''Ooooh noooo, not a ban on discussion of just one more game out of thousands released every year. How dare those trans people fighting for their right to live ruin my fun!''
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CDP tweets trash tweet about trans people AGAIN this time from GOG (Read OP)
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A shitty apology from the social media team isn't enough for me anymore.
This needs to be CEO level and a proper clean out of the whole social media team and an attempt to change the culture. If that means hiring a whole new social media team from another country then do it.
This needs to be CEO level and a proper clean out of the whole social media team and an attempt to change the culture. If that means hiring a whole new social media team from another country then do it.
The first time "the twitter guy" post something like this, you can chalk it up to human error.
The second time, you can chalk it up to the company giving "the twitter guy" a second chance.
The third time is when you need to accept that the company doesn't see a problem with it.
Re: "assume my gender" - half hearted apology
Re: Pro-GG pissing on gravestone - fuck all
I'm really curious but where in this post are they dismissing transphobia? And how is pointing out that a lot of people from a very conservative country hold very conservative views (a.k.a being anti trans/anti lgbt) racist? Could someone explain this to me? Because I'd rather not catch a two week ban myself.
Really tasteless to co opt a social movement to try to sell shit. What were the previous tweets that were transphobic?
They will never change so as long as the demographic they cater to with GOG will eat their shit up regardless of criticism
They're gonna need to fire their whole social "team" or whatever it is to attempt to save face here.
I agree that this tweet is wrong and the author should get fired.
But I also have to add that some points are unfair. I'm Polish myself and my family always worked hard for human rights and started projects with people of all colors, with homosexuals and transgenders. My father founded in Berlin an influential Polish club, supporting artists of all sexes and origins.
Also I met this and last year as an editor for video games the CDPR staff at the Gamescom and I'm convinced that at least most of them are open minded, progressive young people, that criticize the Polish government as much as I do for their conservative views.
It's extremely ignorant and hurts me personally to read how people are generalisising about CDPR staff and Polish people. I know that Poland is in a horrible state right now but the US and Europe in general are also conquered by right wing, conservative parties. We have to criticize these movements and also we have to criticize CDPR for those tweets but we shouldn't close a door without knowing who's actually behind it.
(Sorry for my English. I'm not a native speaker obviously.)
But I also have to add that some points are unfair. I'm Polish myself and my family always worked hard for human rights and started projects with people of all colors, with homosexuals and transgenders. My father founded in Berlin an influential Polish club, supporting artists of all sexes and origins.
Also I met this and last year as an editor for video games the CDPR staff at the Gamescom and I'm convinced that at least most of them are open minded, progressive young people, that criticize the Polish government as much as I do for their conservative views.
It's extremely ignorant and hurts me personally to read how people are generalisising about CDPR staff and Polish people. I know that Poland is in a horrible state right now but the US and Europe in general are also conquered by right wing, conservative parties. We have to criticize these movements and also we have to criticize CDPR for those tweets but we shouldn't close a door without knowing who's actually behind it.
(Sorry for my English. I'm not a native speaker obviously.)
It wont because then the forum would be banning a lot of companies. Hell SE employs a homophobic music producers who think gay folk dont deserve to live and had been on record saying absolutely horrible shit and yet SE is still discussed and praised. And DQXI had several threads. Best bet is to not buy the game and tell others.
Just delete the tweets and not mention it after? Did any outlet ever ask them about it?
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Mod team couldn't care less about taking a stance on discussion revolving games if it's by a regressive company
OFF TOPIC: I just looked and Jesus Christ what an utterly turdfest that place has become especially the "Politics" segment. Sheesh.
Life is politics, you moron. And you certainly won't be missed.
i didn't have much interest in Cyberpunk in the first place but wanted to play W3 at some point.
Now i just have no interest tbh
Now i just have no interest tbh
I've overlooked a lot of shit behavior and gone ahead and purchased games after controversies that irked me, but honestly this time? I'm not purchasing their games anymore. This is absolutely ridiculous, and they aren't as clever as they think they are. Three times? Nah. Sleep on Cyberpunk.
