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Natalie is probably just "camera shy."

No idea why somebody hasn't tried to get an interview with the entire GSK team, though...or even just ONE other member of the staff. It's always Brianna, head of the super badass team of indomitable wymyn of GSK, who we hear so much about but never get to see or hear from.

This is why a deposition would be so delicious.

Just ask John to produce any of these other nonexistent people.
 
Alright, feel free to call me a ween for this.

But are Amanda Warner and Frank Wu not accessories to Brianna Wu's crime of inventing Natalie O'Brien to commit what is essentially (though not legally) charity fraud?

I was the person with the "[Edit: Redacted]" twitter account and I politely contacted a few people about if they had worked with Natalie O'Brien. Some of them were Frank Wu, Amanda Warner and Steven Lubitz (@WickedGood, he's Brianna's co-host on Isometric and has spoken with her about Natalie before) and I was blocked by all of them within an hour.

Shouldn't we be questioning these people who are supposed co-workers of Natalie to get an answer on if they've ever met her or worked with her? They will most likely avoid answering because if they say no, it obviously creates suspicions as to how they could have worked with this person in a 4 person company without having met her, and if they say yes then they are participating in the lie. If someone asked me if I'd ever worked with X, I'd have no problem saying yes or no, particularly if I thought that person did get good work because I'd want to vouch for them.

However, none of these people want to even acknowledge Natalie's existence, even to laud her accomplishments.

I think if we direct enough interest to these Wu-orbiters regarding Natalie, eventually one of them will give in and reveal the reality so as to save their own hide.

Again, if this is a lame ebin ween troll idea, rate me however you need to, but this seems to be the most sensible path to digging up more info on Natalie because even having our requests ignored is valuable information in itself.

Do we have a list of them?

I think a good start would be to ask Frank Wu (@thefrankwu), Lubitz (@WickedGood), Kiva Bay (@KivaBay), Maddy Myers (@MIDIMyers), Amanda Warner (@AnimatorMommy), Mikah Sargeant (@Mikahsargent) and Georgia Dow (@GeorgiaDow). These are all people who work with or have worked with Brianna and also live in the Massachusetts area. I'm sure @Jaimas and @Smutley would know some additional names.

We can also ask anyone who has given press coverage to Brianna regarding Natalie if they ever met in person or spoke over the phone. @Feministing is one. @krysoberyl wrote this and is a good place to start:

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Ive always wondered if that Patreon could be used as some sort of charity or tax fraud. Especially since there are people who signed up for it. I think the best way is to alert the CPAs of Massachusetts or even reach out to the CPAs of every state and see where it goes from there. Washington state might be a good idea to contact because they brought a case against a guy who used kickstarter and couldnt deliver but that involved way more money. It was also a kickstarter which is a way different beast than Patreon.

You can't "intercept" public documents.

How is the private investigator fund coming?

*EDIT* Do we have Wu's SSN? I don't want to know it at the moment, just to find out if we have it.
We have a PI fund?
 
We just need to keep pushing the John W Flynt angle as it's obvious to anyone that Rev 60 is a direct rip off of Socially Unconscious.

So Wu's either got to admit that

1. He is John W Flynt so the character are legally his to use.

2 Or admit that his precious baby Rev 60 is a rip off of someone else work.

Either one is a impossible thing to admit so I can't wait to see how Johnny-boy tries to lie his way out of this.

No matter how many Twitter accounts get blocked we can always make more; each time we showcase the evidence John gets more and more salty. Sooner or later he's going to blow...


...and it will be glorious!
 
Wu also deleted the tweet at the top. :)

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Cognitive dissonance sure is a bitch.
Yeah, Wu. Deadpool truely did treat it's women like crap. I mean, it's not like
one was going toe to toe with Colossus and winning, another saved Colossus from said woman, one was a pretty awesome old blind lady(disabled and POC, because that's so important to the group you align with, Wu) that didn't take any shit, and the other managed to escape from the main baddie in a pretty hardcore way and take Deadpool's sword and shish-kabobed said main baddie like a badass while saving Deadpool
or anything. You're so right, the female characters were just damsels in distress and trophies because you say so.

