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DarkFalzX 27 Sep, 2017 @ 8:22am
Vyacheslav Shilikhin sock-puppet accounts.
As I scroll through New Releases, I stumble across Vyacheslav Shilikhin games quite often. All of them are terribly unimaginative re-skins of the same two basic tutorials. Today I decided to google the dev, and came across this VK group[vk.com].
Here, we have the "developer" selling game keys for 2 rubles ($0.03), offering to give them out for free if needed, and asking for positive reviews. However, the games Shilikhin is selling and promoting as his aren't limited to those under his main account, but several other, less visible sock puppet accounts:

Vyacheslav Shilikhin
Blaiz Entertainment
Mihail Melnikov

Now, I don't assume that ALL games posted in that group are released by Shilikhin (though it sure appears that way), and only name accounts whose games he openly promoted and offered keys for, but the rest might also be of interest.
Last edited by DarkFalzX; 27 Sep, 2017 @ 8:24am
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talgaby 27 Sep, 2017 @ 9:24am 
SteamFarmKey.ru
I love how these Russian devs do not even think about at least pretending to mask what they are doing. :D
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Silentguygaming 28 Sep, 2017 @ 1:34am 
i keep on getting this guy's name when I am looking for new games to buy >,< this is really sad
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DarkFalzX 28 Sep, 2017 @ 8:54am 
I tried to go through the "developers" represented on that key farm site, but it's such a depressing and thankless task. Here's what I have so far, if anyone cares:

SPECTRUM GAMES
BJGameInd
FarBox Games
Vladislav Burakov
Quaint Emerald
Donovan Bell
VolkDab (I really like the name - to a Russian-speaker it's stupid-funny)
SharkGame
Rhino Games (a publishing front for MORE super-low-effort "games")
Yah_Shi
mangamengine
Anate Studio (definitely a legit Russian adventure game dev... how did THEY end up here?)
SAMOLIOTIK (This one is an oddity! A single game without a developer or a publisher. Also, it has a "Very Positive" rating with over a thousand joke reviews, despite looking like absolute garbage.)
azimut team
Rock Path Collective
Real Dynamics
oblomysh
hallunazigames
Polina Alekseevna (Released one bad game, but actually appears to support it! There might be hope afterall!)

And most interestingly

Back To Basic Gaming - prolific "publisher" of games of very dubious quality, with 74 titles under their belt, most with mixed-to-negative rating.)
EHTechnology (Another prolific "publisher" of zero-effort shovelware trash, with 35 titles on record.)
Last edited by DarkFalzX; 28 Sep, 2017 @ 10:30am
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Zeusberg 28 Sep, 2017 @ 9:29am 
Originally posted by DarkFalzX:
VolkDab] (I really like the name - to a Russian-speaker it's stupid-funny)
I'm a russian speaker, does not sound that funny to me :squirtooh:

(definitely a legit Russian adventure game dev... how did THEY end up here?)
I guess trading card farm exchange is profitable for them and also some extra visibility does not hurt usually?

Thanks for your research, might be useful for another #SoS investigation blog post.
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DarkFalzX 28 Sep, 2017 @ 9:54am 
Originally posted by Ryuu:
I'm a russian speaker, does not sound that funny to me :squirtooh:
You know - Волкодав -> Волко-даб?: ):msinclair::msinclair::msinclair:
Dunno, I have little kids, so dabbing is funny for some reason: )
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Zeusberg 28 Sep, 2017 @ 9:56am 
Originally posted by DarkFalzX:
Originally posted by Ryuu:
I'm a russian speaker, does not sound that funny to me :squirtooh:
You know - Волкодав -> Волко-даб?: ):msinclair::msinclair::msinclair:
Dunno, I have little kids, so dabbing is funny for some reason: )
Yeah, noticed that similarity, but i think VolkoDub would be cooler, like: woob-woob awuuu~ woob-woob, hehe.
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SirViolentDeath 1 Oct, 2017 @ 9:15pm 
while I appreciate the gusto from you guys, just because these guys have keys from devs does not mean that those devs are all in cohoots with them. Its usually just a business transaction. Eventually myself or someone else will make a post about this type of thing.
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DarkFalzX 2 Oct, 2017 @ 5:03am 
Again, wasn't saying all accounts belong to this guy - just the three he was actively promoting the games under. All the other ones are a mix of random asset-flippers, asset-flip "publishers", and even a few legit devs doing their best.
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