Either way, the obvious thing for FB to do in this situation would have been to field test their ads bullshit in their own fucking games first, so that if anything has gone awry, they would have been the sole receiver of said blow back.

— Anton "Back From Vacation" Hand (@AntonHand) June 21, 2021

After listening to player feedback, we realize that Blaston isn’t the best fit for this type of advertising test. Therefore, we no longer plan to implement the test. We look forward to seeing you in the arena and hope you try the Crackdown Update that went live today!

— Blaston (@BlastonGame) June 21, 2021

The ad test continues, just perhaps in a less controversial environment. https://t.co/HmZQ1n9p25

— PeskyCashew (@PeskyCashew) June 21, 2021

Let’s all collectively take a moment to chuckle about whether FB should take the bait… https://t.co/oRCSN3kRDl

— Ian Sherr (@iansherr) June 22, 2021

Wow, oculus’s whole advertising in games plan just backfired

— Irishman312 (@irishladd312) June 21, 2021

lone dystopian hellscape partner opts to be excluded from the narrative https://t.co/6cMHdZ11ZY

— Taylor Hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) June 21, 2021

Would still love to speak to y’all about this. Shooting an email to Jamie soon.

For better or for worse I do think you are champions to take the chance. Regardless if you went through with it or not, it takes absolute raw guts to put your neck out there

You are ? https://t.co/X990Se1bht

— Eric For President (@EricPresidentVR) June 21, 2021

Andddddd backtracked. Good but also I do believe that ads have a space in propelling vr forwards, especially in social oriented games like Neos and VRChat https://t.co/wMbCQFRqIl

— Victa Lorraine ?️‍⚧️ ? (@SereliaJoy) June 21, 2021

V respectable @resolutiongame. I'd planed to reserve judgement til trying it myself & hoped fellow players would also show such restraint. But seeing that you acted on the feedback you received is v encouraging. This kind of advertising seems better suited for a free to play game

— GamingScienceTeacher (@GamingSciTeach) June 21, 2021

Thank you! Facebook can't annoy people with ads if developers don't go along with it.

You've earned yourself tons of loyal fans today.

— Sam Hulick (@SamHulick) June 21, 2021

And as much as I hate the hate (???) That Blaston has gotten, the message is clear; VR Community does not want ads.

I'm just glad the Resolution devs actually made the choice to listen to the outcry, rather than waiting for the test itself.

— Dr. Oolong (@OolongDr) June 21, 2021

To make it clear, we realize that Blaston isn’t the best fit for this type of advertising test. As an alternative, we are looking to see if it is feasible to move this small, temporary test to our free game, Bait! sometime in the future.

— Blaston (@BlastonGame) June 21, 2021

Ads in VR is not a popular decision, and @BlastonGame developer @resolutiongame is backing out of the initial Facebook ads trial after hearing lots of player feedback.
(h/t @AntonHand) https://t.co/S7cOPFlU6z

— Kent Bye VoicesOfVR (@kentbye) June 21, 2021

Either FB genuinely didn't think there'd be blowback to the Blaston vr ads thing, in which case they're just bad at being a platform steward.

Or they did and decided it'd be better to have a 3rd party catch the buckshot, in which case they're a horrendous platform steward.

— Anton "Back From Vacation" Hand (@AntonHand) June 21, 2021

Victory ! https://t.co/FHpblfUmTH

— Rλmes VR (@vr_rames) June 21, 2021

sane people finally realizing how creepy this is https://t.co/vpVAYxbLFn

— drew olanoff (@yoda) June 21, 2021

Glad @tommy_palm responded to the community outcry over his companies scummy tactics of putting ads in a paid game after people have purchased it. Resolution Games will not be using Blaston as the trial game but will try use Bait! instead (as that *is* a free game). Good! #VR https://t.co/Swv1Zh9Q65

— Jeremy (@J_Shepz) June 21, 2021

I told everyone that ads will force devs and content creators to pick a side , do you want to put ads in your game at the risk of angering the end user? Tune in this evening as I plan to further touch on this subjecthttps://t.co/RgZ68WkjD4

— Lincoln Klay (@KlayLincoln) June 22, 2021

‘Blaston’ Reverses Course on Testing In-game Facebook Ads After Community Backlash https://t.co/GH5iptRyvE | @RtoVR #VR #VRgames #VRhardware #RoadtoVR pic.twitter.com/52prLlriVx

— Bradley Jon Eaglefeather (@bjeaglefeather) June 22, 2021

'Blaston' Reverses Course on Testing In-game Facebook Ads After Community Backlash https://t.co/fCJezcighI pic.twitter.com/aNKe8oBcJP

— Road to VR (@RtoVR) June 21, 2021