You fucknugget.
 
I've been reading through this thread for a little while now, and I couldn't help but notice something. Wu exhibits many of the symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia.

Please note that I am not a psychologist, and I am not trying to make a diagnosis. I view this more as an interesting alternate angle to consider regarding Wu's behavior.

And also note that, even if Wu is a schizo, it doesn't change how I view her his actions, as there are plenty of well-adjusted schizos out there. Some have even won the fucking nobel prize, so being a schizo is no excuse for acting like a Wu.

(From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_schizophrenia#Symptoms)

Wikipedia said:
Some common delusions associated with paranoid schizophrenia include, “believing that the government is monitoring every move you make, or that a co-worker is poisoning your lunch." In all but rare cases, these beliefs are irrational, and can cause the person holding them to behave abnormally. Another frequent type of delusion is a delusion of grandeur, or the “fixed, false belief that one possesses superior qualities such as genius, fame, omnipotence, or wealth."

Brianna has both of these delusions in spades.

Even when most major figures seem to have put Gamergate behind them, Brianna is adamant that members of the movement are harassing her. Not only that, but for awhile, she was convinced that Gamergate posed a threat to her very life. At first, I was convinced the whole thing was merely a charade to earn pitybucks, and I'm sure there's still some element of that now. But the frequency and ferocity with which she still blames Gamergate for her supposed "abuse" is starting to come off as more insane than anything.

Furthermore, despite never producing anything at all, Brianna seems convinced that she is a major figure in the tech industry. And someone who has an authority in journalism despite not graduating. For a long time I thought these were manipulative tactics on her part, ways for her to con people into giving her money and fame. However, I am doubting this more and more, for even as everything is beginning to crumble around her, even as her narrative is starting to unravel, she refuses to jump ship. Any decent con-artist would have both been long gone by now, and, in addition, wouldn't have continued to draw so much attention to themselves.

I'm not trying to imply that Brianna Wu had no intention of taking people's money. But I think she honestly believed - and still continues to believe - that Rev 60 will be a thing someday. She never works on it, but I think she's just delusional enough to think that she will somehow finish it someday in spite of this fact.

To worsen the situation, various websites and figures within the industry and media have, for fear of being labeled "anti-feminist" or "anti-progressive," continued to feed her delusions. I'm not a psychologist, but if Wu does have some kind of issue, then feeding into the delusion is probably the worst possible thing anyone could do for her.

Wu isn't a woman of course, but most people think he is. From that angle, all those people who blindly support her are basically feeding into the delusions of - and therefore damaging - a woman. That thought is hilarious to me.

(From http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/schizophrenia)

"If you or a loved one experience several of these symptoms for more than two weeks, seek help immediately"

Symptoms said:
Deterioration of academic or work performance

Bahahaha

Symptoms said:
A change in personal hygiene and appearance

That could actually refer to a number of things. Not only did Wu go womyn mode, he also seems to have issues with a receding hairline recently. Of course, the latter isn't NECESSARILY his fault, unless he hasn't been taking hormones as was mentioned earlier in the thread.

Symptoms said:
Increasing withdrawal from social situations

Wu is frequently on Twitter, but I don't count that as a "social situation." In my mind, an important part of being in a social situation is that you can't just ignore and/or banish people you don't agree with.

Symptoms said:
Inability to sleep or concentrate

Given how often Wu is on Twitter, I'd say she both doesn't sleep and doesn't concentrate on other things. Like her game.

Symptoms said:
Inappropriate or bizarre behavior

I will post this one without comment.

(One last symptom from here: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml

Symptoms said:
Difficulty beginning and sustaining activities

Bahahaha

Of course, I'm sure anyone familiar with schizophrenia is going to immediately point out that Wu doesn't seem to exhibit its most famous symptom.

