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[Kurdel]

If this is not some kind of publicity stunt, then we are fucking doomed as mankind and nothing can save us from this black hole of stupidity.

I mean, how can you say that when this is still a thing?

 

[shamanick]

Are you asking if there are posts on the Steam Far Cry 5 forums mocking "SJWs" or alt-righters? Have you ever seen the Steam forums?

Like I said, I have no idea if the original petition was intended to be real or a troll, nor do I know if any particular comment is a troll or not. But deciding it's all a troll because it's too over the top, like I said, ignores that you'll see many of the same complaints on the Steam thread, and at alt-right hangouts.

The text is obviously parodic, regardless of it echoing some real-life attitudes. Do you have difficulty determining legitimacy when coming across articles like this?

 

[QuantumSquid]

This has to be satire.

We’ve tolerated it in the name of gameplay design and innovation

Does anyone here associate Far Cry with innovation? Anyone?

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

That was worth a good laugh

 

[NinjamicWZ]

Gregg Miller was talking to Nick Robinson and Adam Sessler about Ubisoft showing them this at E3 judge's previews, and saying that Ubisoft told them "you can't tell stories like this in any other medium, because your life will be in danger"

There's about a dozen great comic book series from the last year on the same zeitgeist, still running:

Ubisoft is really good at the idea of controversy and creating the impression of changing paradigms. Last time it was Bolivia vs Ghost Recon Wildlands just in time for launch, right?

 

[besada]

The text is obviously parodic, regardless of it echoing some real-life attitudes. Do you have difficulty determining legitimacy when coming across articles like this?

We'll have to agree to disagree about the obviousness of it.

 

[……forgetit]

They basically say "make the villains​ black or Muslims".

Jeez they have no self awareness.

 

[Beaulieu]

Does anyone here associate Far Cry with innovation? Anyone?

probably the creators of Horizon, the last Zelda, that LOTR game and numerous other recent open world games that heavily borrowed from concepts that appeared in Far Cry first...

I also think it was the first console FPS game with a map creator, that was far ahead of anything when it came out

About the OT : This is clearly satire !

 

[shamanick]

Ubisoft is really good at the idea of controversy and creating the impression of changing paradigms. Last time it was Bolivia vs Ghost Recon Wildlands just in time for launch, right?

Yes, as well as EA and Acti. The fake controversy stuff is really patronizing and although I'm sure it sells games it really leaves a bad impression with me. I hope it's not viral marketing because I want to play this game.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Are you asking if there are posts on the Steam Far Cry 5 forums mocking "SJWs" or alt-righters?

No, I'm asking if they write anything as obviously 'satirical' (for want of a better word) as that quote.

That section I quoted isn't so much over-the-top as suspiciously on-the-nose. There's a level of knowing self-deprecation/self-awareness that I imagine the Steam forums tend to lack. It seems pretty clear it's poking fun, though I accept I could be wrong.

No, I've never been there.

 

[Memento]

Come on, it is obviously sattire

 

[BstnRich]

The game just got 10 GB bigger.

 

[Raven117]

This has to be satire.



Does anyone here associate Far Cry with innovation? Anyone?

Actually . .. Far Cry 2 and 3 did push much different combat in how to use the environment not saying it was cutting edge, but the way you can clear out camps is more innovative than not.

Spoiler

Not unlike Zelda breath of the wild....blasphemy I know

 

[Foxy the Fox]

I am from the right and very excited for this game. This kind of things when done right can be very interesting and insightful.

Not American BTW

 

[joe2187]

They basically say "make the villains​ black or Muslims".

Jeez they have no self awareness.

They're rapists, murders, drug dealers....though some I assume are good people.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Definitely Triggered some folks with this one, Ubisoft.

Religious Cults have long been a trope in Hollywood, why is it that a videogame finally manages to upset people?

 

[wenaldy]

They basically say "make the villains​ black or Muslims".

Jeez they have no self awareness.

LOL exactly. Don't they have any idea the world revolves around them.

 

[Gnome Scat]

This can't be real...

 

[louiedog]

This is like that time people started protesting Bully because they thought you were going to play a Bully who hurt people. Except this time it's the gamers who call everyone else easily offended snowflakes who are doing it.

I wonder if they'll figure it out.

 

[ghostjoke]

I refuse to believe this is real.

