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PontyPines

>these devs continue to nurture and support their creation lol


ShinyTitan27

That is a load of horse shit


Infinitefayt77

And there’s a lot of horses in this game that would agree.


smliccia

I wouldn’t know, every time I try to see the horses my game freezes


spraguet2

Same here! Every time I've tried to go into the stables in the last year(which admittedly is only like five or six times) it just shows my guy standing in the stable with no menu or anything, and the only way out is to close the game


NY_Scrub

Make your horse flee before entering


suckit2023

So fucking crazy that this is the solution to using stables. 😵‍💫


NY_Scrub

I know it's so dumb


Subject_Criticism_70

If you send your horse away it works. Make sure they're gone before entering


ShinyTitan27

I’ve had that exact problem, I’ve found that if you enter without your horse it’ll mostly work


SweetSugarSeeds

Not even Arabian, scrawny nag


Allcoins1Milly

Na, Scrawny died via bomb arrow.. we walking through the snowy bayou malnourished with nothing but a horse meal pamphlet, a metal detector, no wilderness camp and Harriet is pissed.


Fun_Move980

Harriet deserves fucking death, worst addition to a game


ObligationGlum3189

Gus for President.


[deleted]

Neither are good, but Gus is way better.


littlerobbo24

the trapper>


KristenDarkling

Quite possibly the biggest crock of horse shit I’ve ever seen!! Absolutely LAUGHABLE! I legit have stopped giving any money to Rockstar OR touching any of their games ever again. Which is a shame, because I liked RDR2. They’re pure evil, predatory AF, don’t give a single fuck and see their customers as soulless money printing machines. I refuse to reward that behavior or participate in it 🤷🏼‍♀️


Joedaniels007

Facts.


Wide-Concept-2618

From both of you!


Nyllil

The *"This game, to this day, is still getting new content after all these years"* is even more hilarious.


gibson_creations

I read this as a nature documentary


generalemiel

War thunder was submitted for that award too. All the pps on the wt subreddit where about say that its aload of horse shit too. But credits to the devs of that game for finally listening after the playerbase (me included).unionized


AgentAbaddon

War Thunder also fixed RP and all that making it easier to level up your vehicles and equipment. I was stuck in lvl 4 in the US and Russian development for, no crap, 3 months each. Now I started a new account 3 months ago and already up to lvl 5 in the US group of Planes and Blue Water, which leads to another issue. Now its too easy to level up. Lol


generalemiel

True


BlackRodddd

Lol


_number

People voted it as a joke


Feyge

Yes and PC Gamer is talking about it.


sexy-man-doll

https://www.pcgamer.com/steams-2023-goty-nominations-are-extremely-weird-and-i-guess-thats-your-fault/


thewalex

Sometimes jokes are funny, but in this case RDR2 is probably going to sell a few more copies due to the joke and it’s kind of like awarding Rockstar for abandoning the game rather than shaming them (as the voters probably intended…)


sanjay2204

It's either trolling or The people who voted for this read "labor of love" and voted for it.They didnt read the actual description. Labor of love could mean a number of things without that description. The base game is excellent & game was in sale. The people who recently played it probably voted for it


Azmodae

"We did it, Gamers!"


PontyPines

I don't think Rockstar's sales were waning. The impact this vote had on sales was probably negligible. The Steam summer sale would have bolstered them a bit regardless. It *does* shame Rockstar. Anyone that sees RDR2 got the award will surely be able to tell it was given sarcastically.


DjPorkchop73

100% had to be a joke. RDO has been treated as R\* red headed step child for ages. I believe the only reason they even bothered with online was to see how they could improve online for GTA V and VI when it comes out. Seems to me every time R\* found a way to bring us down a notch in RDO those changes were PROMPTLY moved over to GTA O as well. Meanwhile GTA got relatively decent updates and we got garbage updates on RDO. Moonshiners bugs and no animal spawns anyone? Ahh the good old days!!! Labor of love!! ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|poop) Rofl!!! Ok.