Thanks.
Glad I've never been interested in an CDPR game before, and I don't play on PC.
"Separating art from artist" is an out for people who are too weak-willed and cowardly to stop enjoying entertainment from immoral sources. And it falls completely apart when you are discussing contemporary, premium entertainment, which requires you to give money to the offending entity, and thereby directly support their continued ability to exist.
CD Projekt owns one of the best developers in the industry. CD Projekt is tacitly condoning a culture of misogyny and transphobia. By buying game from them you are supporting GamerGate and transphobia. Full stop, any protestation to the contrary is literally a lie. The only way that would ever change is if CD Projekt wrote a sincere apology for this tweet tomorrow, fired the GOG community manager, and took a good hard look at itself and the culture brewing under its roof. There are no magic words you can say to distance the company from the entertainment product you paid them for and hold in your hands. The company has to change.
And don't act like the burden imposed on you is great or disruptive. We are literally living in one of the greatest times in gaming history. There are multiple critically-acclaimed titles coming out each and every month that are not being sold by this company. There are games of the same genre, setting, and even the same budget. I'm sitting on almost a dozen titles myself right now, that's how many games there are to play. There are plenty of options to entertain yourself. You don't even have to do anything; you, literally, just have to not go out of your way to do something. Can you do that, privileged person with enough disposable income to buy games? Can you do this one fucking thing? For human rights?
this
all these
"the social media guy got to go"
"get your shit together cdpr"
"how are they letting this happen"
posts are complete bullshit. when it's happened this many tims, it's completely fucking obvious this aligns with the companies politics as a whole
this is what they sad about gamergate
this is all they said about the cyberpunk tweet
where's the CDPR tweet?
GoG has very little to do with the cyberpunk development team, i would imagine.
All the social media team need some training, that's for sure.
GoG has very little to do with the cyberpunk development team, i would imagine.
All the social media team need some training, that's for sure.
A pr guy from GOG posted here apologizing and saying it was accident for the 2nd tweet
Didn't see this in the OP but how does CDPR tweet using GoG.com Twitter account...?
Oooh... CDPR owns GoG, thank you!
Oooh... CDPR owns GoG, thank you!
I fail to recall any exemple of contreversy where not buying a game (provided you actually wanted to buy it in the first place) coming out years after the facts has ever achieved anything.There's no memo attached to your non-purchase that magically informs the publisher as to why he's not getting your money. Letting said publisher know that people in large enough numbers are unhappy with the current situation and that it's hurting their reputation has proven to be relatively effective so far.
I'm also not sure what that MW2 meme has to do with anything. I don't think anyone's going to call out people for not boycotting a game they never said they were going to boycott.
"Sorry if you were offended" is the MOST sincere apology, though!
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They made a half hearted apology for the gravestone one on Reddit, Twitter and here on Era (https://www.resetera.com/threads/vg...pdate-gog-apology.56374/page-10#post-10557998), (edit: the gender one had a twitter "apology" as well, I was wrong)
VG247 covered the gravestone one (see linked thread above), don't recall much else for either
So how long until they make another dumbfuck tweet like "MISS WHEN PC GAMES DIDN'T HAVE BAD DRM?! #metoo"
I give it a month.
I still get pissed reading that Cyberpunk 2077 tweet. Yes, you did mean to hurt someone you assholes.
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Huh, guess I'll pirate a game for the first time in years.
Thanks, CDPR, you daft cunts :)
Thanks, CDPR, you daft cunts :)
That Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter response makes me so fucking mad. Ugh.
"Sorry you cant take our transphobic jokes! See ya!"
I would actually be amazed if they banned the OT or discussion of Cyberpunk considering they never banned that Kingdom Come game considering the lead behind it was a white nationalist.
However, that would be a tall order anyway considering it is one of the most anticipated games, would they just blanket warn or ban people who even start talking about it?
I wonder what kind of cheap apology they will use now. Or better, don't. We all know what they really represent.
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