You recognize, had been I much less dedicated to the noble campaign of videogame journalism, I might say there’s cash to be made in a job the place you gently cajole broadly reviled individuals and establishments away from any interplay with the general public. I guess you may make six figures simply telling loathed organisations the real-life equal of ‘No, they’re saying Boo-urns.’
Right this moment’s despised firm that bafflingly determined to open the door as much as unmediated public engagement? Denuvo. Yep, the DRM software program that the entire web is perpetually indignant about (and honest sufficient, at the very least among the time) determined that it ought to clear the air with shoppers by opening up its personal Discord (by way of TechRaptor) the place curious onlookers might come and ask it questions on DRM tech. There are FAQs about how Denuvo features, the newest Denuvo information, and, fatally, channels the place passersby can ask Denuvo devs questions, chat, and put up memes.
5/8Starting in the present day and for the next 2 months, we want nothing greater than to present you a platform to specific your queries and obtain the solutions you’ve got deserved all alongside. Please, welcome to our Discord server: https://t.co/6OnyS87mbfOctober 15, 2024
No prizes for guessing the consequence. Two days after throwing its doorways huge and with “almost 2,000 individuals on the server,” Denuvo sheepishly returned to X to announce that “as you possibly can think about, the quantity of inappropriate content material has made moderation fairly difficult for our small workforce, who’re doing this alongside our common day-to-day work. For that motive, we have determined to make some adjustments to the server, which we’ll be implementing over the following few days. Keep tuned!” Nobody’s been capable of put up on the server for 2 days at time of writing.
In different phrases: All the Discord server has been put into read-only mode till Denuvo can determine a approach to cease it from being flooded with individuals screaming obscenities at Denuvo. I think the worst of the worst has since been scrubbed from the server by mods—there are actually loads of ‘Consumer has been warned for unhealthy phrase utilization’ messages from the automod mendacity round—however a quick wander by way of the frozen-in-time channels reveals individuals posting pro-piracy memes, wishing chapter on the corporate, and hitting it with sick burns like “Did you guys allow gradual mode simply so we will additionally expertise slowdown in discord like several recreation that has your DRM?”
All of it actually simply continues from there. Individuals hate Denuvo and have been very eager to make that clear. I form of really feel unhealthy for the Denuvo staff who’ve apparently taken on moderating the inevitable tyre-fire of the server alongside their regular tasks, but additionally: What on Earth did Denuvo suppose was going to occur? You would possibly as nicely attempt to rehabilitate scabies.
Anyway, it appears to be like like Denuvo has learnt some of its lesson. As I used to be scripting this, the server beeped again to life with an announcement that “we restructured the server a bit.” Principally, you are confined to the no-fun welcome channel zone—endlessly in gradual mode—till you show you possibly can behave your self, at which level Denuvo will elevate you to “Verified Participant” standing and allow you to get into the meme, chat, and dev Q&A channels. Do I feel this may cease the avalanche of abuse? No.
The server will return on Monday at midday CET. Good luck Denuvo, you will want it.