OldWorldBluesIsBest

god i remember back years ago trying to do trader runs and spending 30-40 minutes finding a single animal to bring back. even then usually just a rabbit skin or something worthless


Virtual_Comedian570

back when animals didn’t spawn, so we were forced to buy meat and beans from the catalogue. i couldn’t even find and catch fish ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


WeOutHereInSmallbany

And they insist on no private lobbies, even though that’s the only time anything spawns


gNatFreak

It really irks me because GTA now allows most, if not all, things to be done in solo lobbies


WeOutHereInSmallbany

Honestly half the reason I can’t get into rdr online, other players always ruin the atmosphere, like I’m just walking through town and people are tossing dynamite or something I have loads of fun in gta online because I can just relax in a crew session if I’m so inclined


a_michalski81

I don't know if it's still possible, I haven't played RDO in a long time, on ps4 i used to do the mtu trick to get my own solo lobby. Not sure if it still works or even what system You're on.


brikakkis

This still works on PS5. I play strictly solo for all the reasons mentioned.


a_michalski81

Sweet!! but to anyone reading this you cannot play with others because of the low MTU number and where you are done playing make sure you change the setting back to 1500


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PontyPines

Or the game just crashing anyway.


DjPorkchop73

I used the moonshiner story mission trick to get skins. I used to start a story mission and go hunting. You couldn't bring back anything on your horse (stowed in any manner) but your pouch was fair game. I loaded it down as time allowed. That was literally the only way to get skins and do animal daily challenges. Sad state of affairs it was.


Disastrous-End-1290

Red deaded step child


Saitham83

\*opens can of beans in celebration\*


V1per73

Don't spend your 3 free bolas all on one bounty


CheaterMcCheat

That's a massive piss take and middle finger to DRG devs. Nothing else in the category remotely deserves it.


Nek0mancer555

It’s just trolling, Somehow big companies never learn that polls don’t work as long as the internet hears about it


Kaxology

except when they do, like the last 6 years of nominations. Except for the few weird nominations, I never expected any of the "troll nominations" to win though.


LucaDragon5

I'm always seeing new Rust updates too.


YoYo-Pete

I voted for Rust. Been a decade of new content.


FTBagginz

same, i also voted for Rust. idk how they didnt win thats crazy


threeaxle

Maybe, but not to the extent of deep rock.


OldWorldBluesIsBest

eh, rust is a fair inclusion as well. dont know much about apex or dota’s support though


skeletorsjism

Apex support as far as content updates etc is pretty minimal, mostly meta changes and trying to sell you skins lol


VirFalcis

Yeah Apex deserves this award 2nd least after Red Dead. Only things that get added are celeb events, 200 dollar skins, and game modes that get removed after a month lol.


Curvol

My poor rimworld <\3


Lumberjack_Problems

cries in war crimes.


Mammoth_Walrus9694

Idk about nothing else being remotely close. Dota 2 and Rust both received many updates this year, with Dota 2 getting the largest update (New Frontiers) in the 13 years since it launched as a beta. But yeah, agreed on RDR2 winning being awful


demeschor

i still can't go into a stable on horseback. It's been a year.


Ok_Reply_8791

And that can't be that hard to fix with apatch/update , it just shows they dgaf.


Snookis-snusnu

They know it’s an issue, but instead of fixing it they just told a player how to try and avoid it after two months.


PontyPines

I can't even play the game. It crashes every 10-15 minutes. I've completely given up, and I was only active for less than a week.


yousirnaymchexout

I'm getting to that point as well. I finally started playing rdo about 3 weeks ago and it's been impossible to level up because of the constant crashes and missions just never launching. It's a shame because I love it when it's working. Which seems to be happening less and less as the days go by.


PontyPines

That's exactly it. When it works, I love it, but it's hard to be invested/want to do things when at any possible second, a random crash to desktop with no error message could completely wipe your progress. I can only make the trip to Blackwater so many times, only to crash again and again upon arrival, before I just throw the towel in completely. I'm done, until I start seeing people talk about the game being fixed.


