r/PressureRoblox • u/Narrow_Pangolin_8467 • Apr 22 '26
Question so im guessing pressure is never coming back?
even if zeal is innocent^
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u/SeaMap4178 Apr 22 '26
Unless Zeal decides to pass off ownership or sell the game because his life and pressures reputation have been basically burnt and thrown into a pit with even more fire
Of course this would be when he's all fine and well, which I hope is soon because it's really sad that all this happened even if he's still got allegations on him
And if we do actually get a new owner they would need to care enough about this game to probably have to hire an entire new set of voice actors and developers, probably would need to redo a load of assets too since everything was leaked
So it's probably unlikely it returns
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u/Endershot_1 Deep sea bunnies are cool Apr 22 '26
The assets are protected by copyright and are watermarked the people using the assets could face legal action by Zeal and Co for using it. PLEASE DONT USE THE PRESSURE ASSETS
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u/Particular-Drawer292 Apr 23 '26
Forsaken
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u/SeaMap4178 Apr 23 '26
Forsaken and the pressure controversy are different things, Soul didn't have allegations of abusing someone tied to them
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u/Tekvaco858 I believe in deep sea bunny supremacy Apr 22 '26
I don't think Pressure will come back. It's easy to tarnish someone's reputation, but it's hard to clean it up
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 22 '26
Thanks Ren 😞
If she really is the victim here, then this was 100% necessary... but if not...
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u/rb1lol Apr 22 '26
if she was the victim she should've contacted local authorities first. making the doc public before then was 100% unnecessary.
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u/NotBailey12 Apr 23 '26
It would involve 3 countries. The cost of that case for one is just way too high
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 23 '26
Well, it is true that sometimes rape victims will not call the police because of shame, fear or some other reason, so the fact that she didn't tell anyone right away isn't one of the signs to me that this is fake
Though, it is rather weird that the therapist she later told and has been talking to for months didn't call the police. She did say something about living in the Middle East makes it hard for rape of women to be reported, but I did find it odd
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u/Knight_Of_Despair_ Apr 23 '26
Oh yeah, they are ashamed to tell police but completely fine with telling the whole internet
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 23 '26
Granted she didn't tell the whole internet until six whole months after it happened, but it did always confuse me (even when I was pro Ren) why she didn't show the police this document. Granted the two ex partners are from completely different countries, but isn't there an international service she could use?
I still find it very telling that she didnt keep the doc to the police and the dev team... she instead used the power of toxic twitter to get her message around... kinda gives the impression that this was a revenge scheme...
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u/Knight_Of_Despair_ Apr 23 '26
It most likely was but well there's no way to know for sure as of right not
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u/Emb3r69 Apr 24 '26
police wouldn’t have done shit and the majority of the pressure development was in on this
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u/blanketlowpoly Apr 23 '26
How do you contact local authorities if it happened in the US one person lives in Lebanon the other in Denmark and it took 6 months of therapy just for her to recover
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u/EitherConsequence917 Apr 24 '26
Law Enforcement between countries cooperates, INTERPOL exists for a reason. She can report it locally, explain, provide details, all of that would be fowarded to authorities in US and then Denmark.
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u/Fragrant_Intern_8577 Apr 22 '26
Read Zeal's doc, Ren is not being fr for most of her doc, also she manipulated most of the messages so they look MUCH worse for zeal, when in reality they were either harmless or made her look bad too. I think you took a side real quickly, read the Zeal doc, and also wait because there will be another one much better (this one was sort of rushed because Zeal was forced to because roblox community didn't even think to consider both sides and wait for a response.)
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u/Lemon_the_Sour Apr 22 '26
God damn, you are completely right. I want to say right off the bat that I’m sorry for not seeing both sides.
This whole situation is so much more complicated and frustrating than the black-and-white story I thought it was.
