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Quoting: PatolaIt even raises awareness that such motto exists.

That's baffling. What's next? Will Proton be the #FinalSolution for playing games on Linux? Look, I raised awareness to the Holocaust!

No you didn't (or rather wouldn't if tweeted). You'd make fun of 6 million murdered people by using an euphemism used solely by the Nazi for their genocide. That's not raising awareness. That's just plain stupid. Or vile. I get triggered on that since I hear such "funny quotes" much more frequently in recent times, both from "normal people" and politicians.

So you're completely ignoring the context...

Not sure if ignoring the context, or trying to explain to those who did. This thread continues to be confusing :)

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Quoting: PatolaThe problem was not so much mentioning it as so openly choosing a side - which one commenter promptly exposed, like with the "dumb" adjective to refer to the tweet.

Actually, I don't see his comment as picking a side, and I apologize if I made it sound so.

I just think the article is atrocious, as it only paints a picture of GOG as dumb. But that is only a personal attack by GOG's detractors.

My article is atrocious for speculating on a single thing, that has as shown by another comment, caused another developer to withdraw their support for GOG? I would call that pretty on point.

If you think a single mention of something I deem dumb, well, you have an extremely low tolerance for anyone having thoughts of their own eh?

I think the3dfxdude was referring to the Eurogamer article, not yours. Not that I find either of them offensive, but yours is certainly not stepping on anyone's toes.

Well then. Confusing.

I think it's a bit confusing too, and I could certainly be wrong :)

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Quoting: the3dfxdude

Quoting: PatolaThe problem was not so much mentioning it as so openly choosing a side - which one commenter promptly exposed, like with the "dumb" adjective to refer to the tweet.

Actually, I don't see his comment as picking a side, and I apologize if I made it sound so.

I just think the article is atrocious, as it only paints a picture of GOG as dumb. But that is only a personal attack by GOG's detractors.

My article is atrocious for speculating on a single thing, that has as shown by another comment, caused another developer to withdraw their support for GOG? I would call that pretty on point.

If you think a single mention of something I deem dumb, well, you have an extremely low tolerance for anyone having thoughts of their own eh?

I think the3dfxdude was referring to the Eurogamer article, not yours. Not that I find either of them offensive, but yours is certainly not stepping on anyone's toes.

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Quoting: fabertaweI'm so happy having no knowledge of Twitter and Facebook, etc, etc. Somebody somewhere will always be offended by everything. Free speech is already irreparably damaged in the UK.

So "backlash", or as I would put it, pointing out when someone did something inappropriate, is not covered under your definition of free speech? Interesting.

Not that this controversy has anything to do with free speech to begin with.

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Quoting: liamdaweWhat's amusing to one person, is highly offensive to another. Such is the way of life and the internet especially on such a toxic topic for a lot of people.

Despite my own personal feelings on it, which I won't bring up, I think it was very dumb for a games store to post. They are a business after all, not a joke personal account for someone. There is an expectation to have a certain level of professionalism and sensitivity to issues.

Why does a gaming publication, the one you link to, push a non-gaming controversy instead of just writing about games? Seems like a coordinated attack to me. There is an expectation to have a certain level of professionalism and sensitivity to issues. Instead they *promote* outrage. Calling someone "Gat0r-trash" and ensuring that whole tweet is featured, saving deleted tweets and sharing so you make sure everyone sees it anyway to outrage people, dissertating a whole history for further negativity.

Why can't people just handle others gracefully and just let bygones be bygones?

No reason, however, has been given by either party on why this is happening, so I have reached out to Hinterland to see if they can let us know why and I will update this article if they reply. I don't want to speculate on it too much, but perhaps it's as a result of GOG's recent dumb tweet.

Now thanks to this speculation, I no longer want to comment whether to support GOG or Hinterland, because it wades into appearing to take sides in a stupid political fight.

You think a gaming site, writing about what a games store did isn't on topic? I don't agree, I think people were right to highlight it no matter what. It's not promoting outrage, it's highlighting something they did. It was a very poor decision by the person running the GOG account.

You can still support GOG, I do. I don't let a single person at a company who made a dumb decision affect everything I do. As long as they learn from it and stick to what they're good at.

Let's not forget that one time they tweeted (long since deleted) an animated GIF from Postal 2 with the dude pissing on a tomb stone that said "Games Journalism, Committed Suicide, August 28, 2014".

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Quoting: LeopardOMG , what is wrong with using a hashtag that really goes on with what GOG ( Good Old Games ) claimed when it is first came out?

Is hashtags are proprietary things now?

I think GOG didn't do any wrong with it , just usual SJW's trying to attack everyone who doesn't agree with them or just not giving actual care what they're doing.

It's important to note that this was the third time GOG made an insensitive tweet. First time might have been an honest mistake and people were forgiving and politely pointed out their mistake, but then it happened again and again and a pattern started forming.

No, of course hashtags aren't proprietary but do you not see how inappropriate it is to purposely hijack a hashtag about a current political/social issue and using it for advertising a games store?

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Quoting: ixnariI must be jaded as hell, because I thought that tweet was pretty funny. That said, GOG's use of that particular hashtag while this whole anti-trans kerfuffle is going on might not have been the best idea. I would still very much like to hear Hinterland's reason why they've decided to pull their game from GOG.

Yeah, it actually seems it's unlikely to be caused by a twitter post, if that was the reason they'd have publicly stated it already as it's basically nothing more than a publicity stunt (albeit targeting the people who won't buy your games in the first place).

I'd like to know as well what made them want to leave.

How is that unlikely? Several other developers have pulled their games due to this recent Twitter debacle while giving official statements on how it's not acceptable behaviour from a games store. The timing actually suggests that this is the reason even though Hinterland hasn't given any explanation.

You know, I haven't actually heard of any that did. Care to note a few?

Here's one: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-10-24-journeyquest-maker-cancels-contract-with-gog-over-transphobic-tweets [External Link]

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Quoting: ixnariI must be jaded as hell, because I thought that tweet was pretty funny. That said, GOG's use of that particular hashtag while this whole anti-trans kerfuffle is going on might not have been the best idea. I would still very much like to hear Hinterland's reason why they've decided to pull their game from GOG.

Yeah, it actually seems it's unlikely to be caused by a twitter post, if that was the reason they'd have publicly stated it already as it's basically nothing more than a publicity stunt (albeit targeting the people who won't buy your games in the first place).

I'd like to know as well what made them want to leave.

How is that unlikely? Several other developers have pulled their games due to this recent Twitter debacle while giving official statements on how it's not acceptable behaviour from a games store. The timing actually suggests that this is the reason even though Hinterland hasn't given any explanation.

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Most devs would have abandoned the game long ago so TaleWorlds Entertainment should have a fair bit of credit for setting a good example here. Nicely done ^_^

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