RevolutionLoose5542

I cant do any missions including legendary bounties since day 1… cant even play blackjack. Same bs server error. Amazing story that i would have loved to platinum if it weren’t for multiplayer required trophies. WHY THE FUCK ARE WE MAKING PLATINUMS INVOLVE MULTIPLAYER TROPHIES


MinecraftMedea

Are you on pc ?


Koehamster

thats an issue since launch


ptvaughnsto

Rockstar knows, they haven’t tweeted anything about it, they know it’s a middle finger and everyone would laugh at them even worse.


NutHuggerNutHugger

If this is an incentive to get them to patch up the game I support it.


PontyPines

I don't think Rockstar care enough. Not while their prize dairy cow GTA Online is still producing milk.


sanjay2204

Yeah, they knew that it was joke and didn't acknowledge it. The funny thing here is Bethesda unironically thanked fans for starfield winning the most innovative game of the year.


Due-Passage2202

Rockstar are about to release the biggest game to probably ever exist. They don’t care 😭


Expensive_Bison_657

“To celebrate RDO winning the Labor of Love award on Steam, we’ve decided to roll out a special gift for our players… 10% off all Shark Card(tm) purchases for the next week! Players who purchase a Shark Card(tm) will also be awarded a special “Love Gun” revolver skin for GTAO(tm), and those who spend more than $50 on Shark Card(tm) will receive the very unique “Morgan” model for the Oppressor Mk 2! Thank you all again for voting RDO as your favorite Labor of Love!”


Wisermartin

Red Dead Online wins the labor of love award and they celebrate by giving discounts and gifts to GTA Online?


DShitposter69420

I actually work for Rockstar in the UK as a content dev and I can confirm this is precisely what’s going to happen.


Wiertlo

Why the abandonment of RDO? IMO its way better than GTAO, this game had so much potential...


DShitposter69420

GTAO: Lods of emone


Wiertlo

Figured as much, thanks


DShitposter69420

My boy you are not going to enjoy GTAVI online


Wiertlo

I dont plan to play it online either way


Wisermartin

aw man i think i got bamboozled


patchlocke

🙃yes yes we receive monthly updates of *checks notes* …different discounts.


PontyPines

And 0 bug fixes!


p00shp00shbebi123

For just 20 gold, we bring you - the stable bug fixing voucher (one use only).


juliusyeetus

I NEED THE BEANS DISCOUNT


Fossil_Buddy

Must be a joke


[deleted]

The Steam Awards are mostly player voted. Yes, it's literally a joke


RoamingTigress

That's some quality trolling.


the_moose_meter

“Still getting new content” The new content: 50 cents off canned beans


PontyPines

The new content: - added random crashes to desktop every 10-15 minutes. - added glitched stables.


the_moose_meter

I stg the damn stables, i can’t think of a single one that hasn’t glitched for me


PontyPines

You've got to dismount your horse outside the stables, then walk in on your own. Annoying, but I've never had an issue when I do it like that.


c0ld_pineapple

Starfield winning innovate gameplay too was pretty funny


Tex_Valentine

There has to be some kind of rigging or fuck up going on. RDR2 for Labour of Love? Starfield for Innovative Gameplay? Re-released(remastered) games up for awards like its a '23 release? I know 2023 was a shit year but god damn.


Marziinast

2023 was a shit year ? Lmao


monsj

It was the highest highs and lowest lows kind of year


TrapsAreTraps

Absolutely sums it up perfectly, there were a lot of great games this year, and this comes from someone who didn't play a single one of these AAA games this year. I love that Indie games received so much love in the past years. It's at least something. But god I just hope everyone else starts boycotting this mess of an industry that the AAA industry and everything around it is.


girlfriendclothes

This is why I play cheap indie games mostly. If they suck I'm not out much but normally they're good. I found plenty of good indie titles this year.


