yeah that list sounds more like someone in on it than what hogs would say themselves, it's too long.
"I am a child, and for whatever reason was trained to use the word 'communism' as 'bad'. I have not grown beyond this. Broccoli is communism."
It's weird, they pride themselves in "not trusting the government" yet a core part of their identity is them trusting what the government has to say about one of its rivals.
Here's the thing about that: they're skeptical of government claims unless it supports their preconceived anti-communist worldview. China bad? Not propaganda because I already believe it. Wear a mask? What are we, a bunch of Asians?
They're larping, but I think it's a game they've been primed to play. It's all subjective and probably brainworms, but i think referring to the terminids and bots as commies (and sometimes fascists) crept in to the game by itself after launch. It's one of those things where some people are joking, some people definitely are not. Some people "get the satire" others are on board with the satirical representation of their beloved nato because it makes them look cool.
And that is exactly why I've avoided that game like the plague. Even "ironic" fascism makes me uncomfortable knowing how many gamers are already 9/10 of the way to
r/helldivers is basically just this for the last few days
It's beyond irritating
that, and the angry gamers constantly wanting to segue into "the damn wokes are censoring muh stellar blade". I can't get away from that stupid ass nontroversy
Um, no? Communism is when game devs put that little shadow under the skirts of my 15-year-old anime game waifus so that I can't see their panties
Is this whole controversy just weird capital-G Gamers logging into their Steam/Reddit/X/etc accounts to complain about logging in to a PlayStation account? I don’t get what the big deal is.
PSN is not available globally. People can't play the game, also suddenly altering a contract is garbage.
Also goes to show the account is not needed if the game works fine without it
As far as I can tell Sony shut down it's storefront in China in 2020 and HD2 has never been legally available in the PRC. So including the PRC gives a misleading picture of who is effected and how many people are effected.
You have to log into a PSN account to play the game on PC
If i had to break down people's motivations by degree of how "real" those motivations are, by what is actually motivating the people doing it instead of what they claim or think is motivating them, i'd do it like this;
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first and most important, a certain probably small percentage of gamers are reactionary scum who take visceral pleasure in harassment and doxxing of whoever they've convinced themselves is there enemy. This kind of thrumming "we as consumers must rise up and terrorism a small game development firm!" Sentiment has been building since release. It's grown stronger every patch with the small active poster group finding things to become extremely aggrieved about, and then organizing campaigns to "make their voices heard" that amount to little more than blunt harassment. I think it's a false class consciousness, the vicious little shits think they"re "customers" and that if they just harass and doxx enough people at the target company they'll achieve utopia or something. They're rising up, not against capitalism or capitalists, but against whatever gaming company pissed their aggrieved little
brains this week. It's 4chan witch hunting with a veneer of consumer activism, but it's really just a bunch of angry powerless white men screaming red faced at the internet -
under that, people are upset because they believe Sony is going to make them use a picture to confirm their ID. As far as I can find out this is only a policy in the UK and occupied Ireland. Sony is doing it to comply with the UK surveillance state and never actually sees your picture. That's handled entirely by a british company
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people are upset about Sony mishandling data and having data security breaches. At least in the us all the data sony asks for is a matter of public record - name, address, dob, email. Giving companies information is bad, but this isn't ssns or bank accounts or really anything that justifies the degree of grievance
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people are upset about the rug pull. They're being told to do something and they're refusing (or making a public show of refusing) out of obstinacy because it gives them an illusion of control over their lives. They have no control over any part of their lives, no political mobilization or class conscious, and they're completely atomized and without community. This gives them some of the rush of participating in mass political action, of feeling like they're taking control of their lives
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and down at the bottom, concern about fellow players in regions that are getting fucked over by Sony. A lot of these people, I think, aren't really aware of just who is getting fucked over, as it's mostly Africans, Russians, SEA, and the Baltics, they just know someone is getting fucked over, feel some degree of solidarity with those people due to the general feeling of good will and comradery between people who play the game, and are upset that folks they feel a connection with are getting a short stick.
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If someone posts something like that they should be IP banned from every website except marxists.org.
