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Korben Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:34pm
Blame Take 2, but Squad are the real sell-outs here.
Everywhere in the discussions, I see people trashing Take 2 for everything they are doing. Don't get me wrong, I believe that they deserve every word of it...they are one of the worst companies in the gaming industry, in my opinion. Most people who have experienced their 'services' would agree with me on this statement. So, who was it that sold this beautiful game to Take 2 in the first place?

Squad sold their game, not to just any company, but to the greediest of all gaming companies. They would have to be complete morons to think that Take 2 is a decent company who cares about their victims, errr I mean customers. Squad knew full well who they were selling it to, showing us that they too only care about the money. There were multiply offers from Take 2 to aquire KSP and Squad held out until the price was right for them. It was their plan the whole time...

Now the EULA has been rewriten to better suit the biggest exploiters in the gaming industry. Modders now need special permission from Take 2 to create any mods for KSP now. The new agreement also states that we are no longer allowed to keep and run older versions of the game. Take 2 is gearing up for paid mods, being that there are millions of downloads in mods for this game. Take 2 seen another oportuninty to exploit the gaming community and began making offers to Squad to aquire KSP. If Take 2 were not planning on paid mods, they would have never even looked at this game for purchase. Again, who was it that sold out, err I mean sold this game to them?

The Squad logo has been completely removed from KSP all together. I assume this was at the request of Squad. I mean, I wouldn't want my name attached to paid mods either...or even the reminder of who it was who sold a masterpiece of a game to the biggest exploiters in the gaming industry.

Take 2 is a terrible company, no doubt. I stopped supporting anything with their name on it many years ago, the same result happened when I seen that Squad had sold out to them last year. People all over the discussions are complaining about what Take 2 is doing. It is almost like they are surprised...as if they have never heard of Take 2 or do not know how they roll. If you were born yesterday, you are excused...

Take 2 is only guilty of being the same old d-bag company that they have always been. Doing what they do best...take over, exploit and repeat.

Squad was a great company. They gave us a beautiful game, they were fair to us and they also supported the massive modding community that will soon be obsolete. I personally loved what Squad did with KSP, but In the end, they were the ones who sold out on us.

The only way to stop the disgraceful practices of Take 2, is to choose to stop supporting them.
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Drepface Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:38pm 
So you can't play older versions? WOW!
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RoofCat Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:38pm 
good read. Too bad I'm not into it :steamsalty:
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AoD_lexandro Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:39pm 
Tinfoil hat shop is that away ----->
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Gralzeim Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:41pm 
Better destroy your computer, to teach Take-Two a lesson.
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Korben Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:41pm 
Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:
Tinfoil hat shop is that away ----->

I own that shop.
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fauxpas Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:42pm 
Originally posted by Gralzeim:
Better destroy your computer, to teach Take-Two a lesson.


Actually the op should sue thier teachers for failing them. :steammocking:
Last edited by fauxpas; Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:43pm
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matneee Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:45pm 
What do you have against take 2, just out of interest?
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fauxpas Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:49pm 
Originally posted by matneee:
What do you have against take 2, just out of interest?


Most likely the GTA mod that was temporarily taken down because it supposedly allowed multiplay cheating. (I'm not sure if it really did or not, but that was the reason take2 gave, and it's my understanding that the mod creators fixed the issue and take2 allowed the mod again.)
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Gralzeim Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:56pm 
Originally posted by fauxpas:
Originally posted by matneee:
What do you have against take 2, just out of interest?


Most likely the GTA mod that was temporarily taken down because it supposedly allowed multiplay cheating. (I'm not sure if it really did or not, but that was the reason take2 gave, and it's my understanding that the mod creators fixed the issue and take2 allowed the mod again.)

This. It's the only instance of Take-Two actually doing something like that, as well. But it got blown way out of proportion, because that's how the internet is sometimes. So some folks now think that Take-Two is some horribly evil amalgation of EA, Ubisoft, and Activision that wants to ruin KSP by turning everything into microtransactions and ruining mods.

Edit: Plus, they publish some games that have a ton of mods and built-in mod managers, so, yeah, it's much ado about nothing. (XCOM, XCOM 2, Civ V, presumably Civ VI)
Last edited by Gralzeim; Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:57pm
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Manwith Noname Mar 7, 2018 @ 3:57pm 
I would argue Take Two are not the worst.
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matneee Mar 7, 2018 @ 4:02pm 
Oh. Right. I heard about the GTA thing but unfortunately was almost paralysed by not caring very much. Sounded like a bit of a non-event really - a temporary and minor inconvenience. On the other end of the scale they publish x-com and civ, both of which keep me sane against the background gaming landscape of games like Unsubtle Violence 3 etc. Christ, they even managed to squeeze x-com onto my phone basically intact, which is an act of witchcraft which I shall be forever grateful for. Can't say I've ever had a problem with them really, and AFAIK their do tend to go the extra mile in providing tools for their game communities.
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maculator Mar 7, 2018 @ 4:03pm 
another one of those threads... time to sub and lean back
Last edited by maculator; Mar 7, 2018 @ 4:03pm
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X-SR71 Mar 7, 2018 @ 4:06pm 
I'm glad they sold it. I hope for a bunch of moola. They deserve to be rich for the game they made. Though if I remember correctly the main lead developer left just prior to it. I hope he got loads of gold bars on the side.
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Whiplash Mar 7, 2018 @ 4:08pm 
The hysteria and melodrama surrounding this issues is well beyond reasonable. And I'm someone who is adamantly against microtransactions and loot boxes. They are gambling and should be shut down. And yet, you guys are like chicken little "THE SKY IS FALLING" non stop drama and crying when nothing has even happened yet. And may not happen at all. Freaking hysterics.
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maculator Mar 7, 2018 @ 4:11pm 
Originally posted by Whiplash:
The hysteria and melodrama surrounding this issues is well beyond reasonable.
This.

But to be fair all of this should be sorted out by a mod! Last time I said something like that one came down and pointed out that they got bigger tasks than babysitting the steam forum.
Well if you let a small fire burn long enough it might just become a giant one... all those people freaking out just make more people freak out...
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