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Is Larian Studios an indie dev?

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Is Larian Studios an indie dev?

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Is Larian Studios an indie dev?

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Is BG3 an indie game? Seems like AAA slop to me. What do you think?
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Where's the poll
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is an independent studio an independent studio?
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Indie when it comes to game developers has come to mean something very different than "just" whether or not a studio is independent. Also Doesn't tencent own like 30% of Larian?
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
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No, they have at least 6 studios.
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Rusty's take is that if a company publishes its own game then it is indie, this would mean every Mario, Zelda and other internally developed titles at Nintendo are INDIE... Nintendo, the indie games company... just lmao
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NOOOO! I picked the wrong answer! I'm on Vergil's side!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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they're indie if they eat granola bars for lunch and not indie when they have an office bar
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A game can only be indie when it looks like 2D nu-pixelshit.
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Segata Sanshiro wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:19
A game can only be indie when it looks like 2D nu-pixelshit.
this is false and you know it's false but you are a well-poisoning jew
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Rusty is losing.
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Post by WhiteShark »

Tencent invested in them and WotC told them to fill the game with poz, with which they complied. Hard to call that independent.
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Post by DagothGeas5 »

Wasn't China buying or investing in Larian or something? In my eyes, anything being invested in by something that might have an ulterior motive woke global inc. is not an indie studio anymore.
What WhiteShark said :lol:
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Post by Magick »

HMMMMMMM. They self-publish but as someone mentioned, so does Nintendo.
Are they owned by anyone else? Unfortunately Yes. 30% owned by ******* TenCent. Those are apparently just "dividend" shares but, money talks..

Are they "large"? Well nowdays, yes. Hardly a dude in his bedroom anymore.
I saw someone say one definition could be where even the CEO gets involved in the game dev. Larian's CEO DOES get involved (going by comments in the files), but I think that's only from a 'direction' perspective.
HMMMM... Might keep pingponging my vote.
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Nessa wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:18
NOOOO! I picked the wrong answer! I'm on Vergil's side!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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The destiny of Larian Studios is in the hands of RPGHQ now. Vote in this poll very wisely.
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it very indie artisanal product not slop
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I'm not suggesting everyone who votes 'no' will be forced to use an avatar of that black woman they put in every video game.


BUT.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:31
I'm not suggesting everyone who votes 'no' will be forced to use an avatar of that black woman they put in every video game.


BUT.
Don't threaten me with a good time
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Let's settle on "******"
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:31
I'm not suggesting everyone who votes 'no' will be forced to use an avatar of that black woman they put in every video game.


BUT.
The only black woman on the forum voted yes in this poll.
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
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Post by Magick »

Vergil wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:32
rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:31
I'm not suggesting everyone who votes 'no' will be forced to use an avatar of that black woman they put in every video game.


BUT.
The only black woman on the forum voted yes in this poll.
Who?
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What do @google_bot and @amazonwebcrawler think?
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Pretty sure two rat fink cowards flipped after Rusty's impotent threat. STOP THE STEAL
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The HQ is being divided. The thread that is doing it?

This one.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ October 28th, 2024, 07:36
Mediocre or bad games can still have parts that are good.
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I realize we've taken on a lot of illiterates and zoomers (who are also illiterates) lately, but the upper option actually says 'Yes', while the one you're looking for, 'No', is the lower option. Hope that helps!
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WhiteShark wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:44
I realize we've taken on a lot of illiterates and zoomers (who are also illiterates) lately, but the upper option actually says 'Yes', while the one you're looking for, 'No', is the lower option. Hope that helps!
But what is the question???
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Post by rusty_shackleford »

WhiteShark wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:44
I realize we've taken on a lot of illiterates and zoomers (who are also illiterates) lately, but the upper option actually says 'Yes', while the one you're looking for, 'No', is the lower option. Hope that helps!
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"Developer: Larian Studios
Publisher: Larian Studios"

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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:45
WhiteShark wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2024, 22:44
I realize we've taken on a lot of illiterates and zoomers (who are also illiterates) lately, but the upper option actually says 'Yes', while the one you're looking for, 'No', is the lower option. Hope that helps!
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"Developer: Larian Studios
Publisher: Larian Studios"

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Looking for a publisher when you have all the funds and structure to do so yourself is jewish capitalism
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I want to make everyone aware every alleged female on the site has voted "yes". You want to be a yes chad gigachad based chud don't you? Vote "No" now!
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?