Games with /r/HobbyDrama posts
/r/HobbyDrama is my favorite subreddit for reading about high-quality, well-researched writeups on various hobby controversies. Naturally, there's a lot of video game writeups too because gamers are like that. This list is by no means exhaustive and is still a work in progress, and you can suggest any posts you like that aren't included in the comments. Heed the content warnings on the posts, some of these are pretty NSFW and dark.
If you want a recommendation, I recommend the Creatures or the Skyrim mod writeup.
If you want a recommendation, I recommend the Creatures or the Skyrim mod writeup.
238 Games
"Famed guild throws sponsored "Race to World First" competition, random unknown person beats all of them to become the first max-leveled player"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/cxresz/wow_classic_famed_guild_throws_sponsored_race_to/
"World of Warcraft (Part 7: Classic and Legion) - How an illegal game server birthed a protest movement that forced Blizzard to remake WoW from the ground up, sparking a new golden age of nostalgia, grinding, toxicity, and spit"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sika5v/games_world_of_warcraft_part_7_classic_and_legion/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/cxresz/wow_classic_famed_guild_throws_sponsored_race_to/
"World of Warcraft (Part 7: Classic and Legion) - How an illegal game server birthed a protest movement that forced Blizzard to remake WoW from the ground up, sparking a new golden age of nostalgia, grinding, toxicity, and spit"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sika5v/games_world_of_warcraft_part_7_classic_and_legion/
“big dick is back in town”, or, the saga of the broken filters
The curious case of Charity Corner 2020 and the sticky snowball
Staff member is revealed to have a pet that shouldn't exist
UCgate, or, that time someone gave away thousands of dollars of Neopets, then trolled the entire community
A dying petsite further alienates its player base by removing long-standing market arbitrage opportunities
The Legacy of Wifemas 2020, or, how a transphobic grinch accidentally caused a Christmas miracle for LGBT+ Neopets players
The ongoing drama behind unconverted neopets
Neopet's introduces NFTs, burns itself (and it's goodwill) to the ground
A Burn Book Spreads Cheating Witch Hunt Fear & Fervour
This year’s Altador Cup has ended…and everyone lost! How the devs dismissed hundreds of hours of individual work from thousands of players to hand-pick the worst possible winner.
The rise and fall of a retro Neopets recreation
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED... for clothes.
The curious case of Charity Corner 2020 and the sticky snowball
Staff member is revealed to have a pet that shouldn't exist
UCgate, or, that time someone gave away thousands of dollars of Neopets, then trolled the entire community
A dying petsite further alienates its player base by removing long-standing market arbitrage opportunities
The Legacy of Wifemas 2020, or, how a transphobic grinch accidentally caused a Christmas miracle for LGBT+ Neopets players
The ongoing drama behind unconverted neopets
Neopet's introduces NFTs, burns itself (and it's goodwill) to the ground
A Burn Book Spreads Cheating Witch Hunt Fear & Fervour
This year’s Altador Cup has ended…and everyone lost! How the devs dismissed hundreds of hours of individual work from thousands of players to hand-pick the worst possible winner.
The rise and fall of a retro Neopets recreation
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED... for clothes.
The Captain Sim Livery Scandal: How a B-Tier Flight Sim Add-On Developer Took Advantage of the Ignorance of Newcomers to Push Unfinished Products, Stole Their Community’s Work, and Took Formal Legal Action Against a Popular Add-On Site.
The Rise and Fall of Walker Air Transport: How a recruiting campaign for one of flight sim's most popular virtual airlines spiraled into its members coming forward with accusations of harassment, intimidation, and doxing by the group’s founder.
The Rise and Fall of Walker Air Transport: How a recruiting campaign for one of flight sim's most popular virtual airlines spiraled into its members coming forward with accusations of harassment, intimidation, and doxing by the group’s founder.
