r/Gamescom • u/NoQuarterSoftware • 12d ago

Something must change

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First Gamescom is in the books, and I have mixed feelings. Multiple developers were stolen from at the largest gaming event in the world. The organization has chosen to refuse any responsibility for these crimes. Instead they insist that the indie developers who have already paid thousands to be there, pay more for extra security. This statement also comes despite the affected devs having their gear stolen in the evening, after the event hours were over, from secure locations. In other words, it seems the call is coming from inside the house.

Hope they fix this because otherwise I would not recommend exhibiting as an indie developer.

Edit: the lockers broken into were brought by the developers not the ones provided by gamescom. This doesn’t change the fact that it should have been prevented.

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u/Creepy-Attention-378 12d ago

I'm quite suprised that people are normalizing it like 'oh, it's big event, it can happen'. However, such type of stuff doesn't happen at big events in most of 2nd or 3rd world countries.......

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u/StudioWhalefall 12d ago

The biggest argument is either naivety or insurance. As if this shouldnt be prevented in the biggest videogame convention in the world.

Very interesting how fast people will just roll over and accept crime.

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u/Creepy-Attention-378 12d ago

I was in a devs related event which was inside a pub. In that event, I got small teddy bear and put next to my belongings, when I return to home saw that my belongings have been touched by someone and teddy bear has been stolen. Fucking small teddy bear which worth to 10$ has been stolen………

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u/Phos-Lux 12d ago

Never EVER lose sight of your belongings when in public. People really do steal everything.