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[Kart94]

I got a good idea for these geniuses: Don't play the game.

So what are the snowflakes at the Status Quo Warriors triggered by this time?

 

[Haunted]

Also I didn't know the average American was a religious mid-west gun toting militia cult member??

real america™

 

[Cleve]

This is dumb. It's satire, but it's still dumb.

 

[Kinyou]

Conspiracy theory: It's a marketing stunt for Far Cry 5.

You might be onto something

This might be the first Far Cry game I buy!

 

[Deguello]

Gentle reminder that if you can't tell whether something is supposed to be satire or not it's not serving its role as satire.

I don't think that's fair. I mean this petition is so obviously nakedly satirical that goes out of its way to portray the author as some kind of prepubescent, immature kid talking about things he doesn't understand while telling a side story about being bullied, his mother getting remarried to the father of said bully, and ranting at his teacher and principal.

I mean that petition has it's own cinematic universe and a few people think it's real.

I guess all it would have taken is for one Irishman to eat a baby, right?

 

[killatopak]

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Are these guys for real? This is racist.

 

[-shadow-]

This is amazing! Either of they're serious or not, that doesn't matter. I'm laughing like crazy!

 

[Mman235]

Ubisoft neglected their main demographic: The Straight Male Christian Gamer

 

[N7.Angel]

You Be Soft, just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about American culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in France where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in America, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the American public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Far Cry 5 for either system, nor will they purchase any of You Be Soft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but You Be Soft has alienated an entire market with this move.

You Be Soft, publicly apologize and cancel Far Cry 5 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

lmao, never gets old.

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

Gentle reminder that if you can't tell whether something is supposed to be satire or not it's not serving its role as satire.

So a modest proposal wasn't satire? I've heard everything.

People on the Internet don't get satire/parody, I guess. This petition is extremely blatant; I've read more subtle Onion articles. It's embarrassing.

 

[jimboton]

Come on, there's no way that's not a parody. it becomes more obvious the further you read in.

 

[Nick_C]

I read this a few hours ago and I'm kinda not sure if it's real or not. The opening paragraph is your typical, by-the-numbers Change.org "outrage petition" created for something of no real consequence. There are a couple hints that it may be a joke, like the line about romantic rejection and the "Boltair" quote. If it is parody, it completely falls apart in the proposed changes section because, frankly, they seem way too sincere.

If I were writing this I would've omitted the second half. It's inclusion kind of undermines the whole piece, if this is actually supposed to be satire.

 

[UrbanRats]

I think this is satire. It threw me off too because it's... it's something that would really happen.

I also think it may be sarcasm.
Hard to tell these days.

 

[Ros8105]

Finally something I can get behind.

 

[horkrux]

I think this is a joke

 

[Ricker]

Should I cancel my pre-order...a local gaming store here are offering a nice exclusive baseball cap with Hope County written on it and Gamestop a beer mug.

 

[Reckheim]

It has to be a joke.

I mean common 'We Americans have so few games to call our own, and we’re tired of losing them to multi-cultural bullshit.'

 

[TatteredHat]

Lol this is way too over the top to be real, I'm almost sad.

 

[Drewfonse]

Love me some Boltair. That guy could think the shit out of the place.

 

[Magwik]

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[Tecnniqe]

Majority of Americans hit people with bibles and act like a crazy cult?

🤔

It must be summer as these snowflakes are melting

 

[ZeoVGM]

Loving some of the troll signings.

The top comment is by Dontshootme Imwhite from Spring, CA.

 

[7DollarHagane]

I think this was expected. Some fringe of fragile white young men on the internet getting angry.

It's a criminal gang and a doomsday prepper cult. Why is this so offensive?

The desire to be offended is universal across humanity, it seems.

 

[talkingood]

Their brutal physical and sexual violence towards their oppressors will then be explained as a reaction to harsh government policies and taxation, to show that both sides are wrong.

Uh, I'm pretty sure we're being trolled. I know there are people who are this stupid, but the set-up here is so plainly comedic, I'm pretty sure someone's trying to be funny.

 

[Thorrgal]

Boltair? lol

Must be parody

 

[Steez]

Nobody is offended. Everybody just thinks it's asinine, which it is, regardless of the intent.

Bruh...

 

[Head.spawn]

BUT NO MORE!!!!

This is fucking rich.

 

[wenaldy]

A game that triggered Murikkka. SOLD.

 

[Yoshi]

Majority of Americans hit people with bibles and act like a crazy cult?

🤔

It must be summer as these snowflakes are melting

Not exactly a majority and not necessarily literally beating with bibles, but obviously crazy cultists: 38% believe in creationism: http://www.gallup.com/poll/210956/belief-creationist-view-humans-new-low.aspx

The petition is obviously satirical, what stands to question is, if they target gamergaters or if they target what they would perceive as SJW (Is social justice activist the correct neutral term?), considering the usage of appropiation for instance.