"Delays, Kickstarters, and the Worst Trailer Ever: The Failure of Mighty No. 9"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/nyfp8s/video_gamesdelays_kickstarters_and_the_worst/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/nyfp8s/video_gamesdelays_kickstarters_and_the_worst/
"World of Warcraft (Part 4: Cataclysm) - How Blizzard tried to revitalise the world's biggest MMO but instead sent it into a shocking downward spiral
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https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rxmu68/games_world_of_warcraft_part_4_cataclysm_how/
"Between Beasts", or the short film that tried to pass off a World of Warcraft asset as original
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https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rxmu68/games_world_of_warcraft_part_4_cataclysm_how/
"Between Beasts", or the short film that tried to pass off a World of Warcraft asset as original
Don't mess with my husbando: how one underwhelming character made Chinese Arknights players riot
Don't mess with my waifu: how putting a popular anime character into a swimsuit actually UPSET a bunch of Arknights players
The long gap betwixt 5 teased characters and the 6th. OR "What took Goldenglow so long?"
Don't mess with my waifu: how putting a popular anime character into a swimsuit actually UPSET a bunch of Arknights players
The long gap betwixt 5 teased characters and the 6th. OR "What took Goldenglow so long?"
"Chinese Criminal Gangs, 60,000 Cancelled Memberships, and Mass Riots: Jagex tackles Real World Trade"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mqhmig/runescape_chinese_criminal_gangs_60000_cancelled/
"Contract disputes between teenagers and a founder allegedly absconding with $80,000: the story of one of RuneScape’s most well known private servers"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oxi06c/mmorpgs_contract_disputes_between_teenagers_and_a/
"Durial321 becomes the Devil on 06/06/06"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mfbikx/runescape_durial321_becomes_the_devil_on_060606/
"Micro transactions are introduced to Runescape, leading to accusations of hypocrisy and one player taking their complaints to a private equity firm's headquarters."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mvpicg/runescape_micro_transactions_are_introduced_to/
"Party Hat Duplication Day: How RuneScape’s Rare Items Survived a 2003 Bug Abuse Scandal and Went on to Have a Five-Figure USD Price Tag."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pabjgo/mmorpgs_party_hat_duplication_day_how_runescapes/
"RuneScape: The Evolution of Combat and the Rise of Old School"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oi0ymc/mmorpgs_runescape_the_evolution_of_combat_and_the/
"The Runescape Classic Knife Bug: Total chaos on the day when players went wild in a free-for-all killing spree by equipping multiple knives"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/slpx87/mmorpgs_the_runescape_classic_knife_bug_total/
"Timmy and the Hacker: How an 11 Year-Old and His Grandmother Became Pariahs on RuneScape Fan Forums After A News Story About Him Getting Phished was Televised in Arizona"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/slhser/mmorpgs_timmy_and_the_hacker_how_an_11_yearold/
"Upon the Return of Free Trade to RuneScape, Players Start In-Game Casinos and Sell the Winnings for Thousands of Dollars."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pp32g6/mmorpgs_upon_the_return_of_free_trade_to/
"Wealthy players take control of RuneScape’s Economy, earn billions by running pump and dump schemes, and send bagholders broke in the process"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p54bez/mmorpgs_wealthy_players_take_control_of/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mqhmig/runescape_chinese_criminal_gangs_60000_cancelled/
"Contract disputes between teenagers and a founder allegedly absconding with $80,000: the story of one of RuneScape’s most well known private servers"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oxi06c/mmorpgs_contract_disputes_between_teenagers_and_a/
"Durial321 becomes the Devil on 06/06/06"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mfbikx/runescape_durial321_becomes_the_devil_on_060606/
"Micro transactions are introduced to Runescape, leading to accusations of hypocrisy and one player taking their complaints to a private equity firm's headquarters."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mvpicg/runescape_micro_transactions_are_introduced_to/
"Party Hat Duplication Day: How RuneScape’s Rare Items Survived a 2003 Bug Abuse Scandal and Went on to Have a Five-Figure USD Price Tag."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pabjgo/mmorpgs_party_hat_duplication_day_how_runescapes/
