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This is a discussion more about how Warbucks design and writing is quite, how do I put this lightly, bad. I’m not gonna explain all this just to scare Warbucks stand but just to bring to light on now to Not write a character for this sweet game. He's the first ever character to have such a,..skin tone after a series of making every character have a skin tone that of paper and toned paper as a part of the art style. It’s hard to deny that it is due to his many adventures in the sun beatten jungles, but its hard to convince that he could be a POC because of the sorta history behind his character and quotes. It’s disappointing to see how the canon POC characters arent even close when it comes to saturation of skin color. The blunderbuss weapon. Warbucks had quotes referring to hunting, and some folks were fine with the idea of him being a big game hunter as that’s just what rich folks did back then. But during a KLEI art stream his portrait was altered to a shovel because he is NOT a big game hunter, and his current quotes had removed references to his hunting expeditions. https://m.twitch.tv/videos/335555485 Touchy Subjects: His character is ‘Rich British Explorer’. If you are aware on history like me, I was very afraid on what kind of character he was stereotyped as. Such type of people were hmm, not good to other cultures, had bad ideas on em, imperialism, all that jazz. Anddddd Warbucks originally had those quotes :/ East India Company.. REALLY, A big part of the British imperialism industry..These are now all edited to remove such a uhh tone, if you dont believe me I am glad to send you the original LUA speech file. It’s disappointing really that the new writing for new DS content had ended up like this. Sooo that’s soup for ya It's still good in a sense that KLEI edited all of that as they've seen their mistake, but Oof I just wanna make folks see why I was iffy on this character. I love KLEI but dango you made a booboo. He's just too 'perfect' in the imperfect world of DS, the only character flaws I see is him being stinky if he existed in real life. I understand that Klei hired new writer(s), which is why Woodlegs has new lines that have bad pirate grammar. Yet making a character like Warbucks on that line of historical people is hoohaaa

Warbucks didn't deserve what he got. Sure, he was a rather offensive shade of orange, had some pretty weird perks, had a backstory that made no sense due to half of it being removed, and probably killed a few people with that entire East India Company thing, and wasn't quite sure if he was an explorer or a hunter. He wasn't perfect, but he still didn't deserve... this. Poor old Warbuck's is the first ever character to get removed to Don't Starve, and one of the few features overall. So may we mourn the loss of our trusty orange explorer friend, who couldn't quite make the cut in the end.

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Goodbye, dear Warbucks, replaced by a plant. You shall forever be in my heart. This is my tribute to you.

Let me preface this by saying that I had not played Warbucks myself prior to his retirement. I can only assume there might be detractors who accost me for it, but I feel I must speak up. I am an avid fan of Klei, and even more of Don't Starve. I feel that as a company, Klei generally makes pretty good decisions, especially compared to several others nowadays. However, I feel strongly against the general removal of content already introduced to a game, especially a character. I feel that it leaves a metaphorical hole in the feel of the world. Despite the relatively lackluster mechanics of Warbucks, or the characteristics that I've gathered some online would complain or worse about, I am of the opinion his absolute removal from the game is a bad decision. I understand that as a company, Klei must make decisions that may be seen as negative, but I do not believe this one was warranted. I feel Warbucks could still have been just retooled to a point the general consensus would have been agreeable. I am not going to drop the game or despise Klei for this choice, and I understand that there are mods to reenable him in the game, which even they have suggested. I do wholeheartedly hope however, that they go back on their decision and reintroduce him somehow. Thanks for reading, and rock on anyways, Klei. An addendum in light of the Klei post in the main update thread: I can understand and accept the reasoning of uninteresting character and the decision that the development time wasn't worth it for him. I still don't entirely agree, but it is how it is. If anyone at Klei reads this, I still thank you for the effort spent on Don't Starve, Hamlet, and Together. I hotly anticipate your upcoming content, and sincerely hope you guys and gals can find some extra time to reintroduce Warbucks in the future. I believe that while Hamlet is indeed still in Early Access, and as such, content and features are liable to be removed if needed, an entire character is a little more than just a feature. Hope everything works out well.

warbucks is gone, forever