 

[Darkspiret]

Dont be surprised. Theres a petition for everything.

 

[JaseC]

Bruh...

I don't see how that's a controversial perspective. That somebody considers something to be stupid or "crazy" doesn't mean they find it grossly reprehensible to the point that it impacts them on a personal level. I mean, fair enough if you feel those who are leaning towards the petition being genuine are taking the bait, but that's not the same as "being offended".

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

I mean, a lot of people are mad at Ubisoft for their business practices. It seems every new major Ubisoft games does something to piss someone off, so they might as well go all the way.

 

[Steez]

I don't see how that's a controversial perspective. That somebody considers something to be stupid or "crazy" doesn't mean they find it grossly reprehensible to the point that it impacts them on a personal level.

Yeah, okay. Everybody ITT just thinks this is stupid and is not taking this super serious at all. Certainly not GAF of all places.

 

[JaseC]

Yeah, okay. Everybody ITT just thinks this is stupid and is not taking this super serious at all. Certainly not GAF of all places.

I didn't say nobody is leaning towards the petition being genuine in nature. Much the opposite, in fact.

 

[Messofanego]

Yeah, okay. Everybody ITT just thinks this is stupid and is not taking this super serious at all. Certainly not GAF of all places.

Yeah, that's the majority of the thread finding this stupid, satire or not. You got the receipts disputing that?

 

[Last_colossi]

the continued rejection of romantic partners when they find out our hobby, the appropriation of our culture by so-called “gamers” on twitter. NO MORE!

This is some grade A satire

Spoiler

I hope.

 

[ElfArmy177]

I'm a white American and I welcome the use of crazy white religious racist scum as targets.

 

[HeelPower]

Why does every Far Cry key art garner so much controversy ?

With Far Cry 4,I remember the purple suit villain was billed as an insulting gay stereotype or some BS..and it turned out he wasn't gay and had like 5 mins of screen time in the game ?

 

[Easy_D]

I'm having the strongest sensation of Deja Vu ever right now, down to some of the replies in the thread. What the hell

 

[PeterGAF]

I'd be surprised if this wasn't satire. It's pretty obvious.

 

[Dre_G_Writer]

I'm actually super hyped that it's focused on religious zealots/alt-right nutjobs. It actually makes me want to play the game even more.

real talk, the setting and villain is the main reason im interested in this game. These dudes got some big ass balls making a setting like this and I appreciate them for it.

The villain from far cry 3 is what got me interested in that game with the insanity trailer. game ended up being a damn good game.

 

[Steez]

Yeah, that's the majority of the thread finding this stupid, satire or not. You got the receipts disputing that?

That's the point though? It's obviously a dumb joke, but some people ITT take this super serious. Shit ain't even thread worthy. Then again, we have a 30+ page thread on how using darker shades on some villians is highly reprehensible.

But we can harp on the literal meaning of the word "offended" if you guys want to, sure.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I'd be surprised if this wasn't satire. It's pretty obvious.

Then you haven't read enough alt-right and/or The_Donald! Can be difficult to parse the satire when you have that stuff floating around with a combination of RedPill populating the gaming scene

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Why does every Far Cry key art garner so much controversy ?

With Far Cry 4,I remember the purple suit villain was billed as an insulting gay stereotype or some BS..and it turned out he wasn't gay and had like 5 mins of screen time in the game ?

Ubisoft has a...special relationship with the unwashed hordes of the internet.

Like, there will be people genuinely offended if the antagonists of the next Splinter Cell game are Russian, and if Sam Fisher isn't recast as a black man, and if the game is open world.

 

[Meier]

Some seem to think it's a parody tbf.

The quoted bits read like parody to me. The fact that these people who feel like this are so laughable means it's hard to tell.

 

[Alienfan]

lol a 400 person satirical change.org petition. There are more people complaining about the people complaining than there are people complaining. The internet seems hell bent on manufacturing controversy for Far Cry 5. It's like the bloody star bucks cups again

 

[Slayven]

*Sees video game of crazy murder cult*

"My god they are making fun of people like me"

 

[Faustek]

I'm not sure but I think I'm sexually aroused. Can it be so that this level of stupid is causing a malfunction in my reproduction system?
Also

Those damned tanners are everywhere.

 

[Forearm Star]

These guys should find another way protest

 

[Dehnus]

OOoh, this gonna be gud!

I so hope it's real so I can lick them salty tears for how a French Publisher, publishing a German Game, made by a studio started by some Turkish descendant Germans... is not changing their "MURICAN GAME!" .