time and again just double down and tank their game/show/etc. further.

Social media and hatred. Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, etc. have given these people a venue to talk shit about white people and men, and continuously forget that this is a business and that the only audience they have are hedonistic men, mostly white/Asian, in which the vast majority of them are to the right of progressives. Women and queers are a small group that, even if you were inviting of them, most of them would still not be interested in console games.

Because seeing Black Myth: Wukong sell ten million units in its first week must really hurt them, and all Game Science did was shit on feminists.

 

[LurkTrawl]

I am at the point now I have less respect for someone if I learn they have a Ph.D. In anything.

Knowledge, intellect, and wisdom are all separate but can intersect.

For example I realized today that people who prefer milk from cartons, prefer it because of the flavor the glue in the carton adds to the milk. That's a perfect but mundane example of an intersection of all three concepts.

 

[Faceless Whore]

This guy did a fantastic video on WTF is going on at Firewalker Studio:

 

[William Murderface]

Outlived by a friggin' housefly. Delicious.

 

[Pelican Bones]

"talentless freaks" means doesn't have the talent to create gaming's biggest implosion

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

As someone who has taught at the university level, I can say that in the US, the honorific of "Professor" is very much reserved

OI! Diploma mill.