Symptoms said:
Hallucinations –seeing, feeling, tasting, hearing or smelling something that doesn’t really exist. The most common experience is hearing imaginary voices that give commands or comments to the individual.

...Unless "Natalie" and/or some of those characters she's obsessed over since Election Eve are the result of some level of hallucination.

Again, I am not trying to paint Wu as some sort of victim. I fully believe she has (often poorly) manipulated people, and that she is a terrible person. And of course, there's no way we'll ever know for sure if she does have hallucinations. I mean, even if she came out and said it, I probably wouldn't believe her.

But the thought that Natalie could actually be a hallucination is hilarious to me.

Of course, not all of the symptoms are a 100% match. One possible symptom, for example, is "disordered thinking and speech," and although she posts a lot of shit, I don't know if that would qualify.

(Maybe Election Eve would?)

Finally, given the nature of psychology, I'm aware that many of these symptoms could fit into a number other diagnoses, so it would be interesting to me to hear an actual psychologist's opinions on her behavior.
 
Yeah, Wu. Deadpool truely did treat it's women like crap. I mean, it's not like
one was going toe to toe with Colossus and winning, another saved Colossus from said woman, one was a pretty awesome old blind lady(disabled and POC, because that's so important to the group you align with, Wu) that didn't take any shit, and the other managed to escape from the main baddie in a pretty hardcore way and take Deadpool's sword and shish-kabobed said main baddie like a badass while saving Deadpool
or anything. You're so right, the female characters were just damsels in distress and trophies because you say so.

You fucknugget.
Even Betty White liked Deadpool
http://bgr.com/2016/02/12/deadpool-review-betty-whit/
 
Oh my... That male pattern baldness.
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And just for weird face
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People were speculating that she stopped taking her oestrogen pills post-op even though you still have to take them. That might explain why.
Just to be gross here for a second, but due to her half-assedness with transitioning I do wonder if she even kept up with dilating.

I've been reading through this thread for a little while now, and I couldn't help but notice something. Wu exhibits many of the symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia.

Please note that I am not a psychologist, and I am not trying to make a diagnosis. I view this more as an interesting alternate angle to consider regarding Wu's behavior.

And also note that, even if Wu is a schizo, it doesn't change how I view her his actions, as there are plenty of well-adjusted schizos out there. Some have even won the fucking nobel prize, so being a schizo is no excuse for acting like a Wu.

(From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_schizophrenia#Symptoms)



Brianna has both of these delusions in spades.

Even when most major figures seem to have put Gamergate behind them, Brianna is adamant that members of the movement are harassing her. Not only that, but for awhile, she was convinced that Gamergate posed a threat to her very life. At first, I was convinced the whole thing was merely a charade to earn pitybucks, and I'm sure there's still some element of that now. But the frequency and ferocity with which she still blames Gamergate for her supposed "abuse" is starting to come off as more insane than anything.

Furthermore, despite never producing anything at all, Brianna seems convinced that she is a major figure in the tech industry. And someone who has an authority in journalism despite not graduating. For a long time I thought these were manipulative tactics on her part, ways for her to con people into giving her money and fame. However, I am doubting this more and more, for even as everything is beginning to crumble around her, even as her narrative is starting to unravel, she refuses to jump ship. Any decent con-artist would have both been long gone by now, and, in addition, wouldn't have continued to draw so much attention to themselves.

I'm not trying to imply that Brianna Wu had no intention of taking people's money. But I think she honestly believed - and still continues to believe - that Rev 60 will be a thing someday. She never works on it, but I think she's just delusional enough to think that she will somehow finish it someday in spite of this fact.

To worsen the situation, various websites and figures within the industry and media have, for fear of being labeled "anti-feminist" or "anti-progressive," continued to feed her delusions. I'm not a psychologist, but if Wu does have some kind of issue, then feeding into the delusion is probably the worst possible thing anyone could do for her.