"RuneScape: The Evolution of Combat and the Rise of Old School"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oi0ymc/mmorpgs_runescape_the_evolution_of_combat_and_the/
"The Runescape Classic Knife Bug: Total chaos on the day when players went wild in a free-for-all killing spree by equipping multiple knives"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/slpx87/mmorpgs_the_runescape_classic_knife_bug_total/
"Timmy and the Hacker: How an 11 Year-Old and His Grandmother Became Pariahs on RuneScape Fan Forums After A News Story About Him Getting Phished was Televised in Arizona"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/slhser/mmorpgs_timmy_and_the_hacker_how_an_11_yearold/
"Upon the Return of Free Trade to RuneScape, Players Start In-Game Casinos and Sell the Winnings for Thousands of Dollars."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pp32g6/mmorpgs_upon_the_return_of_free_trade_to/
"Wealthy players take control of RuneScape’s Economy, earn billions by running pump and dump schemes, and send bagholders broke in the process"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p54bez/mmorpgs_wealthy_players_take_control_of/
"Internet trolls rig an official popularity polls for years, get away with more than they expected because the company kept rolling with it (Inazuma Eleven and Level-5, bonus minor Pokemon drama)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/moz36b/video_gamesanime_internet_trolls_rig_an_official/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/moz36b/video_gamesanime_internet_trolls_rig_an_official/
"How to, and how NOT to, develop a game and deal with popularity"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/iggho2/yandere_simulator_how_to_and_how_not_to_develop_a/
"The backstab that went too far"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ji04nm/yandere_simulator_the_backstab_that_went_too_far/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/iggho2/yandere_simulator_how_to_and_how_not_to_develop_a/
"The backstab that went too far"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ji04nm/yandere_simulator_the_backstab_that_went_too_far/
"Tales of Zestiria and The Alisha Controversy"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pmgs40/tales_tales_of_zestiria_and_the_alisha_controversy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pmgs40/tales_tales_of_zestiria_and_the_alisha_controversy/
"How a third party app provider managed to piss off the production company of one of the highest grossing mobile games"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/id3r9e/mobile_game_fategrand_order_how_a_third_party_app/
Fate/Grand Order: How Netmarble managed to cause the Incineration of Humanity and pruned their timeline by pissing off their entire playerbase
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/id3r9e/mobile_game_fategrand_order_how_a_third_party_app/
Fate/Grand Order: How Netmarble managed to cause the Incineration of Humanity and pruned their timeline by pissing off their entire playerbase
"Other M, or when everything that makes a series great goes horribly wrong"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pqx4io/metroid_other_m_or_when_everything_that_makes_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pqx4io/metroid_other_m_or_when_everything_that_makes_a/
"The Mazarbot: Why Ubers Will Never Return to Tournaments"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/keotom/competitive_pokemon_the_mazarbot_why_ubers_will/
"Tiers? More like, tears: The Birth, Comatose and Reawakening of AG, where Pokémon go when they get banned from the banlist."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pj8rn7/competitive_pok%C3%A9mon_tiers_more_like_tears_the/
"Winning with Style - the story of the 11th Official Smogon Tournament"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/e0w07d/competitive_pokemon_winning_with_style_the_story/
Somalian Suicide (it's not what it sounds like) + bonus story
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/keotom/competitive_pokemon_the_mazarbot_why_ubers_will/
"Tiers? More like, tears: The Birth, Comatose and Reawakening of AG, where Pokémon go when they get banned from the banlist."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pj8rn7/competitive_pok%C3%A9mon_tiers_more_like_tears_the/
"Winning with Style - the story of the 11th Official Smogon Tournament"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/e0w07d/competitive_pokemon_winning_with_style_the_story/
Somalian Suicide (it's not what it sounds like) + bonus story
"You must construct only one pylon! A QA incident in professional StarCraft2"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pm96o6/esports_you_must_construct_only_one_pylon_a_qa/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/pm96o6/esports_you_must_construct_only_one_pylon_a_qa/
