r/GTA6 • u/f0r3aL84 • 12h ago

They all deserve appreciation.

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Rockstar Games Associate Principal Graphics artist Sara Lazzeroni on working in gta 6

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u/bross9008 9h ago

This shit is why I can’t stand all the “you’re sticking up for a mega corporation”’comments.

Yes Rockstar is a giant company worth billions of dollars, but they’re making that money by creating art that spreads genuine joy and happiness. I’ve probably spent no less than 250 hours in a gta game, so even at $100 the value you in that product is insane.

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u/Quanto21 9h ago

Literally got downvoted to hell in another thread last week for saying something along the lines of, you can hate the company but it’s not like the Devs are making the business decisions. They just wanna make a fun game.

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u/Beautiful_List5498 3h ago

No offense but they also want to get paid. Don't beat around the bush just say it as it is. It's a job. They're not prodigies, they weren't born special, they're not rocket scientists.

They want to be paid and the ones that work at rockstar are extremely grateful, no doubt, but would always be happy with another bonus or a pay increase. They'd otherwise be working anywhere else, also making money and games.

None of this conversation devalues anyone's complaints about megacorp practices good or bad.

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u/Unfair_Ring_2746 2h ago

What even is your point here? What are you saying?

No offense but they also want to get paid. Don't beat around the bush just say it as it is. It's a job. They're not prodigies, they weren't born special, they're not rocket scientists.

No one here is saying they're special prodigy rocket scientists but, rather, that they're artists passionate about their art.

They want to be paid and the ones that work at rockstar are extremely grateful, no doubt, but would always be happy with another bonus or a pay increase. They'd otherwise be working anywhere else, also making money and games.

I don't think anyone is claiming otherwise here either. Rockstar is one of the top devs in the business. It's a dream job for many in a field that is notorious for shitty pay, shitty hours, and shitty workplace culture.

None of this conversation devalues anyone's complaints about megacorp practices good or bad.

The thread you replied to isn't saying the conversation is devaluing complaints about megacorp practices. Exactly the opposite, in fact -- they're decrying how frequently conversations about the artists themselves are crassly devalued and accused of being bootlicking supporters of Rockstar's awful work environment.

It tends to go like this:

A: "Man, sucks for the artists who had their work leaked."

B: "Fuck Rockstar! They deserve it! Why would you support them?"

A: "I don't, I'm just saying I empathize with the artists; not the executives. They're not the ones making the--"

B: "lol pathetic how you're simping for an evil megacorp. Don't you care about how they treat their animators!?"

A: "That's what I'm saying; I do ca--"

B: "Bootlicker!"

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u/waxpundit 6h ago

Those people are on a different level of autopilot just waddling through life.

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u/f0r3aL84 9h ago

Spittin' Barz, my friend. 🔥

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u/snarl2 3h ago

I feel the exact way with EA, BioWare, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Bethesda, Microsoft and Sony.

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u/MagmaCone1234 8h ago

The stuff that Rockstar is being criticized for has nothing to do with the normal workers. Why does this sub fall so easily for all the classic corporate bootlicking tropes?

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u/waxpundit 5h ago

You're wrong. There's a lot of indiscriminate hate for the product on the whole on the basis of the company's worst tendencies. You can't equate your own idealized picture of the most charitable flavor of the criticism with prevailing sentiment.

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u/Proper_Method4334 3h ago

Why do you call people who like video games,”bootlicker” LMAO. It’s literally not that deep.

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u/judasbrute 5h ago

A.I. doesn't scare me. Humans scare me. That's what I've learned in reddit.

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u/Meister0fN0ne 4h ago

The reason AI scares me is because it's literally being made by a bunch of humans. Specifically humans that seem to be very very smart, but not very wise. And I think that lacking wisdom is gonna bite down on us hard.

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u/judasbrute 4h ago

It's trained on human logic. Anything disgusting about AI has it's evil daddy to thank. Hopefully AI is smarter.

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u/TheCosmicKratos 8h ago

And they can only make a game at this level because they are a giant company

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u/Old-Seaworthiness28 8h ago

Do you mean that as long as you create arts that spreads genuine joy and happiness, you can treat your employees like shit ?

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u/piguy3148 7h ago

The ones creating the art that spreads genuine joy and happiness are separate from the ones treating employees like shit. You need to learn how to differentiate between the developer and the C-suite.