Wu isn't a woman of course, but most people think he is. From that angle, all those people who blindly support her are basically feeding into the delusions of - and therefore damaging - a woman. That thought is hilarious to me.

(From http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/schizophrenia)

"If you or a loved one experience several of these symptoms for more than two weeks, seek help immediately"



Bahahaha



That could actually refer to a number of things. Not only did Wu go womyn mode, he also seems to have issues with a receding hairline recently. Of course, the latter isn't NECESSARILY his fault, unless he hasn't been taking hormones as was mentioned earlier in the thread.



Wu is frequently on Twitter, but I don't count that as a "social situation." In my mind, an important part of being in a social situation is that you can't just ignore and/or banish people you don't agree with.



Given how often Wu is on Twitter, I'd say she both doesn't sleep and doesn't concentrate on other things. Like her game.



I will post this one without comment.

(One last symptom from here: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml



Bahahaha

Of course, I'm sure anyone familiar with schizophrenia is going to immediately point out that Wu doesn't seem to exhibit its most famous symptom.



...Unless "Natalie" and/or some of those characters she's obsessed over since Election Eve are the result of some level of hallucination.

Again, I am not trying to paint Wu as some sort of victim. I fully believe she has (often poorly) manipulated people, and that she is a terrible person. And of course, there's no way we'll ever know for sure if she does have hallucinations. I mean, even if she came out and said it, I probably wouldn't believe her.

But the thought that Natalie could actually be a hallucination is hilarious to me.

Of course, not all of the symptoms are a 100% match. One possible symptom, for example, is "disordered thinking and speech," and although she posts a lot of shit, I don't know if that would qualify.

(Maybe Election Eve would?)

Finally, given the nature of psychology, I'm aware that many of these symptoms could fit into a number other diagnoses, so it would be interesting to me to hear an actual psychologist's opinions on her behavior.
I figured she might be bipolar or manic or a combo of something. And drugs. Wu has been to rehab for ambien abuse, and her latest stint with Nyquil was weird.
 
Ive always wondered if that Patreon could be used as some sort of charity or tax fraud. Especially since there are people who signed up for it.

My understanding is that the income through patron is handled as standard 1099 income. This means it's fully taxed. If you are registered as a proper charity (e.g. USA 501(C)(3)) it might not be taxable. Also if you are doing it through a business, as with all business income, you can legally take deductions against business expenses.

There is really no need to speculate about their policy:
https://www.patreon.com/taxes

I imagine she is operating within the law here -- at least to the same extent as most people in the situation where you are a high earning husband and set up a a otherwise unemployable housewife with an often money losing business like a cupcake shop or little clothing boutique just to get her involved in something and get her out of your hair. In this particular case, it backfired for two reasons: first, because Bri just sits around at home and creates drama thus complicating things for Frank, and also because Bri is in fact not actually a housewife at all but rather a MAN.
 
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The thing I find most irritating is how nobody with any 'authority' to do so has grilled her on the multiple missed deadlines, one quite frequently. Can you imagine if the lead dev at a large REAL game company simply banned anyone on Twitter who asked how their new game was going?

The easiest way to cause a chimpout from Bri is to force her to look at the difference between her own career in reality and her head. She clearly sees herself as a very successful and influential individual, when in reality she is missing deadlines for her shitty game and her career is completely unimpressive and mediocre.

John W. Flynt may be a bigger story, but I think attacking the source of her current ego is a better way to cause her to melt down. She has divested all this energy to suppressing John Flynt information, and has left her defenses down on her claim to fame - her shitty career. Attack from that angle.
 
If you want to hammer Wu with something she can't escape from, nail her on Rev60's shitty optimization. Horrendous load times, framerates that are laughably unstable on bleeding-edge hardware (that scene where she jumps on the dropship is infamous for massive framerate drops), and the fact that the game hangs like a motherfucker whenever stuff gets too active. On Smutley's LP ALONE, on a modern iPad, the game was hilariously unstable.

