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Gwynevere
02/10/23 4:30:09 PM
#51:


CARRRNE_ASADA posted...
GOTY contender
The game seems fine but people go waaaaay too far with this lol. This year is way too stacked for a licensed game to win GOTY

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hockeybub89
02/10/23 4:33:48 PM
#52:


Doe posted...
So first of all, I want to stop you here and point out that my primary interest is not arguing that the HL boycott was a good idea or that the tactics used by lots of angry internet users are justified, and I have not excused that behavior ITT. My interest is in shining light on the actual motive of some of these posters who are celebrating, or rather gloating about, the success of the game. When you let them in and validate what they do, they turn a place into modern neogaf, or /v/. I don't want that for CE.

I think you can use a little imagination to figure out how I might consume media without paying for it, lol. Don't want to derail this thread into an argument about though, and I do not claim that it is moral or ethical of me.
That's fair I guess. I don't like those people either. Clearly there are a contingent happy about the success because they agree with Rowling's deplorable beliefs, ironically making them more concerned about politics than the game.

But the vast majority of people playing the game are just buying a video game because they think it looks cool or they're Harry Potter fans. And the angry Internet people need to get a clue or take a hard look at their own video game purchases and I guess decide what issues they really care about.

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Gobstoppers12
02/10/23 4:35:45 PM
#53:


Shadow_Don posted...
I have an odd feeling that maybe a lot of people aren't celebrating the game for those reasons.
If they're celebrating the defeat of a hateful harassment campaign, that's just as valid imo

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Kyle1022
02/10/23 4:36:57 PM
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GATTJT posted...
You don't care if Rowling donates to anti-trans activism? She does btw
Nope, I disagree with it but why would I care what another grown adult does with their money? It's completely out of my control, so I'm not gonna let it affect my life
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Shadow_Don
02/10/23 4:40:48 PM
#55:


Gobstoppers12 posted...
If they're celebrating the defeat of a hateful harassment campaign, that's just as valid imo

Calling for a boycott isn't harassment, thats fucking stupid.

Or is every piece of media that is slammed and review bombed for being "woke" also harassment?

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R_Jackal
02/10/23 4:42:13 PM
#56:


This has been the result of game boycotts since the Left 4 Dead 2 outrage. It just puts the game on blast and gives it free advertising to people who don't care about the reason of the boycott and others looking to troll the boycotters. It's a weird time.

Edit: Not saying you shouldn't boycott by the way, stand up for your beliefs, but... it's just most likely not going to get the intended result these days.
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COVxy
02/10/23 4:42:17 PM
#57:


Shadow_Don posted...
Calling for a boycott isn't harassment, thats fucking stupid.

Or is every piece of media that is slammed and review bombed for being "woke" also harassment?

I'm pretty sure the running line has been "if you buy this game you're a fake ally".

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hockeybub89
02/10/23 4:42:20 PM
#58:


Shadow_Don posted...
Calling for a boycott isn't harassment, thats fucking stupid.

Or is every piece of media that is slammed and review bombed for being "woke" also harassment?
"Boycott or you're a fucking piece of shit and I'll attempt to ruin anyone's enjoyment of the game" is harassment, though.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
02/10/23 4:42:30 PM
#59:


Doe posted...
So first of all, I want to stop you here and point out that my primary interest is not arguing that the HL boycott was a good idea or that the tactics used by lots of angry internet users are justified, and I have not excused that behavior ITT. My interest is in shining light on the actual motive of some of these posters who are celebrating, or rather gloating about, the success of the game. When you let them in and validate what they do, they turn a place into modern neogaf, or /v/. I don't want that for CE.

I think you can use a little imagination to figure out how I might consume media without paying for it, lol. Don't want to derail this thread into an argument about though, and I do not claim that it is moral or ethical of me.

That's not your motive, clearly. You are not shining a light or illuminating anything. You're insinuating truly awful things about people based on nothing.

Someone who calls their waiter a nazi for not giving free refills probably doesnt have much genuine concern for antisemitism.

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Doe
02/10/23 4:43:10 PM
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Kyle1022 posted...
Nope, I disagree with it but why would I care what another grown adult does with their money?
Maybe because you believe that transgender people have a basic right for their identity not to be criminalized? Which is what Rowling seeks to undermine with her money and influence.