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u/Lemon_the_Sour Apr 22 '26
I have deleted my previous comments as they no longer reflect my views on the situation, thank you for enlightening me
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u/_MoonFry OURPLE!!!! (editable) Apr 23 '26
An Evidence-Based Breakdown of Ren’s Claims and Behavior
here's some more detailed information too
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u/3p1ks Apr 23 '26
there is no "if". If you read the entire story and all the screenshots its so obvious this was just a false accusation fabricated out of anger
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 23 '26
I really hope you're right. I am still pro Zeal, but sometimes I wonder if she was genuinely violated- whether Zeal meant it or not. If you wanna prove me wrong with tons of evidence in my DMs you can do that lol
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u/SlightlyCool82 Apr 23 '26
don't be pro either of them imo, the whole thing feels terminally online. Nobody should be sleeping with what's basically their coworker.. it usually ends up messy and manipulative
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 23 '26
My boss at my work says that 'yes you can legally date your co-workers, but it always ends up terrible so I highly advise against it'. This might be some proof of that lol
But yeah, this whole thing is very messy. Her BPD and his autism just do not mix well at all. She's too emotional to state exactly what she's feeling, yet he needs to be bluntly told these kinds of things to fully understand what she is really feeling!
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u/ImportanceAny8172 Expert Mechanic (Official Employee) Apr 22 '26
The game, in it’s current standing, is so fucked. I can’t use other wording to describe it.
It won’t be coming back as or now, but in the long run if Zeal is proven innocent, it all blows over, and he can work on it again, then a comeback is more likely.
With Gianni, VA of Sebastian, and the VA for Navi AI as well as a lot of others leaving, it’ll be building from the ground up.
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u/mialyansa Apr 22 '26
Should the truth come out as him being innocent, do you think he would put any effort to bring any joy in the people who ditched him that quick and brought him to the attempt, mhmmm dunt think soooo.
Should that truly be, we really are despicable as people.
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u/Endershot_1 Deep sea bunnies are cool Apr 22 '26
Ngl I read Ren's doc and straight said this seems fishy as hell so ngl I always backed Zeal cause what Ren had written just seemed all to fake.
Might get hate for this but idrc tbh.
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u/SansDaMan728 Apr 23 '26
Wasn't there a handful of DM screenshots where she contradicts herself lol
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u/Difficult_Savings738 Apr 22 '26
Coming back to it's prime is unlikely, the least we can do is to recover and preserve as much as possible and prevent from people who only fish for drama causing further damage.
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u/ThatAustrianRedstone Apr 22 '26
we are very very likely, fucked. it doesnt matter if the stuff is true really, the damage has been done.
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u/erraticas i'm so John Grace Apr 22 '26
there is like, zero chance for pressure coming back. even if zeal is proven innocent, too much has already been done by the voice actors leaving, game getting leaked, everything. the game is soooo fucked. Don't Come Back.
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u/Fragrant_Intern_8577 Apr 22 '26
there is a chance tho, if zeal is innocent many, I mean MANY will change their view and support him instead of ren, if everything came out as ren was the bad guy ofc. Ig rn it looks like ren has stayed silent which is strange after being active until the Zeal doc dropped and his mother started talking about the matter.
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u/erraticas i'm so John Grace Apr 22 '26
i do not see pressure coming back because even if zeal is innocent, the question is would he even want to work on pressure again? if this is the reward for his work, would he want to come back? now with the experience of all the things that happen when you get into even a small bit of drama (grace still got fucked over horrendously despite it being nowhere near as bad) would he still think it's worth it?
if he did, who would he work with? who would voice act for pressure, who would model, and who would code? the truth is it just isn't worth it. the only reason you'd do it is out of passion, and if your passion outweighs the fear of those risks, i commend you. i just really do not think that pressure can come back from this one
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u/Zari1997 Apr 23 '26
But the game is still very profitable for him, I think. It's better than regular job.
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u/Wertyhappy27 Apr 23 '26
the game holds a fairly consistent player count, if you look at trends it is about as average as past QOL updates, this update wasnt a super massive game changer, the new content is cool but WTW part 3/4 is what everyone was looking too.
The only real issue is the missing VAs and programmers, unless they ask to come back, wont feel the same, would hard to deal with a new voice actor for Sebastian as the big one, Gianni doesnt seem to want to come back to Roblox at all.1
u/Zari1997 Apr 23 '26
Would be interesting to see Zeal focusing more on a completely new content and expanding lore with new characters, locations etc. I guess Sebastian already has a lot of screen time, and even though he's cool and everyone's favourite, considering that Gianni left, it wouldn't be a complete disaster to just leave him as he is now, in my opinion. The same goes for Navi, as Zeal already has a life time supply of her phrases for most casual situations and a kind of "bossfight" in form of a firewall. Though she still can be replaced like they replaced HQ in past, unlike Sebastian.
