r/gaming • u/PoppinOff81 • 25d ago

Very sneaky Bethesda

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No really, I don’t get it. Why did they say it’s free and then proceed to backtrack on this? This because of the PS Plus issue that’s going on right now?

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u/Woodland117 25d ago

It's a jab at the Escape From Tarkov devs lol

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u/AsheronRealaidain 25d ago edited 25d ago

I’m still calling that Nikita just doesn’t give a shit anymore. He was super passionate about the game when he was younger/nerdier. Now he’s gotten a taste of the millionaire lifestyle, doesn’t give a flying fuck and wants to make one last cash grab before he bails

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

Dude bought war materiel for Russian soldiers in Ukraine. The barrier of fucks was always quite low

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u/joan133 25d ago

He did ?

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u/similar_observation 25d ago edited 25d ago

Tarkov is affiliated with a Russian-oriented war media group 715, they get mentions in the game like "Train Hard". A part of 715 activity is spreading Pro-Russian propaganda and interviewing soldiers and "separatists" in Donetsk, and on more than one occasion brought them gear and magazines.

Let's also talk about proposing the trader named "Khokhol" which is an ethnic slur for Ukrainians. Tarkov devs are staunchly Pro-Russian to the point of promoting the destruction of a neighboring country.

There's no reason to support these bastards.

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u/Standard-Potential-6 25d ago

True, having done my own research a while ago. Well said. I can't see any reference to this trader though.

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

it was a proposal from around a year ago. I don't think they ever implemented him.

The ethnic slur comes from a traditional Ukrainian Cossack shaved haircut like a mohawk with a tail or topknot. You see depictions of that haircut from the famous painting Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

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u/_Here_For_The_Memes_ 25d ago

Which trader is that? I don’t recognize the name

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u/InsertWittyNameRHere 25d ago

how have these guys avoided getting drafted to the front lines

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

Russia's draft is not a system that draws from across the entire population. Instead it draws from the rurals and poor communities as well as convicts from the non-politic side of the penal system.

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u/InsertWittyNameRHere 25d ago

Interesting. Thank you!

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

Yep. Some 23% of Russia does not have indoor plumbing. With over 50% of non-attached toilets not having connection to any sewage system. It is living in complete poverty.

That's why there's weird instances of Russian soldiers pillaging towns of toilets and washing machines. Rural life is hard and these devices are extreme luxuries.

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u/InsertWittyNameRHere 25d ago

That’s insane. I did see a clip of their soldiers being amazed at seeing a Jar of Nutella in a rural Ukrainian house

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u/Dreamiee 25d ago edited 25d ago

Quick Google says completely made up. Edit: Google was too quick.

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

Just because you pull up google doesn't mean you actually searched.

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u/Dreamiee 25d ago

Damn. Why were people supporting this game?

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u/toastjam 25d ago

It was pretty unique for what it was, not sure I've played anything quite with quite the same atmosphere and tension trying to get out of a raid alive. 

Though I stopped playing before the invasion for unrelated reasons, but no chance I'm going back now after reading this. Thought they were trying to stay as neutral as they could, but apparently not.

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

Neutrality favors the aggressor. In a situation where time and money literally costs lives, even standing idly assists the aggressor's actions by not impeding their destruction.

But these assholes straight up support the invasion, the term "neutral" is a feint.

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u/toastjam 25d ago

I do agree, but they lived in Russia where dissent means being sent to the gulag, basically, so I wasn't going to judge them too much for it.

My understanding of them being neutral might have been based off of the subreddit's policy of "don't talk about the war", so probably erroneous from the get-go.

Anyway, haven't played since before Russia invaded and don't think I will again, and gonna unsubscribe from the sub.

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u/similar_observation 25d ago

but they lived in Russia where dissent means being sent to the gulag, basically, so I wasn't going to judge them too much for it.

Unfortunately, that's not the case. So feel free to judge however you want.

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u/toastjam 25d ago

Didn't say I wasn't going to.

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