There's a sketchy vibe here, but to be honest it's coming from you...
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Making this personal is going to be a highly effective way to get yourself ejected from this conversation.
There's a sketchy vibe here, but to be honest it's coming from you...
Fair point.If that were true, sweatshops could not exist and Ebenezer Scrooge would not be a well-recognized archetype.
Scare words? What words are they supposed to use? How is someone supposed to accurately describe their experiences if they aren't allowed to use words that describe what they are feeling?
because they can't. As has been explained a few times why earlier.
And there it is. There's a sketchy vibe here, but to be honest it's coming from you, because you seem to be ascribing selfish and vindictive motivations to these folks without any proof. Which is pretty ironic considering what you just said about "zero details or proof of anything."...
They certainly can, NDAs cannot prohibit an employee from revealing that a company is committing crimes. I'm assuming here that an NDA is in place from the dropped hints that the ex-employees are legally constrained from talking, as the only lawsuit concern from talking trash about your old boss online without an NDA in place is if you were going to commit defamation or libel.
So, something folk seem to miss - managing a business, and managing personnel, are full professional skillsets in their own right! Being good game designer (or a lawyer, or a doctor, or having any other professional skillset) does not include the skillsets for running a business around same.
They aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, either. You can do both, but doing both well means you understand that they are different skill sets.
Knowing the market or the product as a consumer isn't enough, either. In fact, that can make you reistant to listening to the creative professionals, the people with the skill sets and experience to create and publish the games you may have played. This last is a common problem in the TTRPG market right now.
Been a member of the board forever and this thread caused me to post for my first (and now second) time.@NativeDev welcome to the site. Like I said to the other one, hope you stay around longer than just this thread and contribute in other areas.
In fairness, it's not just the TTRPG market; it's all markets that are focused on creative talents.
The disputes between the creatives and the business-side in Hollywood, for example, are legendary.