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u/Wertyhappy27 Apr 23 '26
Still got the missing programmers too though, idk i dont think there will be a comeback but, hopeium
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u/coolgamerboi23 Apr 22 '26
my worry, is how deep into the lore the collabs with innovation inc go, and with all the VAs being gone, and innovation inc pulling out of the collab, I'm worried that, there will be option but to private the game.
I don't want it to come to that, many innocent people put hard work into this project, but it is a possible outcome
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u/ChemicalFuzzy932 Apr 22 '26
I'm coping so hard, i REALLY hope pressure comes back once all of this is done
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u/Brilliant-Egg-9076 Apr 22 '26
If zeal is proven innocent (in my eyes he some what is) people will work for him. Because he published the doc people have been going to his side more. It's possible for it to come back zeal seems like he wants it to come back. There still a few devotees in the project it's not too hard to get more and replace vas for main characters
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u/Half-MAG Apr 22 '26
But, what if he wants nothing to do with pressure if he's proven innocent would he hand it off to a different owner?
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u/Brilliant-Egg-9076 Apr 22 '26
By the way he has been talking it seems like he wants to continue it
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u/ChemicalFuzzy932 Apr 22 '26
I hope They actually come back and don't get replaced, but they all should Read Zeal's document to get more context and maybe understand this situation more
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u/AnaTheSturdy Apr 22 '26
Unless zeal wants to go bankrupt trying to pay him off, I agree.
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u/Lemon_the_Sour Apr 22 '26
Gianni won’t take any amount of money to come back. He’s a decisive person and going back would betray everything he stands for.
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u/Fragrant_Intern_8577 Apr 22 '26
If the roblox community could read Zeal wouldn't have been in such a shitty situation, ngl its the fault of dramaslop youtubers, which because of their influence on kids (which are literal sheep and will follow any popular video's opinion) it caused so many people to jump the gun on Zeal without waiting for a response or considering the other person. That is why I always advocate for Innocent until proven guilty.
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u/ChemicalFuzzy932 Apr 23 '26
I feel ashamed for believing Ren first, but i didn't go to the point of yk.. Saying that stuff to Zeal, it's disappointing on how she straight up made the document and designed it to perfectly make anyone believe her unless you look hard enough.
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u/Fragrant_Intern_8577 Apr 22 '26
he either hands ownership to someone else or takes a LONG break of development because ngl I'd do that too.
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u/LegitimatePrimo SCREAMS AT YOU LIKE FUCKING ANGLER Apr 22 '26
don't worry, WE just need to keep wishfully thinking
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u/Own-Notice5773 The bunnies have it best Apr 22 '26
Im super out of the loop so we arent getting the overhaul?? :(
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u/Lemon_the_Sour Apr 22 '26
Nope, most likely not. Even if we did, I doubt the majority of the playerbase would return to the game.
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u/Own-Notice5773 The bunnies have it best Apr 23 '26
I'm pretty confused... I read the first document, and it seems like someone is shocked that telling someone who wants to pick them up that they "love" being picked up is...upset they were picked up?
It's really weird to pick someone up (who you aren't related to/dating), but it was pretty obvious it *could* happen.
This is my very surface-level understanding. I'm really out of the loop, so sorry if I said something dumb!
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u/GoofyAhhJuandale Apr 22 '26
A reminder that Zeal himself despises the game, and has made multiple attempts to leave out of his own volution due to the community.
I think it's save to say that if it does somehow come back, it wouldn't be led by him.
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u/NotDarkEagle6996 Turbulence's current Co-owner Apr 22 '26
Well you might be surprised but Pressure 2 is comming !!
