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https://steamdb.info/app/1087330/history/?changeid=21104450
interestingly this game under the dev Badim, is also advertising "The Mildew Children" as mentioned in my other "Atomic Fabrik"-topic. so there's definitely some shady connections going on there.
https://steamdb.info/app/2681330
https://steamdb.info/app/562730/history/?changeid=9100631
(advertised "The Mildew Children" despite "no" official connection to dev/publisher)
https://steamdb.info/app/1087330/history/?changeid=21104450
(advertised "The Mildew Children" despite "no" official connection to dev/publisher)
https://steamdb.info/app/439920/history/?changeid=19455955
(advertised "The Mildew Children" despite "no" official connection to dev/publisher)
https://steamdb.info/app/615090/history/?changeid=19313745
https://steamdb.info/app/495570/history/?changeid=8413611
https://steamdb.info/app/643700/history/?changeid=9472880
https://steamdb.info/app/490910/history/?changeid=8802788
(advertised "The Mildew Children" despite "no" official connection to dev/publisher)
https://steamdb.info/app/439930/history/?changeid=8451522
https://steamdb.info/app/948350/history/?changeid=19973723
(currently lists no dev/publisher on the store)
(advertised "The Mildew Children" despite "no" official connection to dev/publisher)
https://steamdb.info/app/1361970/history/?changeid=19770877
https://steamdb.info/app/1361970/history/?changeid=18787566
(since this hasn't been released yet, there's no ties to Atomic Fabrik and this seems to suggest the return of Badim to the store... I did find an oddity though - the game was originally submitted under Badim then Changed to Meridian4, then back... Meridian4 being a fairly big and well known publisher https://steamdb.info/publisher/Meridian4/ . of course this could be a publishing deal gone bad, or maybe some kind of glitch in steam(!?) I kinda wish that steamdb showed who made the changes... or maybe Badim was already testing the waters for something similar to the Helldivers II-scam )
*edit*
seems after the release of "the mildew Children" the store pages that was advertising it are now advertising another Valkyrie Initiative title "one way road" : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599490/One_Way_Road/
so the connection there, is more likely with the publisher "Valkyrie Initiative" rather than the developer "The growing Stones" like I first assumed.
I wonder if Christian Manolachi was a student of his.... would make sense why he's such clown then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunBFoTLCo0
Worth pointing out, while we help gamers by warning them about these Eastern Bloc scammers and intellectual property thieves, these guys have friends in low places. The money they launder doesn't come from innocent sources.
If your Steam account or socials can be linked back to you personally, these guys will go after you. We're messing with the business of criminals.
While this stuff is important, safety is even more important.
I'm getting digital homicide flashbacks.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/artemplayhey/recommended/649960/
no friendlist visible but only member of one group and it's Royal elite games, which is Mr.Badim's company - and can be found in Mr.Badim's own friendlist.
*edit* no surprise this is the account that has filed a copyright claim on Fireborns video
also: https://steamcommunity.com/id/artemplayhey/recommended/
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/eNciO/drm-freeindiegala-mechdefender-tower-defense-12-05
There's a lot of "legit" amateur games that get pushed through IndieGala... I don't see them as that much different from Exosyphen's DailyIndieGame... they really don't care where the keys come from, so long as they're cheap. Same with G2A really... which is why it can be dangerous to buy from those kinds of key sellers, many times in the past keys bought from those sites like G2A have been revoked because they were supplied with stolen credit cards etc.
I am in contact with Mr Badim and I am conducting an interview with him this coming weekend.
Any questions you'd like to put to him, please do let me know!
not that my hopes are very high for an honest answers but.... :
1) What's his connection to Atomic Fabrik and Cristian Manolachi?
2) What's his connection to Valkyrie Initiative(e.g. why is another publishers' games being promoted on his old games' steam pages)
3) who's behind "sunset TEKO"?
4) who's "ArtemPH" and what is his association?
5) why was "Millenium Conflict" at one point attempted to be associated with Meridian4 ( https://steamdb.info/app/1361970/history/?changeid=18787566 )
6) why are at least half the positive reviews for "Happy Lab" from people in his friendlist, and does he really think this is an honest way to present his game on Steam?
7) did he really think filing spurious copyrightclaims/DMCA on Fireb0rns' videos would work? (it's up again btw)
8) has he heard of The Streisand effect?
none serious
bonus question!
9) on scale of 1-10 how big a Momma's boy is he and does he regret getting her involved? considering that move was pretty much mocked by everyone watching Fireb0rns video?
Interview went live just now, do feel free to give it a listen. It's almost 3 hours though, so do come prepared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJbDHyuzZgw
Amazing... I'll listen in while I'm reviewing games today
First thing I noticed, is that he's obviously going to deny being VadimGod because, as Fireb0rn pointed out in his original videos, it's a crime in Russia and could result in Vadim being jailed or mobilized.
He doesn't make any money from trading cards but he puts cards on his games to sell to bot farmers anyway. Right. That adds up.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2648890/Bemis_Wamilton_Racing/
curious enough that is yet another publisher to the pile of publishers "randomly" advertising games published by Valkyrie Initiative despite not disclosing any affiliation....
Valve really needs to ban that entire group of "developers"
But like Mr Badim, Tero works very closely with the Russians in Conglomerate 5 as well as with Cristian Manolachi, having entered into business agreements to co-publish their games in giant scam bundles like the Brilliant Bundle:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24132/Brilliant_Bundle/
I'm not an expert on how game bundling works, but I am confident that Valve or other developers cannot just take your games and put them in a game bundle without your permission or involvement.
So the people in that bundle worked together and have a business relationship. They are not all the same person, but they work together and perpetrate the same harmful anti-consumer behaviours.