Kyle1022 posted...
I'm not gonna let it affect my life
I guess you're gonna let it affect transgender people's lives though?

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hockeybub89
02/10/23 4:45:04 PM
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@Doe

If you're not arguing that the angry Internet people are doing the right thing, why are you implying that anyone who buys it doesn't believe trans people have a basic right to exist?

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Shadow_Don
02/10/23 4:46:35 PM
#62:


COVxy posted...
I'm pretty sure the running line has been "if you buy this game you're a fake ally".

Ok and?

hockeybub89 posted...
"Boycott or you're a fucking piece of shit and I'll attempt to ruin anyone's enjoyment of the game" is harassment, though.

Depends in what you mean by "ruining enjoyment" but that doesn't sound like harassment.

You can be called a piece of shit for the things you support.

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Ozarhok
02/10/23 4:47:39 PM
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I'm always happy to see a licensed game do well

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runewalshPSiv
02/10/23 4:48:04 PM
#64:


Gwynevere posted...
The game seems fine but people go waaaaay too far with this lol. This year is way too stacked for a licensed game to win GOTY

This. It's a good game and I've played it a lot since monday but it's not goty material.

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COVxy
02/10/23 4:48:27 PM
#65:


Shadow_Don posted...
Ok and?

That's not a boycott. That's harrassing other people.

I don't think you understand what a boycott is.

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Doe
02/10/23 4:49:59 PM
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@hockeybub89 posted...
why are you implying that anyone who buys it doesn't believe trans people have a basic right to exist?
I did not imply that. The person directly acting to undermine trans people is JK Rowling. "What another grown adult does with their money" is referring to her, per TC's quoted post.

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VampireCoyote
02/10/23 4:50:08 PM
#67:


FatAnimeBooty posted...
I feel like gloating about it being successful is real weird

its certainly uncomfortable, and is actively fueling bigotry and bullying with from a small few that didnt and dont need further emboldening

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hockeybub89
02/10/23 4:50:37 PM
#68:


Shadow_Don posted...
Depends in what you mean by "ruining enjoyment" but that doesn't sound like harassment.

You can be called a piece of shit for the things you support.
Shit I should have started a campaign against Top Gun: Maverick when it released. Look at all the people I could have insulted and assumed all kinds of shit about because they watched a movie starring David Miscavige's best friend.

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Shadow_Don
02/10/23 4:51:49 PM
#69:


COVxy posted...
That's not a boycott. That's harrassing other people.

I don't think you understand what a boycott is.

If I post to my Twitter that you're a fake ally if you buy HP that is not harassment.

If I say trump supporters are pieces of shit on Facebook that is not harassment.

If your spam DMing someone or following them into a store and yelling at them thats harassment. Given how large of a spectacle this has become I wouldn't be surprised if thats happened to some people. That doesn't make this not a valid boycott.

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Baha05
02/10/23 4:52:10 PM
#70:


A_Good_Boy posted...
How many of that 5% of reviews is gunplagirl seething?


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HHH_is_the_game
02/10/23 4:55:05 PM
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Honestly the fact it did so well despite the amount of people that must be review bombing it negatively is even more impressive O_O

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Bigpapaplut
02/10/23 4:59:14 PM
#72:


So for like the 100th time crying on the internet about a video game meant nothing?
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Kyle1022
02/10/23 4:59:57 PM
#73:


R_Jackal posted...
This has been the result of game boycotts since the Left 4 Dead 2 outrage.
I got L4D2 at launch but don't remember any outrage. What was that about?

Doe posted...
Maybe because you believe that transgender people have a basic right for their identity not to be criminalized? Which is what Rowling seeks to undermine with her money and influence.
Sure but again, nobody has control over what another grown adult does with their money. I'm not gonna let something affect my life if it's out of my control

Doe posted...
I guess you're gonna let it affect transgender people's lives though?
Wtf are you talking about, I'm not "letting" it do anything lol. I can't stop JK Rowling from spending her money on how she wants to spend it
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Payzmaykr
02/10/23 5:05:45 PM
#74:


Might check it out sometime soon.
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Lost_All_Senses
02/10/23 5:06:39 PM
#75:


Kyle1022 posted...
Slacktivists seething lol

It's corny that this gives you pleasure. Making jokes is one thing, cause you're getting humor out of it. But just liking people failing and being upset just because you enjoy people failing and being upset makes you worse than the people you're trying to laugh at.

