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[cormack12]

Just checked the replies to that asmongold post, someone has done a kabrutus

Expose Charlie's Murderers

www.charliesmurderers.com

 

[ElFenomeno]

You're implying this was a public execution and not a murder? What are you even saying? The way you people keep grasping at straws and quote mining to justify his murder is shocking.

My friend, I am not justifying any murder. I am just providing his despicable quotes.
I am indifferent to whats happening in US like most US folks are to whats happening in EU or all over the world.

And yeah, he was executed in public aka public execution.

 

[Jakk]

Questions:
Why is this in the "Gaming" section?
Who the hell is Charlie Kirk and why should us EU Gaffers give any two fucks about some dude getting shot in the US?
Why should we give any two fucks about the opinions of a few artists who worked on a product with hundreds others?
What happend to separation of artist and art?
Why was the Politics Section banned when this crap seeps into everything now?
Cant you Americans leave your completely insane political bullshit out of Gaming?

Yeah, it feels like almost everyone is fucked in the head over there nowadays or something, it's incredible.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I know you actually aren't as retarded as your posts seem to indicate, and you are mostly playing the contrarian edge lord but still it is annoying.

Getting annoyed by words is kind of how we got here in the first place, isn't it?

 

[Trilobit]

I am all for freedom of speech.

But unless you want to get fired... You gotta be really stupid to post shit like that.

When you put your company name in your bio and then post stuff like that then you are basically publicly representing your company even if you aren't officially doing so. If I was a studio CEO or leader of a company I'd be pretty peeved about my employees dragging the name into stuff like this. Especially with an imminent product launch.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

There is also the question about encouraging political murder here, even if you hate the guy, killing politicians should be understod as a major blow to democracy and a dangerous precedent that outweights any political leanings.

 

[calico]

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."

So he didn't say it was 'totally OK' for children to be killed, as you previously claimed, but rather he specifically expressed (by saying "unfortunately" and referring to it as "a cost") that it was the downside of having the Second Amendment?

 

[CJ_75]

I'm going to play their game anyway, and I'm quite sure you will too. Unless, of course, it's not your type of game or you simply can't afford it.
Still, it's important to state that we're disgusted by their post. I'm confident the company will take appropriate action.

 

[Braag]

This threadmark from the purple dumpster is crazy

So in translation: "Our user base are unhinged and bloodthirsty towards anyone that don't agree with their values. We can't tell them to stop celebrating a public assassination of a person who went around debating people with different opinions, so we have to tip toe around the subject and say that people got traumatized for seeing him get killed. So please don't get too carried away with your celebration, because it is even getting disturbing to some of us."

 

[Radical_3d]

I'm confident the company will take appropriate action.

Would you guys think about buying it again if Sony fired everyone involved in those reactions (with the company name in their bios, let the private profiles be private).

I can't put a poll in a response, can't I?

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Maybe this isn't the best thread to post drunk, fellow gaffer.

Russian? Freudian slip?

 

[Gonzito]

I'm going to play their game anyway, and I'm quite sure you will too. Unless, of course, it's not your type of game or you simply can't afford it.
Still, it's important to state that we're disgusted by their post. I'm confident the company will take appropriate action.

Ghost of Yotei is totally my type of game and I certainly can afford to play it at launch


But I wont support them, period

 

[Trilobit]

Reading some takes here and must feel nice to have freedom of speech and not be banned for it like in the purple asylum.

I got temp banned from there for stating that I thought a married man choosing not to be alone with another woman wasn't sexist, but rather reasonable and beneficial to his marriage. At that point I realized what kind of place I was in and never returned.

Which is unfortunate because some of my sensibilites are more aligned with some people there, like I enjoy cozy moments in games and would like to talk indepth about them. But I'd choose Neogaf's rougher edges any day of the week over that overall awful forum. I enjoy this site immensely every day, especially as I don't have to walk on eggshells.

 

[ElFenomeno]

So he didn't say it was 'totally OK' for children to be killed, as you previously claimed, but rather he specifically expressed (by saying "unfortunately" and referring to it as "a cost") that it was the downside of having the Second Amendment?

When I am readhing that quote, I am getting the conclusion he is OK with the cost, doesnt have a problem with it, its unfortunate but fine, its OK wnd worth it in his words. If you are drawing other conclusion , thats fine by me.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

And yeah, he was executed in public aka public execution.

You framed as if he was advocating for the same thing that happened to him, which is not remotely true.

 

[balls of snow]

Ms keeps supplying digital capabilities to the israel military to maintain the gaza siege. Am still gonna buy Outer Worlds 2 day 1. This stuff? Yep still gonna buy Ghost of Yotei.

 

[corgiix3]

well that makes not getting yotei easy lol

 

[calico]

There is a middle ground where the rest of the developed world and even part of the development world is.

It remains to be seen whether that 'middle ground' is a permanent position or merely the stage that gets passed through on the way to where the UK is.

I would not be getting too cocky about any rights being safe anywhere that the citizenry does not have the ability to defend them with force if necessary.

 

[Toots]

Getting annoyed by words is kind of how we got here in the first place, isn't it?