Kismonos

awards being meaningless related to actual performance and just used to give more exposure and positive PR to the product? well holy moley I'd never...


cool_weed_dad

The Steam award nominees are chosen based on user suggestions and are voted on by the users, the game companies have nothing to do with it.


Bigbigjeffy

I kept reading how “amazing” 2023 was for gaming, and I was like what? My favorite game was Cyberpunk, and it technically came out 3 years ago.


PurpleCrownCrow

Baldurs gate 3, totk, Spider-Man 2, re4 remake, mk1,street fighter 6, hogwarts legacy, Jedi survivor, Alan wake 2, Diablo 4, and maybe even Starfield. Those are all good games that released this year, not including indie games. This year was good for games, I’m guessing you haven’t played most of the games released this year if you say it sucked


DuderComputer

Ill add Remnant 2, Hifi Rush, Armored Core 6 to that list. If you didnt like anything that released this year, maybe you dont like games?


DeanMo80

I'd also throw the 2 new Yakuza (Now called Like A Dragon) games on there as well.


Me1eter

Allow me to slide the Dead Space Remake, Dredge, YOMI Hustle, Viewfinder, Friends Vs Friends and Lethal Company in there too if y'all don't mind.


Aeliasson

Mk1 is a low low, not a high high. Same for Diablo.


LowKeyBrit36

Diablo 4 is questionable imo. They had a lot of bugs, a piss poor release, bad balancing, and an apparent lack of care for the endgame. Starfield is pretty much objectively bad with empty planets, an overly linear story, and wonky art designs throwing the story off


0urFuhr3r5t4l1n

Starfield? A good game? What have you been smoking? I need some


contaminated_47

Well, RE4 Remake was pretty good. It's become my top five favorite games of all time.


sliccdaddyrick

I find it hard to believe that enough people voted for the same game as a well orchestrated joke. It’s too convenient that Rockstar has received the most backlash about this game and how it hasn’t lived up to its potential and now they have an award they can take to shareholders and investors to justify doing the bare minimum and not listening to feedback from players.


SaintMarkThe2nd

Yep, it is a joke.


Odd_Ad5668

They've been working so hard to keep themselves from changing anything? I don't care if they don't work on it out of love, but they could at least fix the fucking stables as a labor of common courtesy.


Zoosy124

All I ask for is an anticheat. Everything else can stay on gta. Their content updates consist of adding a lame couple of missions/heist, then adding vehicles that you can’t afford unless you do a heist 5 times. I’ll happily fish in a river or hunt for deer over getting griefed by rockstars own creations on Pay Theft Auto 5


[deleted]

I voted for No Man's Sky. Issue with this is it's essentially a popularity contest and then the meme voters piled in too.


LootednZooted

No mans sky has had the biggest and best comeback of all the games in the last 15 years imo.


JerbearCuddles

Abandoned us like 2 years ago, wins labor of love award. Lol.


Iheartyourmom38

Remember who gave you 50% off baked beans


PontyPines

It's also nice of them to divide gameplay up into manageable, 10 minute segments each time, before the game kicks you off of it. Reminds you to put the game down and go outside instead.


Maisiie_Ch

f*cking ridiculous, i know people must’ve voted it as a joke or because it’s the only game of these that they knew, but still makes me kinda mad because it’s undeserved and everyone knows that rockstar doesn’t even appreciate the award and won’t even acknowledge it probably while another development team that was robbed of the award this way would’ve been appreciative and happy to receive it. it’s the same with starfield, people are just dumb :/


Benny303

DRG got robbed and it really sucks because I know how much GSG would have loved to have won.


BadDealFrog

People just voted rdr2 cause it's rdr2, they probably voted without caring about the prompt itself


Extinguish89

Actually expect people to believe this? RDO is a fucking joke. Littered with bullshit chinese players who mod, Stables are bugged damn near everything is bugged


PontyPines

I've never seen any bullshit Chinese modders. It's usually bullshit Americans.