Developer(s) Ubisoft Montreal

the outright censorship of art through ”localization" policies

Poe's Law is becoming one hell of a drug.

 

[legacyzero]

If you REALLY wanna supplement your enjoyment of Saltines losing their shit, the Ubisoft forums have been a goddamn riot

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678611-Why-mock-Christianity
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678816-Thoughts-on-the-quot-Controversy-quot
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...ctly-Post-locked-for-religious-discrimination
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678828-Far-Cry-6-Settings
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...-Israel-Game-name-The-Synagogue-of-Satan-Cult
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678828-Far-Cry-6-Settings

Choice quote that made my jaw drop:

.Far Cry 6 needs to take place in Israel where we murder every single person in the Synagogues. The cult's name will be "The Synagogue of Satan". Our goal is to torture, gas, burn, and slaughter every last one of the people inside those Synagogues in Israel

Never go full Alt-Reich

 

[yanipheonu]

The best part is we barely know anything about the plot and characters outside what can be gleaned from trailers and art.

To be offended by that is to reach some wild conclusions, it's pure kneejerk.

 

[VincentMatts]

I love how none of these idiots ever realize that making a big deal out of a game like this will just make it sell more.

either theyre idiots, or they know exactly what theyre doing.

 

[MisterShine]

Come on, it is obviously sattire

I'm not sure this is satire, but it is almost certainly someone from one of the Chan's looking to get a rise out of how many gaming sites and forums will be 'up in arms' over it.

That said I'm sure at least a few of the people signing the petition genuinely agree with it.

 

[sasliquid]

Personally I feel this has to be a troll or publicity stunt...

However you know some of the idiots who signed it are serious

 

[Strike]

Boltaire? Bahahahaha

 

[etrain911]

I heard Jim mention this in the latest Jimquistion and wondered if it was just a troll or fake gaming news, but then again, never underestimate white fragility.

 

[godhandiscen]

Looks like someone can't take it when they are depicted as the villain.

 

[eosos]

This has under 1,000 signatures, not really a thing. Also probably just satire.

 

[MoogleMan]

Some seem to think it's a parody tbf.

You mean that shit is serious?
*sigh*
Humans...

 

[UberLevi]

To quote Boltair "This petition is satire playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

 

[Cels]

KKona

 

[adamsapple]

If you REALLY wanna supplement your enjoyment of Saltines losing their shit, the Ubisoft forums have been a goddamn riot

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678611-Why-mock-Christianity
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678816-Thoughts-on-the-quot-Controversy-quot
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...ctly-Post-locked-for-religious-discrimination
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678828-Far-Cry-6-Settings
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...-Israel-Game-name-The-Synagogue-of-Satan-Cult
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1678828-Far-Cry-6-Settings

Choice quote that made my jaw drop:



Never go full Alt-Reich

I like the post where a user is threatening to sue ubisoft because a mod closed his last thread, lol.

 

[GameAddict411]

If this game will trigger snowflakes nationwide, I am preordering. And I have never bought any far cry game outside of the heavy discounts my entire life lol.

 

[Jonnax]

Wow. Steam forums are amazing. People are craaaaazy. Are they all this nutty?

First of all, Christians can't be called SJWs by definition, because we fight the SJWs. Find another term that fits.

The American flag is STARS and stripes not this fake nonsense you are passing off as stars on the store page. If it were ANY other flag in the world and it was an American company doing this there would be such a cry you could hear it across the Atlantic.

this game is specifically targeting the conservative white bible belt community, which is the cultural centre of modern day Americana (and the only place where America, objectively the greatest country on earth by all economic, cultural, and power-based factors, is actually a subject of pride and where patriotism exists), and it is an attack that is racist in nature

 

[theangrypirate]

You guys are all laughing at how dumb these people sound and how out of touch with reality they are. Just remember these are the people who got Trump elected. As dumb as it sounds to most of us here, there are a huge number of white people who believe their culture is under attack and their identity is fading away. Learning why these guys feel this way can help us understand how to not ignore them as crazies and outliers in the future. This is a real problem (as stupid as it sounds to most people) that needs to be addressed or else we could all be in for round 2 of Trump in 2020.

 

[legacyzero]

Wow. Steam forums are amazing. People are craaaaazy. Are they all this nutty?

POUR IT ALL ON ME. JUST DUMP IT!

