freyanuris:

Unpopular thoughts on the upcoming Dragon Age 4 reveal and anticipated production time:

I’ve noticed the fandom isn’t feeling all too happy with the recent DA4 information that’s been leaked out. If you haven’t heard about it yet- we’ll evidently be receiving an official Dragon Age 4 reveal at The Game Awards on December 6th, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. PT. While the hype is indefinitely real, there seems to be a very large amount of concern towards the somewhat lengthy anticipated release date of the game, which has been reported to be leaning in the direction of a 3+ year wait.

While I’m fully aware of the amount of time we have already been waiting for the next installment, as Inquisition just reached it’s 4 year anniversary this past November- I am not at all surprised or upset by the current estimated production time. I don’t think any of us should be. Let me explain.

It is common knowledge that EA had shifted BioWare’s focus onto Anthem and had continued to do so for quite some time. Resources were pulled away from Dragon Age 4 and further Mass Effect: Andromeda installments so much so that DA4 production had been halted and ME:A dlcs were completely cancelled in order to push Anthem’s development. A lot of the behind-the-scenes business had kept us in the dark, and many of us assumed DA4 wouldn’t be getting a large amount of production support until Anthem was fairly close to launch. Thus, here we are. EA is aiming to release Anthem in February 2019, which brings us to finally see some of DA4’s development.

Video games take time to develop. A lot of time, and a lot of bodies working on it. Especially large AAA games. The average small/casual game may take around 2-6 months to make, while an AAA title may average anywhere between 18–36 months (around 1.5-3 years). Larger titles have taken as long as 5+ years to develop (looking at you, FFXV). If the production and development of DA4 really had been stunted as much as the media claimed it had been, it makes absolute perfect sense to aniticipate delivery 3 or more years from now. And you should want that kind of estimate for a franchise as large and beloved as Dragon Age.

No one wants a broken game. No one wants to play a game that makes you feel like all of the passion has been lost. No one wants to experience a buggy, unfinished mess. If you want Dragon Age 4 to be the next game you spend years playing through just like it’s predecessors, please wait patiently. I know it’s hard, and it sucks, and we all want to jump back into Thedas- but give this game the time it needs. It will be worth it.

dbdspirit:

In response to the NSFW ban being enacted by Tumblr Staff, on December 17th 2018 I propose that we all log off of our Tumblr accounts for 24 hours. 

The lack of respect and communication between staff and users is stark. Users have been begging staff to delete the porn bot outbreak, which has plagued the website for well over a year. The porn bots oftentimes send people asks and messages, trying to get them to go to a website full of viruses. They also spam advertisements on others posts.  

Users have also begged that Tumblr ban neo-nazis, child porn, and pedophiles, all which run rampant on the site. The site/app got so bad that it was taken off the app store.

However, instead of answering the users, Tumblr has instead taken the liberty to ban all NSFW content, regardless of age. But users have already run into issues of their SFW content being marked as sensitive and being flagged as NSFW, not allowing them to share their work.

Not only does this discriminate again content creators, but it also discriminates against sex workers. Disgustingly, the ban will be enacted on December 17 which is also International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

This ban is disgusting, and while I (and plenty of others) welcome porn bots and child porn being banned, the Tumblr filtration system is broken. It tags artistic work’s nipples as NSFW (when it is art), it tags SFW art as NSFW (when it is not), and does not stop the porn bots, neo-nazis and dozens of other issues.

This ban is discriminatory. This ban is ineffective. This ban is unacceptable. 

To protest, log off of your Tumblr account for the entirety of November 17th. Log off at 12 am EST or 9PM PST and stay off for 24 hours. Don’t post. Don’t log on. Don’t even visit the website. Don’t give them that sweet ad revenue. 

Tumblr’s stock has already taken a hard hit. Let’s make it tank. Maybe then they will listen to the users. 

Reblog to signal boost! We must force change.

Source: dbdspirit