Jeff Kaplan: Stop Complaining About Games You Won't Play

"I never understand being hostile about it or being rude about it, but I understand being upset, and I understand voicing your opinion, but like, if a game comes out and you don't want to play it, and you've never played it, shut the fuck up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it."

"Who cares about my opinion if I'm not gonna play it, and if I've never played it? Why does my opinion matter on that? I'll tell you what it does, as a game developer that's been in charge of teams who has the ability to do something about it, I just fucking ignore you. That's all you've accomplished."

Jeff Kaplan, now developing The Legend of California at Kintsugiyama, addressed hostile online commenters during a 10-hour Twitch stream. He criticized people who express negativity about games they don't play and have no intention of playing, calling their behavior pointless. Kaplan distinguished between voicing legitimate opinions and being hostile about games outside one's interest. He explained that as a developer, he simply ignores such complaints, as they serve no constructive purpose. Kaplan emphasized that complaining about a game's existence when you won't play it doesn't influence development decisions and only results in being dismissed by creators.

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