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Yahtzee Croshaw: Today, I formally resigned from The Escapist and Gamurs. I don't have the rights to Zero Punctuation, but whatever happens you'll be hearing my voice again soon, in a new place. (twitter.com)
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[-] nyankas@feddit.de 183 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A screenshot from discord, in which nickjcal24 writes: @everyone since messages pushed it way up. I was fired from The Escapist along with many others today, and in response the entire video team, including Yahtzee, has resigned from The Escapist. Our plan is to go independent, but we will share more plans on that later this week.

It‘s probably important to mention that the entire video team is gone. Some of them were fired, so the rest walked. They‘re planning to go independent soon.

Edit: Their new channel will be SecondWindGroup. They'll do a livestream on November 8th at 11 AM CT, explaining their plans for the future. (Source)

[-] tal@lemmy.today 15 points 10 months ago

Is "fired" the right term? Normally someone being "fired" indicates that they are at fault in some way. It's not normal for people to be "fired" in bulk. It sounds more like they were laid off, like the company had to cut costs.

[-] nyankas@feddit.de 15 points 10 months ago

Well, Nick used that term and he‘s probably in a position to know if it‘s the right one.

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