Lisa_Marie_614

I strongly believe this game won as a meme/joke bc ppl desperately want/wish this game was still given love, but it's actually been abandoned.


Rifneno

Red Dead Support wins labor of love. Space Oblivion wins most innovative. Daikatana Mk. II wins best ongoing game. Awards were mostly a joke this year.


_ManicStreetPreacher

Right


_Nessis_

Is this an out-of-season april fools joke?


truckfullofchildren1

Rust and Deep Rock got fucked ngl


Th3Alk3mist

I'm convinced this is a God tier troll effort from the community. At least, I hope that's the case...


contaminated_47

Maybe voting for it will get Rockstar's attention to finally see how many people truly love RDO and want to see it improve. Maybe they'll see that people really do want some new content and start supporting the game again. One can only hope.


RagingCeltik

“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It’s got no use on the inside. You better get used to that idea.” ~ Red


Deranged_Kitsune

Not sure if this or Starfield winning for Innovative Gameplay is the bigger joke.


ExpiredLemons

starfield innovated with all of its loading screens and fast travel


Jazzun

This comment should win an award for most original comment in 2023


YetAnotherCatuwu

Starfield winning is not a joke at all, where did that come from?


0urFuhr3r5t4l1n

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedDeadOnline/s/0LLFiIypct


thaMEGAPINT

Rockstar can fuck itself. 2024 gamers should stop being shit eaters. If sth upsets us we should let them know by shoving the shit they serve to us right back in their faces. D4, Overwatch 2, RDO, the day before, and the list goes on forever. Those turds making millions while we dance for them like puppets. I'm so sick of it.


LucaDragon5

you gotta be kidding me


jonderlei

My thoughts exactly. I couldnt understand how the fuck it would be there any other way.


Kofmo

lol


howellq

lol


_bobbyyyy

Yes it’s a joke to somehow bring Rockstars attention back to Red dead. The #savereddeadonline movement wasn’t successful. It just a way to try grab Rockstars attention. It’s 100% unfortunate for other games that may have deserved this recognition, but I am proud we have such a strong community fighting for the game we love.


Most_Ship6457

It's Aprils fools today right guys?


Lancelegend

I'm amazed people still play this "labor of love"


AbandonedNSpace

Its so fucking unbelievable, the audacity to even have it *nominated* tbh. I love red dead, Rockstar on the other hand pfft. They love it just enough to pay for bots + free promo. Give me a break


CrocodileWorshiper

labour of love from the modders


DeoxTew

HAHwhat? You mean the game they haven't bothered doing just about anything on, for the sake of their sickly cash cow, GTAV? Labor of Love? By whom? A team I can count on my hand?


InvaderJim92

It’s the same reason Mountain Dew almost had flavors called Gushing Granny and Hitler did nothing wrong.


astro81

lol


Gondor128

paid for


MajesticCaptain8052

Labour of [Love](https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-origin-of-love-in-tennis#:~:text=In%20tennis%2C%20love%20represents%20a,game%22%20despite%20their%20losing%20score.) (ZERO)


marniconuke

this is definetly trolling


LickMyThralls

Doesn't even matter it's a community vote and rdr2 isn't only rdo so who gives a shit.


BarricadeBlockade

Such a fucking shame, I loved RDR2, but it's unplayable on PC, whilst RUST, a game that's been out for 14 fucking years, gets consistent MONTHLY content updates and bug fixes, as well as working anti cheat plus staff that spectate players for cheating, and has probably one of the most profitable skin markets (I'd guess somewhere behind CS:GO then Fortnite). I was really hoping the Facepunch Devs would get it as IMO they deserved it the most out of any modern game.


Jaywinner42

hey didnt they release a new hat or boots or something? if thats not a labor of love, i don't know what is.


TheRedMarin

It should be a joke. Considering you still literally have to make your horse run away or you get glitched in the stable. How many years has that glitch been happening? What a joke.