"Attack on Titanfall - or How Hackers (Allegedly) Got A Bounty Placed On Them By The Vietnamese Mafia"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rroflj/video_games_attack_on_titanfall_or_how_hackers/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rroflj/video_games_attack_on_titanfall_or_how_hackers/
"Ayragate: local black-haired swordswoman produces infinite amounts of salt"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/j09aln/fire_emblem_heroesmobile_gaming_ayragate_local/
"FEH Pass, or one of the few decisions that Intelligent Systems ever made that's worse than Fallen Edelgard:"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/shnptq/mobile_games_feh_pass_or_one_of_the_few_decisions/
"Honey, I shrunk the Lucina? Or, how new art of a popular characters provoked a split in the fandom."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/jrwm0p/fire_emblem_heroesmobile_gaming_honey_i_shrunk/
"In Which a Gatekeeper Severely Disrupts a Popularity Contest (but not in the way you might expect!)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/lm47xb/fire_emblemmobile_games_in_which_a_gatekeeper/
"Press credit card to save you from powercreep: The FEH Pass"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/j9ycqh/fire_emblem_heroesmobile_gaming_press_credit_card/
"The Ballad of Fallen Edelgard, or how a developer created a unit so broken that she’s still hated to this day."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sef2fu/mobile_games_the_ballad_of_fallen_edelgard_or_how/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/j09aln/fire_emblem_heroesmobile_gaming_ayragate_local/
"FEH Pass, or one of the few decisions that Intelligent Systems ever made that's worse than Fallen Edelgard:"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/shnptq/mobile_games_feh_pass_or_one_of_the_few_decisions/
"Honey, I shrunk the Lucina? Or, how new art of a popular characters provoked a split in the fandom."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/jrwm0p/fire_emblem_heroesmobile_gaming_honey_i_shrunk/
"In Which a Gatekeeper Severely Disrupts a Popularity Contest (but not in the way you might expect!)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/lm47xb/fire_emblemmobile_games_in_which_a_gatekeeper/
"Press credit card to save you from powercreep: The FEH Pass"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/j9ycqh/fire_emblem_heroesmobile_gaming_press_credit_card/
"The Ballad of Fallen Edelgard, or how a developer created a unit so broken that she’s still hated to this day."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sef2fu/mobile_games_the_ballad_of_fallen_edelgard_or_how/
"Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and the Cut Content Restoration"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p5vgcg/video_games_knights_of_the_old_republic_ii_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p5vgcg/video_games_knights_of_the_old_republic_ii_the/
"Money Match Leads to Epic Trash Talk"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mo4uh8/video_gamesstreet_fighter_money_match_leads_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mo4uh8/video_gamesstreet_fighter_money_match_leads_to/
"A not-so-Whitty decision: how one of Friday Night Funkin's most popular fangames was taken down for good"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p6cfrc/video_games_friday_night_funkin_a_notsowhitty/
"Friday Night Funkin's main composer turns on the fandom's most influential creator after impatience over the game's next update boils over"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/qssiqs/video_games_friday_night_funkins_main_composer/
"It’s not just a virus… AKA how a simple symbol gave birth to an unofficial B-plot"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/s5cp7c/video_game_modding_its_not_just_a_virus_aka_how_a/
Friday Night Funkin': How Sky was ruined because of a mod
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p6cfrc/video_games_friday_night_funkin_a_notsowhitty/
"Friday Night Funkin's main composer turns on the fandom's most influential creator after impatience over the game's next update boils over"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/qssiqs/video_games_friday_night_funkins_main_composer/
"It’s not just a virus… AKA how a simple symbol gave birth to an unofficial B-plot"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/s5cp7c/video_game_modding_its_not_just_a_virus_aka_how_a/
Friday Night Funkin': How Sky was ruined because of a mod
"Pac-man 2600: One of the first major gaming disappointments."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ogc6c7/video_games_pacman_2600_one_of_the_first_major/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ogc6c7/video_games_pacman_2600_one_of_the_first_major/
