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
"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/
"Night Trap Revamped: How Not To Ask For Over $300,000 To Kickstart A Port Of Your Decades Old Video Game That A Single Developer Could Accomplish Anyway"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sixqlw/video_games_night_trap_revamped_how_not_to_ask/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sixqlw/video_games_night_trap_revamped_how_not_to_ask/
“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.
"A chance of 1 in 7.5 trillion - The Time Dream (might've) Cheated"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/nz54db/minecraft_speedrunning_a_chance_of_1_in_75/
"Dream and the Glow Squid: how one of Minecraft's most famous creators brigaded a poll and started a backlash."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oze9w5/minecraft_dream_and_the_glow_squid_how_one_of/
"How a joking Reddit post resulted in most modpacks being broken."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/g4dkvf/modded_minecraft_how_a_joking_reddit_post/
"Controversies, death threats and hacks: The story of Minecraft Mondays"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/epxyea/minecraft_controversies_death_threats_and_hacks/
"So what happened to the guy who made Minecraft, anyway?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rvdtf6/video_games_so_what_happened_to_the_guy_who_made/
"The Legend of Brentilda: The story of the most impressive (and controversial) Minecraft speedrun of all time"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ni3di5/speedrunning_the_legend_of_brentilda_the_story_of/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/nz54db/minecraft_speedrunning_a_chance_of_1_in_75/
"Dream and the Glow Squid: how one of Minecraft's most famous creators brigaded a poll and started a backlash."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oze9w5/minecraft_dream_and_the_glow_squid_how_one_of/
"How a joking Reddit post resulted in most modpacks being broken."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/g4dkvf/modded_minecraft_how_a_joking_reddit_post/
"Controversies, death threats and hacks: The story of Minecraft Mondays"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/epxyea/minecraft_controversies_death_threats_and_hacks/
"So what happened to the guy who made Minecraft, anyway?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rvdtf6/video_games_so_what_happened_to_the_guy_who_made/
"The Legend of Brentilda: The story of the most impressive (and controversial) Minecraft speedrun of all time"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/ni3di5/speedrunning_the_legend_of_brentilda_the_story_of/
"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/
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.
"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/
"“its a russian tuant” [sic]: The Sixteen Year Debate Over a Fictional Character’s Sexuality"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/q3iglp/video_games_its_a_russian_tuant_sic_the_sixteen/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/q3iglp/video_games_its_a_russian_tuant_sic_the_sixteen/
"The time someone wrote an analysis on the taste and smell of a character's sweat."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/l3sdhb/video_games_the_time_someone_wrote_an_analysis_on/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/l3sdhb/video_games_the_time_someone_wrote_an_analysis_on/
"A Colombian Teenager "Finds" the Triforce in 1999"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/etwtgd/the_legend_of_zelda_fandom_a_colombian_teenager/
"How do you define "cheating" when racing to beat Ocarina of Time faster than anyone else?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/f7f0ki/speedrunning_how_do_you_define_cheating_when/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/etwtgd/the_legend_of_zelda_fandom_a_colombian_teenager/
"How do you define "cheating" when racing to beat Ocarina of Time faster than anyone else?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/f7f0ki/speedrunning_how_do_you_define_cheating_when/
"Last of us Part 2 and the hopefully clear telling of this long, arduous tale (Spoilers for both 1 and 2)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/hd69t7/video_games_last_of_us_part_2_and_the_hopefully/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/hd69t7/video_games_last_of_us_part_2_and_the_hopefully/
"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/
"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/
"How to Change the Gaming Industry Forever by Developing Halo 2 (in a really terrible way)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sbepvr/video_games_how_to_change_the_gaming_industry/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sbepvr/video_games_how_to_change_the_gaming_industry/
Zhongli-gate, or how one gacha character became a catalyst for a divide within a community
The great leak wars of June 7th
A gaming community's highly reliable “inside source” is outed as a total fraud; accusations fly and chaos ensues in the Genshin Impact playerbase
Genshin Impact and the Leak Wars that Culminated in Racism, Ableism, and the Death of a Datamining Database
Genshin Impact Anniversary Disaster
Divine Damsel of Devastation: how National Grade I performers took Genshin Impact's Chinese fandom by storm
The great leak wars of June 7th
A gaming community's highly reliable “inside source” is outed as a total fraud; accusations fly and chaos ensues in the Genshin Impact playerbase
Genshin Impact and the Leak Wars that Culminated in Racism, Ableism, and the Death of a Datamining Database
Genshin Impact Anniversary Disaster
Divine Damsel of Devastation: how National Grade I performers took Genshin Impact's Chinese fandom by storm
"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
"Should Games Last Forever? How The Flock Failed To Balance Its Ambitious Pitch With A Disappointing Execution"
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sabe69/video_games_should_games_last_forever_how_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/sabe69/video_games_should_games_last_forever_how_the/
"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/
"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 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
"How an unlikely group of Heroes banded together to kill EverQuest's "unkillable" boss."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/htfsgz/mmorpg_how_an_unlikely_group_of_heroes_banded/
How an Everquest pvp guild caused a server rollback and emergency patch
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/htfsgz/mmorpg_how_an_unlikely_group_of_heroes_banded/
How an Everquest pvp guild caused a server rollback and emergency patch
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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