Even if I don't agree with them. It's not really funny that a transphobe benefits off the gaming community. It's just that it's stupid to hurt the people who have nothing to do with it just for some type of weightless victory.

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creativerealms
02/10/23 5:07:44 PM
#76:


As I expected. The left don't review bomb. Their "boycott" failed but they are not going to make thousands of fake bad reviews. That's not their way.

I knew the score would be positive.

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creativerealms
02/10/23 5:08:41 PM
#77:


HHH_is_the_game posted...
Honestly the fact it did so well despite the amount of people that must be review bombing it negatively is even more impressive O_O
Or this proves what I said, the right review bomb, the left just whine and complain.

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Lost_All_Senses
02/10/23 5:09:55 PM
#78:


creativerealms posted...
As I expected. The left don't review bomb. Their "boycott" failed but they are not going to make thousands of fake bad reviews. That's not their way.

I knew the score would be positive.

I never paid attention to this. I was surprised it didn't get review bombed. So, now Ill pay attention to see if only right leaning "issues" get stuff review bombed. See how much that statement holds up

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TheShadowViper
02/10/23 5:09:59 PM
#79:


Boycotting a product when you don't like the author of the series is fine, acting like people should treat a fictional universe meant for entertainment as ground zero for a proxy war is laughable and just as stupid as it was when religious nuts went after GTA for "corrupting youth".

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Muflaggin
02/10/23 5:10:47 PM
#80:


creativerealms posted...
As I expected. The left don't review bomb. Their "boycott" failed but they are not going to make thousands of fake bad reviews. That's not their way.

I knew the score would be positive.
lmao

Lost_All_Senses posted...
It's corny that this gives you pleasure. Making jokes is one thing, cause you're getting humor out of it. But just liking people failing and being upset just because you enjoy people failing and being upset makes you worse than the people you're trying to laugh at.

Even if I don't agree with them. It's not really funny that a transphobe benefits off the gaming community. It's just that it's stupid to hurt the people who have nothing to do with it just for some type of weightless victory.
Nah it's absolutely fucking funny and deserved ten fold. Acting like fucking children over a damn video game like it's going to cause a genocide or some shit. Fuck out of here with that nonsense.
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Kyle1022
02/10/23 5:11:16 PM
#81:


Lost_All_Senses posted...
But just liking people failing just because you enjoy people failing makes you worse than the people you're trying to laugh at.
Not if you're laughing at slacktivists
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Lost_All_Senses
02/10/23 5:14:25 PM
#82:


Muflaggin posted...
Nah it's absolutely fucking funny and deserved ten fold. Acting like fucking children over a damn video game like it's going to cause a genocide or some shit. Fuck out of here with that nonsense.

Kyle1022 posted...
Not if you're laughing at slacktivists

Eh. I shouldn't be trying to choose what's funny to others. Especially not with the degenerate stuff I laugh at. It's just corny to me specifically. It's not my thing. Unless I can turn it into a joke at the very least.

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garan
02/10/23 5:16:15 PM
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Seems obvious to me that the people who were 'boycotting' it were mostly not gamers in the first place who may have purchased the game, so I'm not surprised that the people actually playing it are enjoying it.
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Pitlord_Special
02/10/23 5:16:24 PM
#84:


Wokers tapping another tank of copium and trying to spin it as "you're all weird/losers for being emotionally invested in this game" after spending months leading up to release making it out to be The Final Solution and trashing the developers as shovelware makers at every opportunity

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creativerealms
02/10/23 5:20:01 PM
#85:


This is what a review bombed game looks like.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-last-of-us-part-ii
160786 reviews

This is not a review bombed game.
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/hogwarts-legacy
1132 reviews

Yes I realize the game has only been out for days compared to years so here is another game that's been out for years and days.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild
19421 reviews

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/dead-space
598 reviews.