"Blizzard Entertainment (Part 10: The Fall of Blizzard) - How a disgraced publisher tore itself apart by getting kids addicted to gambling, appeasing an authoritarian regime, and sexually abusing women for over a decade."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sym2nn/games_blizzard_entertainment_part_10_the_fall_of/
"MagicAmy and how Hearthstone chased away one of their best female players"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/q1ta76/video_games_magicamy_and_how_hearthstone_chased/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sym2nn/games_blizzard_entertainment_part_10_the_fall_of/
"MagicAmy and how Hearthstone chased away one of their best female players"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/q1ta76/video_games_magicamy_and_how_hearthstone_chased/
"Final Fantasy XIV: Roleplayers, in-game housing, Twitter outrage, and the "sex dungeon" neighborhood that wasn't"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ij06qm/mmorpgs_final_fantasy_xiv_roleplayers_ingame/
"Raubahn EX; or, how to trap your playerbase in a time loop for several hours"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p8s1sg/video_games_final_fantasy_xiv_raubahn_ex_or_how/
"The 2B butt controversy - when fans flipped out about butts getting smaller"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rdc5qu/final_fantasy_14_the_2b_butt_controversy_when/
How to NOT advertise you in-game party
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ij06qm/mmorpgs_final_fantasy_xiv_roleplayers_ingame/
"Raubahn EX; or, how to trap your playerbase in a time loop for several hours"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/p8s1sg/video_games_final_fantasy_xiv_raubahn_ex_or_how/
"The 2B butt controversy - when fans flipped out about butts getting smaller"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rdc5qu/final_fantasy_14_the_2b_butt_controversy_when/
How to NOT advertise you in-game party
How the Splatoon Competitive Community Rejected Nintendo’s Tournament and Ran Their Own Out of Spite
So the Splatoon community has a problem with people faking their deaths
Schrödinger's Ship and Other Blunders: The (Unfortunately) Official English Translation of the Splatoon Base Website
The time Nintendo started a race war in Splatoon 2
So the Splatoon community has a problem with people faking their deaths
Schrödinger's Ship and Other Blunders: The (Unfortunately) Official English Translation of the Splatoon Base Website
The time Nintendo started a race war in Splatoon 2
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Hey, I ended up neglecting this list for over half a year because I realized I would need to reformat this list quite a bit to keep updating it without it becoming a huge pain and I just procrastinated on that... anyways I'm updating the posts slowly by adding proper hyperlinks, fixing broken links, reorganizing the way posts are listed, and moving around games in the internal listing order so it'll be easier for me to locate them while editing. Might be a bit so there may be some inconsistency between notes for different games for the time being.
Anyway, added some posts for the following games, will be trying to add more later in the week:
-Arknights
-Fortnite
-Microsoft Flight Simulator
-Microsoft Flight Simulator X
-Persona 5
-Platform Racing 2
-Sound Voltex
-Splatoon
-Splatoon 2
-Super Smash Bros Melee
-Toontown Online
-Trackmania
-Witch's Heart
-World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
-X-Plane 11
If any links are broken or you want me to add a post that isn't listed, feel free to comment.
Anyway, added some posts for the following games, will be trying to add more later in the week:
-Arknights
-Fortnite
-Microsoft Flight Simulator
-Microsoft Flight Simulator X
-Persona 5
-Platform Racing 2
-Sound Voltex
-Splatoon
-Splatoon 2
-Super Smash Bros Melee
-Toontown Online
-Trackmania
-Witch's Heart
-World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
-X-Plane 11
If any links are broken or you want me to add a post that isn't listed, feel free to comment.
Looks like unddit doesn't work properly. Checked Skyrim's vore one and it shows an empty page. The original reddit page seems to still be there tho. Don't know to what extent the other links are affected, you might want to look into it.
https://www.unddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ora3gm/vore_fetish_cease_and_digest_one_mans_quest_to/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ora3gm/vore_fetish_cease_and_digest_one_mans_quest_to/
https://www.unddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ora3gm/vore_fetish_cease_and_digest_one_mans_quest_to/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ora3gm/vore_fetish_cease_and_digest_one_mans_quest_to/
Just spent 3 days reading through these I am delighted thank you
i checked the skyrim entry immediately hoping it'd include the devourment mod and i'm so glad it's on here
Jackier
1 year ago