Palworld's Community Manager responds to hateful messages

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Palworld has had a tumultuous calendar year, from the peak of breakout success to the nadir of being sued by Nintendo.
Over time, the team behind Palworld, Pocketpair, has been the subject of hate and hostility, which has led to the Global Community Manager taking a stand.
In a statement shared on Twitter, Palworld's community manager told haters that they can “move on.”

The year 2024 has been a roller coaster ride for Pocketpair, the team behind the breakout hit Palworld. When the game debuted in January, it immediately broke all kinds of records and became one of the most played games on Steam ever.

Then things got even worse when Nintendo announced that it would be suing the game's developers for patent infringement. However, that didn't stop the team from finally releasing the game on PlayStation 5, nor did it stop fans from getting excited about the multiplayer title.

However, throughout this period there has been a wave of “anti-Palworld” hate, much of it directed at the people behind the game. So much so that the game's community manager issued a statement of his own, practically telling the haters to get a life.

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Please move on if you hate us so much

On Twitter, Pocketpair and Palworld's Global Community Manager Bucky shared his own thoughts on the enormous amount of hate and negativity directed at them. Part of their statement read as follows:

“If you hype up a building full of people losing their jobs, that's not our problem, it's yours. Such over-emotional attitudes are common in the gaming scene these days, but the Palworld versions are particularly silly.” .

“If you hate Palworld, and I mean if you really hate Palworld, then do yourself a favor and mute us on Twitter, hide the game on Steam and don't think about it anymore. Who wants to spend time and energy on things they don't do? How?

“Your hatred only serves to annoy yourself and make scammers understand their views. Keep going.”

Other YouTubers have also already taken a stand

Bucky's opinion isn't the first time someone involved in gaming has taken a stand against negative criticism. Earlier this year, Mark Rubin, executive producer of

In his own statement on Twitter, Rubin defended the title while telling critics that if the game was that important to them, they could “move on.” In other words, when creators reach their limits, they will speak up. It shouldn't come to this, but this is what the gaming discourse looks like in 2024.