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    • Denjin@feddit.uk
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      10 hours ago

      Just to give a bit of context to this allegation, Kovarex linked an article written by Uncle Bob, who has made some awful statements.

      When called out for this, Kovarex asserted that it’s irrelevant because the article he linked wasn’t to do with any of that.

      He didn’t defend Uncle Bob’s statements just that it didn’t make him (Kovarex) worthy of cancelling because of it and how Internet culture means that everyone has to be an enemy or ally with no room for any nuance.

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        Wait, so someone is criticizing Factorio because someone who worked on Factorio linked to an article written by someone who has, at some point in the past, made awful statements?

        Man, that’s some bullshit.

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        Kovarex’s responses to the criticism he has received seem entirely reasonable.

        Recommending an article by an alleged bigot, on an entirely technical subject, does not make the recommender a bigot by association.

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          It’s a good game, but I’m much more into factorio. It’s just much easier to manage a factory when seen top down.

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            I like the fun and challenge of having to work around the 3d terrain. It does cause some super ugly results sometimes, but that is part of the fun

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      10 hours ago

      Really? Which one? I hadn’t heard about anything - sucks if true

      E: looks like Kovarik had some controversial comments that might be worth looking into if folks are considering buying Factorio

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        Kovarex defend teachers sleeping with their students and one of his dev (Uncle Bob?) who made racist and homophobic post, Kovarex said that he don’t care since this is not important for the job.

        Most of this post have now been deleted

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          No. He was discussing something technical and linked an article by uncle bob, someone tried to argue about uncle bob being a bad person. kovarex said that him being a piece of shit doesn’t mean the technical thing he is describing in the article is wrong.

          This is a really forced smear campaign against him that’s being pushed by russian and tankies accounts of Wube came out in support of Ukraine.