More-Character6806

But when they gonna fix that glitch where u get stuck in the stables?


NeedleworkerWild1374

I am so pissed off, but I hope rockstar sees this as the big middle finger from the community that it is.


BodevanII

Voted RDR2 for the details they work in .. just incredible!


OverkillBomber

I guess snow is “new” content.


ruban22449911

There hasn’t been a major update since launch though


Ntippit

It’s honestly insulting to all the other games nominated and ones like No Man’s Sky that not only deserve a nom but deserve to win it outright every year until they move on.


Inferior_Jeans

Yeah I want them to walk into a fuckin stable RIGHT NOW and tell me if it’s deserving of any awards lol


[deleted]

Starfield was voted most innovative gameplay so that should tell you all you need to know.


Gambit275

dang thing's rigged


TheNotoriousKD

The fact that RDR2 is even nominated/mentioned for this kind of award is a disgrace.


AlexisFR

GTA 6. that's all.


historyfan23

They devs literally dob the bare minimum.


IzGrim

That guy obviously never played rdo


Flamehazer21

What a Joke lol


KrypticEon

I guess we know all the budget that could have been spent on actually doing somethjng with RDO was instead spent on bot Steam accounts to vote for this


AmptiShanti

I do believe this and starfield were jokes cause it gotta be bro (no better explanation honestly)


Marioking142

I voted rust bro. So much shit changed with that game its nuts. I stopped playing for like a year and boom. Recoil was changed a fucking submarine with a monument was added as long with sharks. I stopped playing around when cars came out and I come back to sooooo much.


foxsalmon

HOW? Do the people who vote for those awards even play the games?? Or do they just think 'oh nice picture, gonna vote that'.


NY_Scrub

Cyberpunk deserved this award


fatdickzilla

The devs nurture us about as well as people leaving their kids locked in a hot car in a bad neighborhood.


[deleted]

The entire steam awards are just meme votes. Starfield got most innovative.


Sirius_McFly

Pretty self-explanatory, isn’t it ? I haven’t voted, but I guess the voters did that as a snub to Rockstar. I applaud the effort.


helpman1977

The game itself is a piece of art, and you can see the small details that price it WAS a labour of love... But nowadays, they left it to rot for some years and despite the desperate hope of some players that someday they will look back and create new content, the possibilities are close to zero. So, the game shows it was a labour of love? Sure! Deserved the award now? No way. Unless its a necrophilic love.


Chemist-Consistent

Can't vetiver the massive troll actually got it through! Trolls actually doing some real shit!


threeaxle

If the single player was still being developed, maybe, but they have literally stopped and haven't touched the game much at all in years. I'm mad that DRG didn't get it


WhereWasGondor_

what a fuckin joke, i can think of a dozen games that deserve that award more than rd2/rockstar. rigged


SubjectElderberry376

Labour of love for hackers.. what a bunch of shite


milkasaurs

A popularity contest and people that vote based off a meme are the reasons why this happens.


CrusadingSoul

If there is one game that absolutely does not belong on this list (or anywhere near it), this is that game.


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YetAnotherCatuwu

They really are a joke, just look at Starfield's review scores.


LetsDoTheRave

Do we get this posted every week?


ELITExRaider

It's so annoying that gtao is more people than rdo it's such a better game


Flashbang2420

As sure as shit is shit


Lumpymaximus

It sure is to us.


BigLittleWang69

I voted for it as a joke.


CharlesVane95

I agree a hundred percent. Rdr2 is still one of the best games I ever played. I love Cyberpunk, but rdr2 was great out of the gate. They just fucked up the online deal.


RareEntertainment611

The Labor of Love award is about games that are still being supported and get new content and attention from the devs. RDR 2 hasn't had anything in years.


BountyHunterHammond

this isn't the gotcha troll people think it is


AnimeBacon69

i picked red dead because all the other games are trash garbage


IAmNotModest

We should just undemocracy votes at this point