Private Ryan
1 day ago
Well I did some digging into this and found a Vincent "Baff" Austin who was a writer for RPGDot in the early 2000s where they often covered Grimoire ( https://web.archive.org/web/2008040...ames=185&sid=c6e23ee2a98010e7668740d21b63214f ) and who also regularly posted on the RPGCodex thread about the game under the user name "Baff". Nothing's for certain obviously, but I'd say this particular insinuation about the dev reviewing his own game might need a bit more evidence behind it
That video isn't a review. He isn't trying to talk about the game at all. He's talking about threats of lawsuits he is receiving currently, so it's not as if he's missed any party. In the video he said that he was planning to look into crap surrounding Grimoire some time ago, but never got around to it.
SidAlpha does do reviews (or at least early impression videos) but this isn't one of them. Most of his time is spent talking about dumb things people in the game industry do, including throwing around copyright strikes or threatening to sue people who leave negative feedback or say things that game developers don't like. I'd hardly expect him to refrain from discussing threats he is just now receiving regardless of how much other coverage the situation had received in the past.
I don't know. Doesn't ring a bell. Then again, for me bells don't ring so loud anymoreAnd on that note, hey @Myrthos, who is Vincent "Baff" Austin?
You sure someone defends him? Didn't notice.Can't believe there are people here defending this guy.
Cleve threatens to sue anyone who says anything negative about him or his game, even if (hell, especially if) it is 100% true.
If he doesn't want to get called out in public, maybe he shouldn't threaten frivolous lawsuits.
He also bans people who criticize his game from his Steam forum.
Can't believe there are people here defending this guy.
Cleve threatens to sue anyone who says anything negative about him or his game, even if (hell, especially if) it is 100% true.
If he doesn't want to get called out in public, maybe he shouldn't threaten frivolous lawsuits.
He also bans people who criticize his game from his Steam forum.
Can't believe there are people here defending this guy.
Cleve threatens to sue anyone who says anything negative about him or his game, even if (hell, especially if) it is 100% true.
If he doesn't want to get called out in public, maybe he shouldn't threaten frivolous lawsuits.
He also bans people who criticize his game from his Steam forum.
Can't believe there are people here defending this guy.
If you're referring to me, I think you misread my post. I liked Guns N' Roses music too, despite what I think of Axl Rose. I also happen to really like Wizardry games, and Grimoire is a good wizardry clone, despite who made it. If you're going to condemn stuff because of who made it, there is oh so much stuff to condemn, we can start with Orff's Carmina Burana or Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, for example, and go on from there.
To me at least, a big question here is "who gets the money"? (And also "what does the money get used for). H.P Lovecraft might have been a bit of a racist, but if I buy a book by him now, does he get any money? No, of course not, he's been dead since 1937. If I buy a book by Orson Scott Card, he gets some of the money, and he uses his money to fund things I really don't agree with, so I don't buy books from Orson Scott Card.
There are obviously degrees, someone might be a bit of a jerk, but mostly harmless, at most saying something hurtful at times. Or someone might be spewing vitriol constantly and using their followers to harm other.
And in the case of Grimoire I feel like its author falls under the second category, thus I'm not going to buy their game, as I really don't want to support the individual behind it.
My favourites are the ones who spent $50 on this, on the promise of the price never being reduced, and think they're on the inside with Cleve in some clever ironic joke.![]()