 

[paragonpro]

What a bunch of fucking babies, get over it. I think now in our extremely fragile political climate is the right time to strike with a game like this. Good for ubisoft. Idk if the baddies are white supremacists or not, ballsy if they did but i entirely understand why they would back away from that, but i think even if they weren't the prospect of a relgious cult/malitia in republican run america is enough to get some thinking.

You guys are all laughing at how dumb these people sound and how out of touch with reality they are. Just remember these are the people who got Trump elected. As dumb as it sounds to most of us here, there are a huge number of white people who believe their culture is under attack and their identity is fading away. Learning why these guys feel this way can help us understand how to not ignore them as crazies and outliers in the future. This is a real problem (as stupid as it sounds to most people) that needs to be addressed or else we could all be in for round 2 of Trump in 2020.

I completley agree, great posts. We need to understand the hows and the why's of working class middle america, because calling them racists sexists, or homophobes does not apply to every man or woman who voted this oompa loompa into office. I dont belive trump got elected in entirely due to the "hard" work of every biggot in our country :/

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Are Steam forums saying stuff like this?

That may or may not be so, but keep in mind that the parody and edgy humor is being used as cover by that nasty evil. At the present time, both roads lead to the same place.

Quite simply, it's a paradigm we haven't had to deal with at this strength in the modern liberal order world in quite some time, and must be exposed and stopped until civility is back in full control.

 

[hanspampel]

It's not obvious at all.

I read it knowing (at least according to this forum), that it's a troll and I could still see it being legit.

That's bad, isn't it. I could totally fucking see this being real.

That happens when people start to believe and take to much written on the Internet serious.

When in doubt, don't take it serious.
There is so much selfirony, meme references and troll culture language in it

 

[Kurdel]

You guys are all laughing at how dumb these people sound and how out of touch with reality they are. Just remember these are the people who got Trump elected. As dumb as it sounds to most of us here, there are a huge number of white people who believe their culture is under attack and their identity is fading away. Learning why these guys feel this way can help us understand how to not ignore them as crazies and outliers in the future. This is a real problem (as stupid as it sounds to most people) that needs to be addressed or else we could all be in for round 2 of Trump in 2020.

Yep.

People dismissing this as a troll are failing to see the forest past the tree.

 

[Heshinsi]

But for America, right now, Anti-Americanism is out. You gotta play your market. Change the setting to Canada for America. This way you don’t turn away potential players due to offensiveness. Just trying to help you make more money.

Pray tell, where in Canada would you be able to realistically portray this happening in? Oh please I need this version of the game now hahaha!

 

[NynyXIV]

Boltair? lol

XD

 

[pgharavi]

This thread will have more posts than that petition will have signatories.

 

[talkingood]

Yep.

People dismissing this as a troll are failing to see the forest past the tree.

There are certainly people out there with silly political opinions like these, but given the self-deprecating nature of the post ("no one wants to date us gamers!"), the praising of the "innovation" found in Ubisoft games, and the evidence that the petitioner's first language may be French rather than English, it is possible that this is not so much a troll as it is an attempt at viral marketing.

But I can't say for sure either way.

 

[jstripes]

Pray tell, where in Canada would you be able to realistically portray this happening in? Oh please I need this version of the game now hahaha!

Someone photoshop the FarCry 5 logo into there. I'm too lazy.

 

[DR2K]

White fragility in action.

 

[Auctopus]

I couldn't make it past the first sentence.

"I can take killing masses of random minorities but as soon as you make me kill white males, you've pushed me over the line, Ubi!"

 

[Kurdel]

There are certainly people out there with silly political opinions like these, but given the self-deprecating nature of the post ("no one wants to date us gamers!"), the praising of the "innovation" found in Ubisoft games, and the evidence that the petitioner's first language may be French rather than English, it is possible that this is not so much a troll as it is an attempt at viral marketing.

But I can't say for sure either way.

What i meant by my post is that these are all very real sentiments being expressed by the conservatives in the alt right and far right.

Calling these positions "silly" reflects how little you care (or know?) about their increasing menace.

 

[Khrno]

In these times, you must understand that there might be some violent repurcussions if you intend to follow through with your pointless criticism.

That's not a petition, that's a threat towards Ubisoft.

Also, where do I sign the petition to stop this petition?