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Seems like Grincher can corrupt save data. So, do not open any mail from Grincher, leave any room you see Grincher in, and do not join any room with a 1,000 player limit called "Grincher's Happy Room". This is not a joke.

Edit: Kicking Grincher from your game does not work, they are not affected by the kick action.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (3 children)

this sounds like a 2000s spooky rumour 0_0

not saying I don't believe it, but that's just what it reminds me of

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

Definitely possible, a similar thing happened in both DS3 and Elden Ring shortly after release IIRC. I'd imagine this is a troll who decided to target Webfishing explicitly because of the "straight" title drama.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

It's really freaky to experience it in-game. They keep joining my games, and they can't be kicked, so they just sit there, menacingly. As soon as I found out they could corrupt save data I just started leaving whenever they joined. It may or may not be true but I don't want to risk it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Honestly, this is the kind of shit that obviously sucks for players, but is excellent for the culture, so long as it stays confined to this one account. It's a spooky legend.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

All that talent wasted on trolling a cozy game.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Back up your save data since it's stored locally in %appdata% (not a real operating system). Consider using git as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

ludusavi is a cross-platform program that automatically backs up game saves

manually:
Windows
%APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\webfishing_2_newver\
Steam Play (Linux)
<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3146520/pfx

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

Creepy stuff catgirl-huh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can also join your private lobbies without an invitation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks, forgot to mention that!