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They went from, ‘That’s stupid. We’re not doing that," to “That’s stupid but okay,” so fucking fast.
“That’s stupid but okay” is a very valve thing.
I’ve played TF2.
Their view of “what? No that’s silly” struck me as very odd.
Perhaps Valve might be several people with different opinions wearing a trench coat.
Preposterous!
But okay.
I get it from their perspective, featuring dwarves in a game doesn’t really help others find similar games in the same vein. On the other hand, they have a tag for pirates and Black Flag differs quite a bit from puzzle pirates.
Alright, I’ll ask the obvious follow-up question: do they have a tag for ninjas?
Of course not. The search result would always be empty.
Potato salad…
Banana bread…
At work? Banana bread at work dawg?! HELL YEAH DAWG, HELL YEAH.
Wouldn’t a ninja tag technically say more about a game than a dwarf tag though, since a Ninja is a profession, meanwhile dwarfs are just short creatures fond of drink and industry?
Is there a Human tag on steam?
Because the team behind Deep Rock Galactic asked their community to start using it to show demand. And apparently they listened.
And Dwarf Fortress
It was a fake “controversy” to draw sales and engagement.
But by pretending to make scene they just gave themselves and two other companies a shit ton of marketing and people talking about it.
Its always about the money, they found a way to make a few dollars out of nothing.
I mean, that’s how it should be.
If a mass amount of people want a trivial thing that doesn’t harm anybody else, even if you disagree with it, why not?
This is the original meaning of the phrase “the customer is always right”. It’s been warped by “karen” types into a weapon used against minimum wage workers, but what it’s supposed to mean is “the customer is always right in matters of taste”. Meaning if a company doesn’t want to do something because they think it’s dumb but the demographic says “I like that” then the customer is right, and the company should do it. I know the dwarf tag isn’t about money, but it’s still a matter of listening to the customers on the platform.
Disagree but only on a technicality.
Ideally, they could skip the first part.
People make mistakes. And then they fix them.
That’s how the world should work.
Lmao that happened so fast. Deep rock galactic and dwarf fortress teaming up really worked!
Steam gets free publicity (not that it’s really needed) and it all cost them was 5 letters.
Rock and Stone
We fight for rock and stone!
Did I hear a Rock and Stone!?
FOR KARL!
Rock and stone brother
ROCK AND STONE BROTHER
See? Valve does listen to its customers.
I for one went and marked 100% of my dwarf games with the custom title yesterday.
Glad to see that now that I helped, they’re gunna change it
How many dwarf games could there really be?
Is there an entire genre that I’m unaware of?
Um… Mario…
Seems like a short headline.
Short headline, but goes deep.
Too deep, some might say 🔥
Strike the earth
Big win for gamers
Okay… Thanks for the update.
OOTL: Can I get a summary?
they rejected the request of Deep Rock Galatic and Dwarf Fortress to add a dwarf tag, the two teamed up on a co marketing campaign to get the decision reversed, Steam acquiesced.
What next? A tag for elves? A tag for tieflings? What a slippery slope!
/s
I’d never support a tag for pointy eared leaf lovers that’s going to far
As far as I’ve gathered Valve “accidentally” created the elf tag instead when the dwarf tag campaign happened. When someone noticed they went “oh, whoopsie, hehe” and added the dwarf tag too. So elf should also be a tag now.
A tag for those filthy far-realmers? Where does it end?
I think they could have solved a twitter protest buy going with dwarves instead.
Huzzah!
Rock and Stone!
Rock and stone to the bone.
lmao that was so fast. Lets goooooo
WE DID IT!!!
Yet Smashmouth never ate the eggs…