 

[Sentenza]

John Walker being an unredeemable piece of shit is the least surprising thing ever.

 

[Radical_3d]

It remains to be seen whether that 'middle ground' is a permanent position or merely the stage that gets passed through on the way to where the UK is.

I would not be getting too cocky about any rights being safe anywhere that the citizenry does not have the ability to defend them with force if necessary.

Nnnnaaahhh… we are suffering the leftiest government and parliament ever and so far so good. We're banning tobacco to Japanese levels but I'm so ok with that…

 

[Killjoy-NL]

You do realize that what the shooter did is an extreme form of what you're doing, right?

 

[Windom Earle]

Would you guys think about buying it again if Sony fired everyone involved in those reactions (with the company name in their bios, let the private profiles be private).

I can't put a poll in a response, can't I?

No because the game still sucks

 

[midnightAI]

Ms keeps supplying digital capabilities to the israel military to maintain the gaza siege. Am still gonna buy Outer Worlds 2 day 1. This stuff? Yep still gonna buy Ghost of Yotei.

Yes, exactly, and those saying they are no longer going to buy Ghost of Yotei either were never going to buy it anyway or at the very least on the fence about it, i doubt anyone is now not buying the game because of the opinions of a texture artist.

Although, now you mention MS, I'm not going to buy Hellblade 2 on the PS5, obviously due to their actions, not because I think its an awful game that I have already played on the XBox.

 

[ryzen1]

Yes. Yes it is. If I worked at Sony I would be in panic mode right now.
DC just canceled the new Red Hood comic series because the author celebrated the murder on social media and the first issue just came out, they refunded retailers for future orders AND the new magazine already delivered to retailers.

(This comic, review is only 18 hours old)

Red Hood #1 Review

Coming off the events of Batman: H2SH, Jason Todd finds himself out of Gotham and in the city of New Angelique. He’s looking for a new start and investigating a series of murders involving the city…

batman-news.com

I don't think that's a fair comparison.

A comic series is usually the work of a single author whose personal brand is tightly tied to the product itself.
If that author makes a serious public misstep, the publisher has little choice because their name and work are inseparable.

But in the case of a large game studio, with hundreds or even thousands of people working on a project, one developer's personal comment is not the same thing as the studio's stance. The connection is much more indirect.

That's not to say companies can never respond if the situation gets enough attention.
But equating every employees comment with the companys official position would set an impossible standard for big studios.

 

[Gripsx]

cooked, psyop to the core country

also videogames

 

[Three]

The number isnt meant to be judged per population, it's the benchmark figure to establish the delta. The question is to estimate the delta of that 46,728 compared to what the benchmark would be with gun controls (e.g. Mexican gun trade over the borders)

If you don't do it by population then the delta is even higher. It would be x2124 higher gun deaths in the US.

Out of interest how effective do you feel knife legislation in the UK has lowered knife crime? 1988, 1997, 2019 for ref.

Which particular legislation are you referring to? I see a drop in 2019 for example but ofcourse other factors like population increase play a part, as does other things like a rise in gangs. it would be a lot more involved to try to see the effect of a particular piece of legislation but even in your graph I see a large fall in that year.

The 2019 legislation wasn't much of a change anyway mostly concentrated on prohibiting sales of corrosive acids due to acid attacks but had some additional laws for the sale of knives too, particularly to underage individuals and prosecuting those who sell them weapons to kids. There was additions to what is considered an offensive weapon too, those used for violence, knuckledusters, cyclone knives and death stars.

 

[Radical_3d]

No because the game still sucks

I meant the people who said that they aren't going to buy it today. I'm not buying open worlds either.

 

[The_Mike]

Even indie devs are cheering on discords.

Fuck the devs.

None of these libtards are getting my money.

Can it be pirated then I'm gonna play it.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I feel the same way about the creator of Kingdom Come Deliverance games. Just because he appears to be a racist alt right nut job doesn't mean I am going to boycott the work of 100's of other developers. This is the exact same situation. People getting on their high horse for political purposes

Everybody has the choice to boycott. If it is a big enough deal to you, do it. RIP Charlie Kirk. Violence should never be celebrated

 

[Alexios]

death stars.

Dang, guess I'll have to leave my death star at home next time I visit the UK.

 

[David Ricardo]

You do realize that what the shooter did is an extreme form of what you're doing, right?

Words are violence. Shooting is violence. Everything is the same so if I don´t like your words I am legitimized to kill you. It´s the abc of woke ideology.

 

[CJ_75]

Ghost of Yotei is totally my type of game and I certainly can afford to play it at launch


But I wont support them, period

Fair enough, if that makes you feel good, then go ahead. If you've been waiting for this game, the FOMO will hit even harder, and chances are you'll move on and forget what happened yesterday, just like most people do.
But let's be clear: enjoying the game does not erase the fact that the company needs to be called out and held accountable for the way their workers responded.

Don't forget that countless people contributed to this game, and some of them may be just as outraged by that post as we are. This isn't a direct statement from Sucker Punch as a studio, it's individual people acting out.
If we cancelled every single project over individual wrongdoing, there would be nothing left to play.

