Culture Some guy complained this fishing game only caters to queer players, so the dev added a "straight" title - it costs $9999 - How do you do, fellow straights

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When multiplayer fishing game Webfishing came out last month, it offered a relaxing hangout zone for cats and dogs. Everything revolves around catching, selling, and collecting the fish that gather in the rivers of a small island. It also lets you customise your character with clothing. Mostly simple hats and shorts, but some options let players celebrate their sexuality, such as a rainbow-adorned t-shirts, or titles that hang above your character which simply say "Trans" or "Bi". All this led one player to complain there was no "Straight" title. So, the developer added one. It costs 10 grand.

That's in-game money, of course, earned by selling your catch. Not actual human dollars. But it's still a comically large price tag when compared to the other titles in the game, which generally cost $75. To declare your heterosexuality is now the most expensive thing you can do in the game. Nevertheless, the complaint from a bitter user on Steam demanded a "straight" title, and that is what they got. What's funnier is that the title comes in quotemarks. So you're not straight, you're "straight".

I'm straight. I also find this incredibly funny. As a glib response to a bad faith complaint, it's perfect. Meanwhile, another player asked if non-binary items of clothing would make an appearance. In that case, a non-binary title and an accompanying t-shirt were simply added to the game.

All these additions come as part of a big "housecleaning" patch that fixes bugs and adds other features. Other titles now available include "creature" and "cryptid". I'm currently sporting "critter".

Plenty of non-cosmetic changes have been made too. Fishing on ripples in the water now gives you a larger chance of catching better fish. There are multiple save files now, meaning you can rock more than one avatar. Some items can be stacked up to 99. The inventory menus have been reworked. One note in the changelog simply says: "Added the ???????? which is accessed through the ???? ?????? and ??? ????????" - colour me intrigued. There are also now 18+ lobbies to try to ensure chat is safer for young players. (Although all this means is that players have to accept a pop-up when joining 18+ servers. Not exactly perfect but better than nothing.)

"The launch product was rushed and a bit of a mess," said creator "lamedeveloper" in the update post, pointing out that the entire development time of the game totalled just 5 months. "I ended up not really being proud of the product I had put out. Hopefully, this patch addresses most of the major issues with the game (and I can finally sleep a bit)."
 
Probably relaxing with Big foot and the Loch Ness Monster.
Straight furries existed, I have the porn to prove it. But while furfags were always degenerate, now its 95% chance that any given furfag is a pederast discord groomer bug chasing gay rapist instead of the 70% chance 10 years ago.
I guess straights grew out of it while the faggots groomed the next generation of faggots in their stead.
 
Yeah this is bait to make up for lagging sales I'm sure.
Doubt, this thing has made big bucks off of the exact demographic you'd expect to be playing it, especially proportional compared to how barebones it is. They don't need a boost of sales, it's an ERP chatroom game with fishing and toys and it's so pervasive that I couldn't avoid seeing it discussed even here. Consider that they needed to improve their shitty netcode probably because they weren't expecting it to go anywhere big (or if they were, they planned improperly)
 
>gay and tranny titles are cheap and worthless
>straight title is reserved only for the greatest of anglers who can afford it

What did the dev mean by this?

Since it's in quotation marks it's supposed to be the "I'm totally straight" closet joke. People pointing out that this is actually offensive since all the other identities are taken seriously are being told "Lol it's just a joke bro". Even after the sane people point out that if it was a trans joke the trannies would be outraged.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/3146520/discussions/0/4635986619924591105/

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I don't buy that it's a jab at trolls. It's a jab at anyone who didn't chop their genitals off.

Anyway, this is a gay furry fishing game. Just stay away. The fact that they need 18+ chat in a cartoony game that attracts kids is all you need to know.
 
I have not seen a single discussion about this game that didn't include some form of ERP goonsesh after the first five minutes.
 
Straight furries existed, I have the porn to prove it. But while furfags were always degenerate, now its 95% chance that any given furfag is a pederast discord groomer bug chasing gay rapist instead of the 70% chance 10 years ago.
I guess straights grew out of it while the faggots groomed the next generation of faggots in their stead.
Pornography is bad for you and like any addiction you build up a tolerance so you have to watch increasingly degenerate stuff to get off and that's how you get the cheese grater.
This stupid faggot made being straight a prestige title. Guess what all your top players are about to buy?
The top players of this game are buying furry porn apparently
 
I would bet money this dev is still big mad about that based Steam dev that put their game on sale for 41% off.
So let me get this straight- these niggas managed to make a fishing game gay and faggy? This deserves a special award.
You have to make sure your rod doesn't bend too hard when the cute little creatures are nibbling on the end :tomgirl:
 
Why would you even feel the need to fag up  fishing?! Was someone mad that no one goes to Bass Pro Shop for a hook-up?

Because it's all about identity to them. It's not enough to be a purple cat. They need to be a purple cat with a troon shirt on so everyone knows what a furfag troon they are. Very important for those 18+ chat rooms that no minor would ever sneak into.
 
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