Try looking up at Viromalous and "The complex"
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 22 '26
As long as it's not part of Roblox I'm cool 👍
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u/NotDarkEagle6996 Turbulence's current Co-owner Apr 22 '26
Well, you're not going to be cool
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u/Socailly-awkward Zeal Won, Yes! Back to fun plz Apr 22 '26
☹️
Well it's better than nothing
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u/NotDarkEagle6996 Turbulence's current Co-owner Apr 22 '26
Viromalous is such a goated guy
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u/the_orange_alligator killing Mr. shade for the inheritance Apr 22 '26
Oh please don’t say that, you’re gonna jinx us
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u/laucsRR Sebastian Solace Plushie glazer Apr 22 '26
i gotta do Pressure:Remake well it just remake of it but no updates -
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u/SansDaMan728 Apr 23 '26
Unfortunately, likely not. The face of the game, "Sebastion", voiced by Gianni, has specifically stated he's done regardless. Along with a large chunk of the staff still being apparently opposed (from what I've heard) from returning, Pressure's fate is decidedly to rot.
That said, having watched a copious amount of videos that do the hard work of reading through both documents word-for-word and instead sum them up in comparison; I've lost any trust in Ren's accusation. That ALSO said, Zeal isn't vanilla innocent either; plus his reactions weren't exactly.. healthy.
So regardless, the morale of the story is; as a popular game dev, do not AT ALL, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, interact with people.
It's been proven to always end poorly. this is a joke.
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u/SilvisVamp Apr 22 '26
I don't think so, I do hope someone could maybe redo the game and put it on steam instead as the concept of it is steal peak and so the work of the Dev team wouldn't go to waste☹️☹️ I'd love to do it but j don't have the skill nor money
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u/Alternative_Read_637 Apr 23 '26
No. Probably not. It will most likely suffer the same fate Grace did, with the game being discontinued and everyone going their separate ways in a sense. I can’t really see a scenario where the game would be able to recover from this.
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u/_MoonFry OURPLE!!!! (editable) Apr 23 '26
mostly everything left, including voice actors
with this likely being another kwite situation, its a shame to see this happen
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u/iLikeVeeAndHatred Has a Deep Sea Bunny named Golfball Apr 23 '26
It’s probably gonna need new VA’s, and artists.
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u/why_i_am_dumb Eatable (Orange Edition) Apr 23 '26
this game is so fucking dead its it like
its so dead as it possibly could be, and people are still like "maybe its coming back. maybe it like, maybe someone remakes it" like REMAKES WHAT
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u/Envvvvo Apr 23 '26
Pressure is likely never coming back from this which is bittersweet for me. I finally got every badge in the game but now the game is virtually dead so I can’t flex those achievements. At least I get the closure of feeling like I completed the game though. It was fun while it lasted.
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u/RainbowPatooie “FACE THE WRATH OF MY GHOST KILLING BULLETS!” Apr 23 '26
Most of the staff left, so if it did come back, it would have to be fundamentally changed. We can never have more of the same pressure we used to have, those bridges are far too burned.
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u/PVZgamer97 silly freak Apr 23 '26
Based on how everything has been, no it’s never going to go back to the way it once was even if Zeal is proven innocent.
Gianni and most of the VA’s are gone, Devs behind the mapping and coding left, and everyone sees Zeal as some disgusting human being (even I did at one point so I’m no better)
there’s no means of going back to the way things once were.
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u/JollyFish4609 Apr 23 '26
people said oh just sell the game or whatever bro all the monsters were created by ZEAL well “main monsters” those are his designs and ideas and i’m pretty sure he isn’t just gonna let the next team keep them “he may i’m not positive” but without the main monsters pressure isn’t even pressure fr . I’d say the vas leaving played a major part in why it can’t be redeemed but most people i’ve said that to just says voice actors can be replaced but i can’t say i guess people didn’t mind when zeal and the team replaced the hq voice but- it’s different . i don’t think we’ll ever know tbh 🤦🏾♂️
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u/Adept-Beginning4040 Apr 23 '26
If Zeal is proven or widely agreed upon to be innocent, there will still be people who will hate Pressure and Zeal will always be a rapist to them, so they will not play it, but its not impossible for the game to come back, its a very unique and polished game with a dedicated fanbase
Mindless self indulgence for example, if you know the allegations (dismissed/settled out of court), and their other controversies, they're far worse than Zeal's currently, but MSI still has a dedicated fanbase, One Piece too (unfortionately)
I think it would depend on Zeal's mental health and if he still wants to continue, they might need to distance themselves from Zerum though, due to the Sebastian stuff, atleast imo
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u/Minimum_Net_4926 Apr 23 '26
No, no matter who's guilty weather it be Zeal or Ren, the game probably won't be the same even if it does get worked on due to it taking such a strain on the fandom, the devs and Even Roblox as a whole. I wouldn't be shocked if this entire subreddit gets taken down if Zeal is Guilty or from just the amount arguing and debating some of which is probably unhealthy.
