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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9628196" data-attributes="member: 7808">If we're just going to throw around details about the histories of people and companies, here are some things to chew on:The creator of the Baldur's Village mod (xunhe1145) was accused of racism during development because she did not include the Wyll character from BG3 in the mod.  Apparently, part of her response to this accusation was to tell players they should play Assassin's Creed: Shadow instead.  I can't tell if Wyll was eventually added or not (I don't own Stardew Valley, and I didn't find him in any screenshots).  Details here (warning: NSFW language).  <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/johnny-depplyloveyou/777520503657218048/since-the-mod-has-been-released-here-are-some?source=share" target="_blank">Reblog by @johnny-depplyloveyou · 3 images</a>Nexus Mods, the host of Baldur's Villiage, garnered a bad reputation in some circles when they announced in 2021 that were removing the ability for users to delete their own content.  From Wikipedia: "In June 2021, in a series of announcements in Nexus's developer forums followed by a lengthy public announcement on July 1, Nexus Mods stated that they would no longer be deleting mods at mod authors' request, but instead retaining archival copies for use in a new Collections feature."  This policy is still in effect.  Links: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_Mods" target="_blank">Nexus Mods - Wikipedia</a> , <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/news/14538" target="_blank">An important notice and our future plans for collections</a>Nexus Mods has also gotten a reputation among other circles because they have removed mods for political content, and because of pro-inclusivity policies (i.e. not allowing mods designed to remove LGBTQ+ content from published games).  At a glance, those policies seem like they could be similar to ENWorld's.Stardew Valley's original distributor, Chucklefish, was accused of exploiting workers (including children) in 2019.  From Wikipedia: "In 2019, Chucklefish were accused of exploiting around a dozen voluntary contributors during the development of Starbound, sometimes logging hundreds of hours with no compensation. Many of them were teenagers at the time and stated that they felt their inexperience was exploited by company director Finn Brice."  Stardew Valley later broke ties with Chucklefish, and now does their own distribution.  Links: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucklefish" target="_blank">Chucklefish - Wikipedia</a> , <a href="https://www.stardewvalley.net/clarification-on-the-relationship-between-chucklefish-and-stardew-valley/" target="_blank">Stardew Valley -   Clarification on the relationship between Chucklefish and Stardew Valley</a>How much of this is true?  This is just what I found from some light googling.  Does it matter? Probably not a lot, but IMNSHO it's more relevant than arguing about the Pinkertons again.</blockquote>

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