{"id":66261,"date":"2026-05-06T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66261"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:54:29","slug":"you-are-the-most-hated-demographic-at-game-events-a-major-japanese-indie-game-showcase-is-waging-war-on-unsolicited-advice-dudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/you-are-the-most-hated-demographic-at-game-events-a-major-japanese-indie-game-showcase-is-waging-war-on-unsolicited-advice-dudes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou are the most hated demographic at game events.\u201d A\u00a0major Japanese indie game showcase is waging war\u00a0on\u00a0\u201cunsolicited advice dudes\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honoring the traditional Japanese value of not behaving like an asshole&nbsp;towards others, the organizers of&nbsp;<strong>Tokyo Game Dungeon<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 one of Japan\u2019s major game exhibitions focused on small-scale developers and indies \u2013 have&nbsp;been&nbsp;spreading&nbsp;awareness about \u201cpreachy dudes&nbsp;at game events.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As spotted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2026\/05\/06\/166066.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>,&nbsp;Tokyo Game Dungeon\u2019s official X&nbsp;account&nbsp;made a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TG_Dungeon\/status\/2051657766411153429?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;on May 5 saying that despite&nbsp;the organizers\u2019&nbsp;efforts to raise awareness about the issue of&nbsp;\u201cpreachy dudes\u201d&nbsp;over the past two years,&nbsp;they&nbsp;still&nbsp;haven\u2019t&nbsp;been able to&nbsp;eliminate&nbsp;the problem&nbsp;at their events.&nbsp;According to their definition, \u201cpreachy&nbsp;dudes\u201d(jp:&nbsp;sekkyo&nbsp;ojisan)&nbsp;are&nbsp;people of any age&nbsp;and&nbsp;gender who find it&nbsp;acceptable&nbsp;to&nbsp;badger&nbsp;developers&nbsp;with&nbsp;condescending,&nbsp;unsolicited&nbsp;\u201cadvice\u201d&nbsp;on their&nbsp;abilities and&nbsp;work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5f53\u5c55\u793a\u4f1a\u3067\u306f2\u5e74\u524d\u304b\u3089\u300c\u8aac\u6559\u304a\u3058\u3055\u3093\u300d\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u8a00\u53ca\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3057\u304b\u3057\u8aac\u6559\u304a\u3058\u3055\u3093\u306f\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8aac\u6559\u304a\u3058\u3055\u3093\u3060\u3068\u8a8d\u8b58\u3057\u306a\u3044\u30e1\u30f3\u30bf\u30ea\u30c6\u30a3\u306e\u305f\u3081\u3001\u672a\u3060\u306b\u6839\u7d76\u3067\u304d\u3066\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002\u975e\u5e38\u306b\u6b6f\u75d2\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u4eca\u5f8c\u3082\u69d8\u3005\u306a\u65b9\u6cd5\u3067\u300cNO MORE \u8aac\u6559\u304a\u3058\u3055\u3093\uff08\u5e74\u9f62\u6027\u5225\u554f\u308f\u305a\uff09\u300d\u3092\u5553\u8499\u3057\u3066\u3044\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B0LbhHwvGp\">https:\/\/t.co\/B0LbhHwvGp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6771\u4eac\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30c0\u30f3\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3 | 26\u5e745\u67083\u65e5(\u65e5)\u3001\u6771\u4eac\u30fb\u6d5c\u677e\u753a\u3067\u30a4\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u5c55\u793a\u4f1a\u3092\u958b\u50ac (@TG_Dungeon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TG_Dungeon\/status\/2051657766411153429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent Tokyo Game Dungeon event took place just two days prior, and&nbsp;it seems there&nbsp;were enough&nbsp;arrogant lectures happening to&nbsp;warrant&nbsp;the&nbsp;announcement.&nbsp;As the organizers astutely point out, individuals who engage in this kind of behavior tend to not recognize that they are, in fact,&nbsp;the&nbsp;preachy&nbsp;dudes, which&nbsp;complicates efforts to&nbsp;spread&nbsp;awareness. Tokyo Game Dungeon\u2019s attempts&nbsp;so far&nbsp;have been admirable, though, with the past&nbsp;few&nbsp;years seeing humorous&nbsp;infomercials&nbsp;ruthlessly calling out&nbsp;the behavior of preachy dudes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TG_Dungeon\/status\/1784968390496723269?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 edition<\/a>&nbsp;goes: \u201cPreachy dudes, the ones&nbsp;who nag at developers without even&nbsp;having&nbsp;played&nbsp;their demos, are the&nbsp;No 1. most hated demographic&nbsp;at game events. If we were in America, you would get shot in the head and told to&nbsp;go make&nbsp;your own game.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TG_Dungeon\/status\/1887731746072109509?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0possibly even more\u00a0scathing:\u00a0&#8220;You, the preachy\u00a0dude\u00a0who comes to indie game exhibitions and looks at everyone like\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0beneath you.\u00a0We\u2019re\u00a0sure you graduated from Tokyo\u00a0University, work at a major game company and make games that sell millions of copies across the world.\u00a0Your\u00a0advice is far too valuable\u00a0to be given out for free.\u00a0Why don\u2019t you join a conference with an astronomically high participation fee and share it with industry peers? 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