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"Eldon's Ring of Law" speed record was refreshed, and the developer was exposed to sweatshop ratings failed

The famous Dark Soul record holder and speed master Resolution2 recently raised the speed pass performance of "Eldon's Ring of Law" to a new level, taking only 36 minutes and 20 seconds, which can be regarded as the current first, as evidenced by live video.

"Eldon's Ring of Law" speed record was refreshed, and the developer was exposed to sweatshop ratings failed

Distortion2 is a YouTube anchor who has been streaming Eldon's Ring of Law in recent weeks, with results ranging from 50 minutes, 40 minutes to 36 minutes now, with his future goal of 30 minutes.

"Eldon's Ring of Law" speed record was refreshed, and the developer was exposed to sweatshop ratings failed

Because it is a pure running process, various runes and props are prepared in advance, which is actually a competition for familiarity with the game line. After the popularity of "Eldon's Ring of Law", the community's speed record was constantly refreshed, one of the conditions was that the in-game bugs could not be used, and distortion2's challenges met this category.

"Eldon's Ring of Law" speed record was refreshed, and the developer was exposed to sweatshop ratings failed

Another kind of hardcore challenge from scratch, the weekly frontrunner is also an anchor, he probably spent two 2 hours to complete the level.

In addition, the game's developer, FromSoftware, has recently exploded into negative news and has been labeled a "sweatshop" like those Internet giants. Despite the development of great works such as Dark Souls, Ghast, and Wolf, FromSoftware was exposed to low employee treatment, large turnover, long overtime hours, unfair treatment of women, and "possibly" sexual harassment, which looked like Activision Blizzard's Japanese version.

"Eldon's Ring of Law" speed record was refreshed, and the developer was exposed to sweatshop ratings failed

It is reported that these reports were submitted by some current and former employees of the company on a well-known Japanese recruitment website (Career Connection). In a company rating of 5.0 out of 5.0 stars, FromSoftware had only a combined score of 2.6, with employee satisfaction with the company 2.2, work intensity 4.2, stress management 2.6, and compensation 1.9. In Tokyo, where the cost of living is the most famous, the annual income of employees here is only 3.4 million yen, or about 183,000 yuan.

"Eldon's Ring of Law" speed record was refreshed, and the developer was exposed to sweatshop ratings failed

One programmer said: "In terms of the company's workload, the money given is far from enough, the turnover rate is very high, and the average monthly overtime hours reported by employees is 40 hours."

One designer said that FromSoftware does not have a welfare policy for female employees, and there is no pregnancy and childcare protection, resulting in most female employees who are about to give birth to leave the company.

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