Only one of these is review bombed.

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McElf
02/10/23 5:22:20 PM
#87:


Just bought the game after seeing the overwhelming positive reviews. Thanks for the haters advertising the game to me. Wouldn't have cared for it if it wasn't for their incessant bitching.

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Kyle1022
02/10/23 5:27:46 PM
#88:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

"Wah someone online hurt my feefees so imma say they have a small dick"

Cope
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R_Jackal
02/10/23 5:30:08 PM
#89:


Kyle1022 posted...
I got L4D2 at launch but don't remember any outrage. What was that about?
Steam(and here) were burning down with people that were mad about the games existence and how Valve should be supporting the first game instead of making a sequel, about how it's a money-grubbing move to make a sequel less than a year after. People made groups and videos about boycotting. Was a pretty big thing for its time(oddly enough, no one would care now lol).

The end result was it had one of the biggest openings in Steam history at the time.

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Sphyx
02/10/23 5:33:48 PM
#90:


I can't say I'm sold on the criticisms of the game.

But I also can't see that high a score being seriously applied to the game footage I've seen so far.

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TheShadowViper
02/10/23 5:34:42 PM
#91:


creativerealms posted...
This is what a review bombed game looks like.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-last-of-us-part-ii
160786 reviews
LOL

We are in 2023 and there are people still pretending that Last of Us 2 was not widely disliked.

You also clearly don't understand what the concept of a "review bomb" is. It isn't a game getting negative reviews because the majority of people see it negatively.
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PiOverlord
02/10/23 5:35:24 PM
#92:


I only remember the 4th movie, and haven't watched anything past the 5th movie. Never read the books, so this game doesn't really have much to offer me. It might be good, but I also just am going to lose out on a lot of the enjoyment from people who are fans.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
02/10/23 5:44:16 PM
#93:


Lost_All_Senses posted...
It's corny that this gives you pleasure. Making jokes is one thing, cause you're getting humor out of it. But just liking people failing and being upset just because you enjoy people failing and being upset makes you worse than the people you're trying to laugh at.

Even if I don't agree with them. It's not really funny that a transphobe benefits off the gaming community. It's just that it's stupid to hurt the people who have nothing to do with it just for some type of weightless victory.

Slacktivists make things worse for the group they claim to support simply as cover for self-satisfaction based abuse.

They deserve to be mocked and insulted. Using a discriminated class as a tool is reprehensible. These are not people concerned with making anyones life better.

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Kyle1022
02/10/23 5:46:54 PM
#94:


R_Jackal posted...
Steam(and here) were burning down with people that were mad about the games existence and how Valve should be supporting the first game instead of making a sequel, about how it's a money-grubbing move to make a sequel less than a year after. People made groups and videos about boycotting. Was a pretty big thing for its time(oddly enough, no one would care now lol).

The end result was it had one of the biggest openings in Steam history at the time.

Most video game boycotts have followed that blueprint since.
Ironic because nowadays people would kill for L4D3. Especially after the disappointment that was Back 4 Blood
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hockeybub89
02/10/23 5:51:22 PM
#95:


TheShadowViper posted...
We are in 2023 and there are people still pretending that Last of Us 2 was not widely disliked.
So real life?

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Kyle1022
02/10/23 6:27:16 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

When you immediately started talking about people's penises lol

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Not when it's a well-reviewed video game from a media franchise that is/was a huge part of the lives of millions, mine included. I don't really give a shit about the creator because I can't control her beliefs or how she spends her money, so I don't let it affect my life

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Says the dude talking about people's penises lmfao

Kyle1022 posted...
Cope
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MC_BatCommander
02/10/23 6:33:37 PM
#98:


People are being so toxic over this game, can't wait for everyone to get sick of it and move on

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tripleh213
02/10/23 6:39:35 PM
#99:


The only issue I have with the game is it takes like 10 mins to get through all the shader shit to play lol

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Solution_45
02/10/23 6:49:05 PM
#100:


MC_BatCommander posted...
People are being so toxic over this game, can't wait for everyone to get sick of it and move on

you're gonna be waiting for a long time
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