Apex Legends writer blasts leakers for being \u201cselfish little twits\u201d Respawn Entertainment[jwplayer 2r7Ix61z]Respawn Entertainment writer Tom Casiello addressed Apex Legends leakers in a passionate rant, slamming them for disseminating info on story points, character reveals, and more ahead of schedule. Casiello explained his long history in the entertainment industry and how he\u2019s experienced multiple forms of leakers, though they came with other names in their respective fields. As a former writer for soaps and wrestling, the Respawn talent has been through the gamut of people trying to get the scoop on projects he\u2019s worked on. In speaking up for his colleagues, he condemned the repeated attempts from \u201cselfish little twits hungry for internet infamy\u201d who try to oust plot points before they officially come out. \u201cIf your purpose on the Internet is to spoil and leak things to fans ahead of time, and who cares if they glance past your half-assed \u2018spoiler alert\u2019 in the first line, I have zero use for you, and you will be blocked,\u201d he said. \u2026zero use for you, and you will be blocked. Maybe some of my colleagues have a higher tolerance for this kind of thing. But I\u2019ve been dealing with these selfish little twits hungry for Internet infamy for 25 years. First in soaps (one guy dug through trash for our scripts)\u2026 \u2014 Tom Casiello (@tommiecas) June 24, 2020 The years of planning that goes into the development and execution of Apex\u2019s storylines can be marred in seconds due to a leak that gets shared shortly before its official reveal, according to Casiello. \u201cThe writing team works damn hard to keep a relentless schedule of reveals and plot twists and beats meticulously spread out over a week, a month, a year,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd you ruin it for thousands of people in ten seconds, all for a lousy \u2018like\u2019 or \u2018follow.\u2019 So I want to be really direct here: I think you\u2019re small.\u201d He likened leakers to \u201ccheaters\u201d who cut corners in trying to be the first to reveal something new in Apex Legends. Community members chimed in and were largely in support of Casiello, although some made the distinction between the types of leaks that can come out. I get mad when people treat Gameplay leaks the same as Lore leaks, it’s not the same, Gameplay leaks (new items, guns, animations) increase the hype because the whole poin is playing it, but Lore leaks it’s a totaly diferent story where the whole point is know it \u2014 Vendrick (@VendrickSL1) June 24, 2020 \u201cI get mad when people treat gameplay leaks the same as Lore leaks,\u201d one user commented. \u201cIt\u2019s not the same, gameplay leaks (new items, guns, animations) increase the hype because the whole point is playing it, but Lore leaks it\u2019s a totally different story where the whole point is to know it.\u201d There are also those who make no distinction between story and gameplay leaks since it takes away from the natural hype of a new reveal. Casiello\u2019s remarks resonated with fans who took a similar position on leakers trying to get their hands on these kinds of spoilers. \u201cYou\u2019re not smart or \u2018in the know\u2019\u2026 you\u2019re just some dude who cuts corners,\u201d the writer wrote. \u201cYour average cheater. And I personally think you suck.\u201d Respawn have attempted to combat that rampant datamining that goes on in the Apex community. One of their biggest and most successful efforts was planning a whole release for a new Legend named Forge at the start of Season 4, only to later reveal that all the info surrounding the character was fake and had been planted to throw leakers off the scent of Revenant. Several prominent dataminers have also vowed to avoid revealing lore-related content, instead, focusing their attention mainly on stuff like new items and weapons. While there will never be a fully leak-proof environment when it comes to Apex Legends, at least there are strides being made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends writer blasts leakers for being \u201cselfish little twits\u201d Respawn Entertainment[jwplayer 2r7Ix61z]Respawn Entertainment writer Tom Casiello addressed Apex Legends leakers in a passionate rant, slamming them for disseminating info on story points, character reveals, and more ahead of schedule. Casiello explained his long history in the entertainment industry and how he\u2019s experienced multiple forms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}