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[–] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 368 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (15 children)

I'm just going to post this comment to this thread as well, since this is newer. Classic shifting of blame and no one taking responsibility for scummy actions.

Fun fact: Funko's current CEO is the ex-president of Wizards of the Coast!

Why is this relevant? Well, under her leadership, WotC sent pinkerton agents to someone's home to threaten them because they got some Magic the Gathering cards early. She said things like Dungeons & Dragons players were under-monetised, pushing to make the Table Top game more like a microtransaction-filled video game, and helped with the OGL scandal.

The OGL, for anyone unfamiliar, was an Open Gaming License WotC had for years with D&D 3rd party creators. It allowed certain things to be created using D&D mechanics and lore by anyone that followed its guidelines and allowances. A couple years ago, WotC tried to change that so they would make more money off of people trying to create things for D&D - to profit off of indie creators passionate about the game. There was a huge backlash, and they eventually went back on this decision.

All this to say, you can see what kind of leader the current Funko CEO is, and what's happening with itch isn't surprising to me.

[–] oxideseven 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Name the CEO. Image too, or wiki link.

Let's stop letting scummy people hide behind brands and companies.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] oxideseven 5 points 3 months ago

Hell yeah! Thank you. I would have but was on spotty mobile

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