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Cruel internet comments brought RiME creative director to tears

by rawmeatcowboy
18 April 2017
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Coming from RiME creative director, Paul Rubio

Even so, If I had read Neogaf at the time the game probably wouldn't exist. I spent some time six months ago going through two-and-a-half years of comments on Neogaf, and I was literally crying for two days. Partly because I just don't understand the cruelty, but more importantly because I could see those years over those two days, and I began to understand that maybe people can love something so much that they can hate it.

I know the reaction to Mr. Rubio's statement is going to be full of snark and even meaner follow-ups. Being someone who has worked on the internet every single day for 13+ years, I can see why Mr. Rubio was impacted in such a way. It can be a dark, angry place.

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