I will continue to support Sucker Punch, because gaming is my passion and I respect their work.
But that does not change the fact that I am deeply disgusted by both the shooting and the insensitive response that followed.

 

[calico]

When I am readhing that quote, I am getting the conclusion he is OK with the cost, doesnt have a problem with it, its unfortunate but fine, its OK wnd worth it in his words. If you are drawing other conclusion , thats fine by me.

I agree he is saying it is an unfortunate but acceptable cost. Saying he is therefore 'totally ok' with children being killed is obviously a ridiculous misrepresentation of that position.

I expect you support due process, the right to a trial and the standard of 'guilty beyond a reasonable doubt', but you would not be 'totally ok' with someone who was released because the state couldn't prove them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt murdering someone else the next day. That is a risk we accept to prevent the state jailing anyone they feel like, but it does not mean we are 'totally ok' with that murder.

 

[EN250]

WTF is wrong with this people? Some guy thinks different than them, so they cheer for his death, like what is wrong in their lives to be like that

 

[StereoVsn]

This is a moot point. Never mind the fact that the right to bear arms is guaranteed in the Constitution, and restrictive legislation would likely be nullified by the Supreme Court. If ~400 million are out there, you're never getting control of the guns. And the people who would be disarmed by these laws would not be the criminals who don't care about the law anyway.

I don't care about the Second Amendment. The whole country needs to come together and put a new Amendment down or Supreme Court needs to get their heads out of their assesses since they recent decision was dumb as shit.

And yes, you can slowly buy back or even confiscate fire arms and ratchet up consequences for illegal ownership, purchase and so on.

But we won't do it, so Thoughts and Prayers.

 

[MALpractice311]

No one deserves to die over politics, but I will say this, dude said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake and a few gun deaths was a fair price to pay for the 2nd Amendment, so I won't be shedding any tears for him.

 

[photogaz]

Wow, I looked at that thread on the other forum and honestly say I'm disgusted by people's comments. I really hope it's a case of the small minority who are brainless and are saying such this. Please don't tell there's more than 10% making the loudest noise.

As for Sucker Punch, again I hope that isn't a majority of the devs or I'll certain not be buying it.

 

[MondoPentecost]

Even indie devs are cheering on discords.

Fuck the devs.

None of these libtards are getting my money.

Can it be pirated then I'm gonna play it.

Which ones? Screenshots would be nice.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Words are violence. Shooting is violence. Everything is the same so if I don´t like your words I am legitimized to kill you. It´s the abc of woke ideology.

And again, at no point did I condone his assassination.

 

[Kotaro]

Most despicable human beings

 

[StereoVsn]

The number isnt meant to be judged per population, it's the benchmark figure to establish the delta. The question is to estimate the delta of that 46,728 compared to what the benchmark would be with gun controls (e.g. Mexican gun trade over the borders)


Out of interest how effective do you feel knife legislation in the UK has lowered knife crime? 1988, 1997, 2019 for ref.

Knife crime reforms are ridiculously harder to implement because people use knives everyday in their lives. You don't need to have guns in your life for vast majority of population.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Words are violence. Shooting is violence. Everything is the same so if I don´t like your words I am legitimized to kill you. It´s the abc of woke ideology.

By that rational, Charlie Kirk was violent. It is incredibly dumb statement

 

[corgiix3]

For anyone who wants this game but hates suckerpunch just buy a used copy. Probably the best option

 

[Killjoy-NL]

By that rational, Charlie Kirk was violent. It is incredibly dumb statement

In a philosophical sense, his own words got him killed.

 

[StereoVsn]

By that rational, Charlie Kirk was violent. It is incredibly dumb statement

Political violence certainly should not be condoned. Recently we had a whole swath of it.

This summer there was a Minnesota politician killed and another wounded. Pennsylvania governor's house was firebombed. Last year Trump had a close assassination attempt.

Both the left and the right are screaming that the other sides are evil and world will end if "we" lose the next election. This shit needs to stop.

 

[Loope]

I got temp banned from there for stating that I thought a married man choosing not to be alone with another woman wasn't sexist, but rather reasonable and beneficial to his marriage. At that point I realized what kind of place I was in and never returned.

Which is unfortunate because some of my sensibilites are more aligned with some people there, like I enjoy cozy moments in games and would like to talk indepth about them. But I'd choose Neogaf's rougher edges any day of the week over that overall awful forum. I enjoy this site immensely every day, especially as I don't have to walk on eggshells.

What? Why?What was their reasoning?

 

[Radical_3d]

I don't care about the Second Amendment. The whole country needs to come together and put a new Amendment down or Supreme Court needs to get their heads out of their assesses since they recent decision was dumb as shit.

And yes, you can slowly buy back or even confiscate fire arms and ratchet up consequences for illegal ownership, purchase and so on.

But we won't do it, so Thoughts and Prayers.

Damn. Sometimes I read an American that is not crazy and I almost feel sorry for the few of them. But then I remember 1898 and I just

 

[Lokaum D+]

For anyone who wants this game but hates suckerpunch just buy a used copy. Probably the best option

or wait for PC release and buy no copy

 

[Senua]

And again, at no point did I condone his assassination.

You're so smarmy dude