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@calcamity this image has done irreparable damage to the internet. a guy cant be a bit of a weeb without people comparing him to the guy in the image. god forbid a man whose blood is made of jrpgs is interested in learning the language and using that knowledge for his jrpg inspired game

@beetsoupinbed ive also seen ppl claim he "really wants to be japanese" which like. all of his idols are japanese. ofc hed want to learn the language to understand their works and them as people, hes a mother 3 fan!

You can tell some people were ITCHING for toby fox to do anything that could be seen as wrong the way the started trowing racism allegations at him

@microwavecore i liked the one that was like "maybe toby doesn't mention gaster because he's latin american" that was funny. but yeah a lot of what i saw were either in extremely poor taste or had so much vitriol imbued in them that i would hardly even consider them jokes

@beetsoupinbed the jokes in question being "toby fox is a racist slave to israel" "toby fox is a raging xenophobe" "toby fox would rather kill himself than acknowledge us" (the one with the guy jumping into the volcano WAS kinda funny tbh) and the like takes it from harmless jokes to wtf r u on

some of you aren't simply making harmless jokes though lol

@julyisdead_ but to him dt is probably like his baby, it's understandable if he wants to prevent anything like that happening at all costs.

@julyisdead_ or lost in translation and leading to a major part of the story being taken a completely different way than originally intended without toby having any clue in advance since he can't fully oversee it himself probably terrifies him. not to sound infantilizing,

this is the same guy who has rules about which characters can be featured in official merch because he doesn't want to break immersion like how is anyone surprised he's a perfectionist & extremely particular about his game and anything involving its narrative?

@julyisdead_ and don't worry i get where you're coming from, sorry if i misinterpreted you

@beetsoupinbed ALSO IF IT WASNT OBVIOUS MY FIRST LANGUAGE ISN'T ENGLISH so I'm sorry if there's any confusion

@julyisdead_ faithfully told. it's not that he doesn't want fans who speak certain languages to enjoy the game, he just has a strong stance on his creative vision, and that should be respected in my opinion

@julyisdead_ i think the best way to look at it is that despite how unfortunate it is that the game isn't officially translated in everyone's language, and while you're free to question his choices, this is the way toby wants it to be because he holds so much value in his story being

@julyisdead_ but i agree it would be nice once the game is finished for there to be more official translations, i think it could def be a possibility once discussions and everything has settled and he can chill since people won't be constantly looking for hidden code in every bit of text

@julyisdead_ the nice thing about games that are as large as dt is that there are so many ways a non en/jp speaker can still engage with the game such as with fan translation mods, which means toby's creative vision doesn't necessarily need to be compromised.

@_snacket it's really depressing to see an artist expressing in an as honest as you can assume way the reasons behind his approach to his work be met with so many people going "you think your art is worth that much?" or dismissing it and calling it an excuse and twisting his words.

@beetsoupinbed A common sentiment I’m seeing is that utdr isn’t art worthy of a strong artistic vision which I think is kind of sad

@sebastocrator_ not to mention time constraints which is another reason he listed 👍

@sebastocrator_ and that means that the trade off to that is that in the mean time the game isn't translated in any other language besides japanese because that's the only non english language he understands and thus is able to fully oversee the work of the team that handles that.

@sebastocrator_ esented in any potential way.

@sebastocrator_ i think treating an indie game creator like a company behind a product that must meet the demands of the market is a depressingly cynical thing to do. dt is his own creation and he has the right to ensure with his best effort that his vision is faithfully conveyed and not misrepr

@GabrielCam66884 you're getting put in the time out corner

@beetsoupinbed I think that is retarded honestly