Hello. I am hoping that someone on the Rare team sees this, and as such will be addressing this message to them.
Recently, it has been made well aware that amongst the legends alluded to in the most recent update to the game, one in particular has been included.
Now, I had not personally heard the tale of this notorious streamer until today, so I will admit that I am not the most well-versed in the subject matter. But from my understanding, [mod edited] is a streamer who, on several occasions, has taken out [mod edited] anger over losing a battle by reporting [mod edited] opponents to Rare for “Stream Sniping”.
This alone would be enough to cause outrage; however, there is much evidence to support that in most of these instances, the players were banned, sometimes from all of Rare’s services related to this game, without a second thought. From what I’ve gathered, most appeals have been met with stubborn denial of any possibility of innocence and very poor business behavior. I have even found one instance where the person who responded to an appeal acknowledged the player’s age and used it against them, something that is immoral and even illegal.
For the most part, Rare as a company has kept silent about this; this itself is deplorable, but it is nothing unusual. What is unusual, however, is what came with this most recent update: a tribute to [mod edited] within the game. This undeniably shows that not only has Rare disregarded these events, but they have chosen to deny them entirely in an attempt to pander to streamers.
I am aware that this is not a complete story from my perspective; I am furthermore aware at the harsh accusations I am throwing at this company. But even at the risk of being banned from the entire game, one of my favorite games of all time, I cannot remain silent about this.
As for a solution to this problem, I believe the best course of action, from a business standpoint and from a moral one, would be to remove the tribute and all commendations associated with it. I do not believe this would be a difficult task, as from what I understand there is a previous state of the island where the tribute is found without the tribute.
Until something is done or someone is addressed about this inexcusable turn of events, I will be completely avoiding this foul Easter Egg; if I find that I have to interact with it in a voyage, or that I have to have Umbra record it for a commendation, I will simply sail in the opposite direction, even if it means hours of work lost. I know this does not mean much to a Rare developer, but at the very least it shows that the mere presence of something like that is detestable. I hope you look into this, Rare, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
-Sincerely,
Blaizent