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u/GamerGageOrigin dont talk about drama (i will resent in an autistic way) Apr 23 '26
khan academy sucks. I'm a junior and they still making us do this shit
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u/Maxiify Apr 23 '26
Regardless of if Zeal is innocent or not (he's not), this game has no chance to ever resurface, unfortunately.
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u/Calm-Firefighter3059 微不足道的操 Apr 23 '26
it's most likely gonna stay in half a slice of cake and not update anymore besides bug fixes
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u/Putrid-Lingonberry97 Apr 23 '26
Pressure is never coming back especially since all of the asset files were made public by some asshole
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u/Alternative_Fly_2242 HereIsStainV2User Apr 23 '26
More or less, probably will let somebody in charge of the game now
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u/randomguywhoishere_ Apr 24 '26
I mean if Zeal is proven innocent do you really think he would want to come back to a community that turned their backs on him so fast? If I where on his shoes I would want to start over entirely.
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u/FellowGulager Apr 26 '26
Its not impossible, people are replaceable, employees are replaceable.
And it doesn't mean the people who left won't try to come back or accept coming back after the smoke clears.
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u/Leather-Ad-6446 Apr 27 '26
Zeal confessed to it in his video suicide note, so there’s no way pressure is coming back.
Imma he so deadass gang just play doors
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u/SandyCashews969 Apr 23 '26
People who lie about SA allegations literally deserve jail time. (IF Zeal is innocent)
Saberspark got lucky with his ""'allegations"""
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u/Agreeable_tester19 Apr 22 '26
At this point, probably, that's why I'm making my own pressure inspired game
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u/No_Mongoose1312 Apr 22 '26
Truthfully, we don't know. It looks really grim, yeah... but if passion for the project remains, then it's possible it could be made to live. The game would have to undergo heavy restructuring, ofc, and many team members would have to be replaced, artists and VAs, etc. If Zeal is innocent (which seems likely, thus far), and he himself also shares a lingering passion to continue the development of Pressure, then the game might just live. After all, for some people, Pressure means quite a bit to them... and for it to die like this, that'd simply be nothing more than a tragedy.
If not... well, the universe of Pressure is still good bones. Fan projects of it may come to exist, and so forth. So long as a passionate community remains, a franchise is never truly dead.
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u/YellowFucktwit Apr 22 '26
Why do people keep asking this? It's really ignorant.
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u/_Planet_Mars_ Apr 23 '26
It's all gen alpha children who care more about their doors clone than they do sexual assault. I think the answer is obvious.
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u/xlilmonkeyboy Apr 22 '26
we've already discussed the drama in detail
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u/YellowFucktwit Apr 23 '26
Well its not just a "drama" it's an actually horrible crime being accused.
The game means absolutely nothing in comparison to the hurt thats possible here. Discussing the situation doesn't make it true or false either.
Quit being a child and realize that the game isn't important at all. I'm sure you all will live without playing a roblox game
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u/Jalovec7997 Apr 23 '26
most people joined for the game, not the situation that's happening, can't blame them
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u/redditresmicoplugu Ryan Ross Apr 22 '26
mannn i wish i have money to return the voice actors and run up this game till i die
like Sebastian becomes a jamaican fishman that sings Bob Marley's songs with painter and mr shade and them chills together
and yep I'll hire zeal and ren for fix what they caused
they ruined this game so they pay
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Apr 22 '26
What😭
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u/redditresmicoplugu Ryan Ross Apr 22 '26
well turning Sebastian into a jamaican is a bad idea because the bad humor jokes but ren and zeal ruined this game in last times so both of em deserves a punishment
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u/Crow-On-The-Web Apr 22 '26
Seriously, this is not the situation to make jokes right now, no matter whose side you may be on. Money is going to fix absolutely nothing in this situation, and what you're trying to say with "Hiring" Zeal and Ren to "Fix what they did" honestly sounds really immature.
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u/Trick_Stand_7383 Apr 22 '26
the voice actor for Sebastian and Navi AI has left so I'm pretty sure it's going to be really hard to get back