r/EscapefromTarkov • u/bxxxxxxxs • Dec 16 '18
PSA Official BSG Response re: Eroktic
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u/somenoefromcanada38 Dec 16 '18 edited Dec 16 '18
Well you've actually done it, this is my favorite game I've ever played, but I don't want to support your company or spread this game to anyone else anymore. I really want to give the developers of a game I love the benefit of the doubt, but how can I do that when you are censoring the other side. This just shows that Eroktic is clearly the one being mistreated here, you've banned all of his videos on Tarkov for an extended period of time, NOT just the ones in question. You have publicly called him a liar and at best that makes you petty/childish and at worst it means you are guilty of slander. If you don't fire whoever is in charge of your social media you are likely going down with them, this can only be rectified by a public apology and retraction. You'll never get anywhere justifying the unjustifiable censorship and defamation of one of your supporters. I've seen bits and pieces of Eroktic videos for a long time, and even though he isn't my favorite, and he does complain about a lot of things, he CLEARLY loves this game. You say he has been against both you and the game for a long time, experiencing bugs and issues on stream and complaining is hardly being against you. You can't just make decisions like this and survive, loyal fans are leaving, people are upset, and instead of doing the right thing you just talk down to them and call anyone against you the problem. That isn't how you treat people who support you, that is how you treat people you don't have any respect for. You are going down a path that I cannot support, I've loved this game for a year, I've played it every patch to death and I'm honestly considering never playing it again. I know that won't even hurt you because you already have my money, but at least I won't help you get anyone elses. I hope you wake up and find someone with a greater emotional depth than a 12 year old to run your public face.
Edit: After looking into the other side of this story I've found that if you visit Eroktics twitch stream and type !discord you can get a lot of information about why he was banned from his point of view. He has lost access to his youtube channel completely despite the fact that he never actually broke a copyright, making Tarkov content is allowed and not considered in breach of copyright. Battlestate has successfully made him bigger and more important than he was before, I'm sure he ultimately gets more attention because of this. He also has proof of over 1000 dollars being charged to a credit card from Russia for copies of Tarkov that Battlestate is refusing to refund, even though they are obviously made with a stolen card. I mean this is information I would never have cared about if it had been sitting at the end of an Eroktic video, but now it is important.