DNF is better optimized than fucking Revolution 60 is. With similar load times.
 
The thing I find most irritating is how nobody with any 'authority' to do so has grilled her on the multiple missed deadlines, one quite frequently. Can you imagine if the lead dev at a large REAL game company simply banned anyone on Twitter who asked how their new game was going?

The easiest way to cause a chimpout from Bri is to force her to look at the difference between her own career in reality and her head. She clearly sees herself as a very successful and influential individual, when in reality she is missing deadlines for her shitty game and her career is completely unimpressive and mediocre.

John W. Flynt may be a bigger story, but I think attacking the source of her current ego is a better way to cause her to melt down. She has divested all this energy to suppressing John Flynt information, and has left her defenses down on her claim to fame - her shitty career. Attack from that angle.

I say her claim to fame is knowing nothing but obscene wealth and having all kinds of media connections.
 
Whenever the topic comes up Wu just argues "This is how valve does it" and you can't really argue with that. Games SHOULD be delayed until they're as good as possible. Wu's taking this to the extreme, but the only people that really have grounds to complain are the kickstarter backers, and they either don't care or have forgotten.

However the flip side is that you'd expect a game developed under Valve like standards and delayed this long should be a fantastic GOTY contender with no bugs or issues. When Rev60 comes out, that's the time to nail Wu on all the missed deadlines and ask "what were you actually doing all this time?".
 
When Rev60 comes out

I'm happy to be proven wrong (because I won't blame anyone for putting out a game, even if it's shit) but I really, really doubt that Wu will ever release Rev60 on Steam. The best thing might be that it gets put back on the Apple Store. Wu has nothing to gain and a great deal to lose from its release. That's assuming she's even capable of finishing the game at all, which, as others have said, is likely not the case.

While Rev60's still in development, Wu can claim a whole lot of shit. She can claim to be at the forefront of the gaming industry. She can claim to still need to hire women. She can make a whole lot of obnoxious and smug statements about game development, because she's currently in it. Once Rev60 can be officially declared finished, she won't have that any more, and people will recognize her as just another annoying amateur designer with a shitty product. If Rev60 is finished, Wu will have to move onto another game or risk becoming (more) irrelevant, which means either abandoning her Sonichu (unthinkable) or putting out a sequel, which everyone in the industry will just roll their eyes at.

Moreover, putting it out there on Steam will shatter her hugbox. It's not just going to be weens that spam her game with negative reviews, there'll be actual reviewers intrigued by the controversy trying to have a look. The success of Undertale has renewed interest in crowdfunded games. And they're going to find a dogshit game riddled with optimization errors and borderline plagiarism, and they'll tell their audience about it, an audience far larger than Wu's Twitter. She won't be able to dismiss real reviewers as Gamergate trolls. She'll reinvoke the wrath of SJWs for her skinny white woman fetish, and she'll certainly never be able to raise her zillion dollars for VR tech like she dreams of.

What happens if she doesn't put out the game? Nothing. The only real consequences might be from renegading on her crowdfunding promises, but I doubt it; that funding had nothing to do with the game and everything to do with GamerGate. Her supporters don't care if she produces a game or not.
 
If you want to hammer Wu with something she can't escape from, nail her on Rev60's shitty optimization. Horrendous load times, framerates that are laughably unstable on bleeding-edge hardware (that scene where she jumps on the dropship is infamous for massive framerate drops), and the fact that the game hangs like a motherfucker whenever stuff gets too active. On Smutley's LP ALONE, on a modern iPad, the game was hilariously unstable.

DNF is better optimized than fucking Revolution 60 is. With similar load times.
DNF actually ran pretty well on older machines (by the time of it's release), it only ran like garbage on consoles because it was a quick porting job by a no-name studio.
 
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