CDP tweets trash tweet about trans people AGAIN this time from GOG (Read OP)

Khanimus · Oct 22, 2018

Linkark07 said:
If anyone is interested, they also proved they were homophobic in 2015.

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/590153077107265536

Long story short, a bad 'joke' was in the first Pillars of Eternity and a trans woman wanted to have the game removed from her account. The GOG customer support tried to lecture her on how she should interpret transphobic content. And the GOG Twitter account, instead of saying they fired the homophobic idiot, they just alerted the agent to be more considerate.

So yeah... needless to say, GOG and CDProjekt Red are quite homophobic and they will continue doing this.

x 10

For the record, I'm not going to come in and claim people don't fuck up. I've said transphobic shit in the past, and I genuinely hate myself for having done so, even if I try to somehow convince myself there was no intended malice behind it. Difference is, when you realize you're being a fucking asshole, you try to be better. You try to find empathy for the people who you've hurt. I see no evidence that there is any attempt within the company to self-correct such bullshit.

Weltall Zero · Oct 22, 2018

metalslimer said:
How is that doxing?

Uh, it shows their real name (assuming the author of the article in the image is them).

amphteamints · Oct 22, 2018

massoluk said:
Don't dox.

don't post publicly available quotes?

dude i don't think you know what doxxing is.

Antrax · Oct 22, 2018

Matthew77 said:
job is literally to be the public facing voice of the company

Yeah, this. "They don't speak for the whole company" is just comically incorrect. They are quite literally paid to speak for the whole company.

shoptroll · Oct 22, 2018

Linkark07 said:
If anyone is interested, they also proved they were homophobic in 2015.

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/590153077107265536

Long story short, a bad 'joke' was in the first Pillars of Eternity and a trans woman wanted to have the game removed from her account. The GOG customer support tried to lecture her on how she should interpret transphobic content. And the GOG Twitter account, instead of saying they fired the homophobic idiot, they just alerted the agent to be more considerate.

So yeah... needless to say, GOG and CDProjekt Red are quite homophobic and they will continue doing this.

Thanks for digging this up. I remembered this had happened previously and couldn't remember the specifics. FWIW, they also continued to partner with TB for regular appearances on their streams during or post-GG, despite online complaints about his role in GG.

They're well past the "rogue operative" or "tone deaf" narrative at this point.

daegan · Oct 22, 2018

Weltall Zero said:
Uh, it shows their real name (assuming the author of the article in the image is them).

It's a byline. Even if self-published, I think you would have a hard time considering that "doxing." Think the bigger issue is there is no way to know who actually wrote that post and therefore if this is the person responsible.

Almagest · Oct 22, 2018

I don't know wtf is going on with their social media but this is like the third time this happens, if they let it slide again they are just complicit, no other explanation.

jack_package_200 · Oct 22, 2018

Never played a CDPR game. Never felt motivated to touch The Witcher.

Not really seeing that changing.

Red Frost · Oct 22, 2018

metalslimer said:
How is that doxing?

Someone was permabanned for doing the exact same thing during the last CDPR controversy. It's best to be safe.

Cantaim · Oct 22, 2018

I'm sensing a pattern here

Kapryov · Oct 22, 2018

I'd like to think this is just a tonedeaf attempt at humour, rather than anything intended to be malicious, but even if so it's tremendously tonedeaf.
Especially considering the last attempt at humour, they really really need to rethink who they have at the helm of their social media accounts. This is just embarrassing.

Eggiem · Oct 22, 2018

Cantaim said:
I'm sensing a pattern here

Is it still the same social media person?

texhnolyze · Oct 22, 2018

Almagest said:
I don't know wtf is going on with their social media but this is like the third time this happens, if they let it slide again they are just complicit, no other explanation.

Eggiem said:
Is it still the same social media person?

It's not just social media, and it's not just from one person. Various accounts and departments were involved. Seems like it's the company-wide culture, unfortunately.

mentallyinept · Oct 22, 2018

Oof.

CDPR continues to shit the bed and taint the most aniticipated game in the works with hateful rhetoric.

If I was someone working for them, I'd be really pissed off that the people responsible for the public face of the company I'm pouring my life into are doing this shit over and over.

Maybe an internal uprising is what's needed to shut this shit down, cause they clearly don't give a fuck what the public thinks.

Khanimus · Oct 22, 2018

Eggiem said:
Is it still the same social media person?

Would it be better or worse if it was?

Poised Turtoise · Oct 22, 2018

Kapryov said:
I'd like to think this is just a tonedeaf attempt at humour, rather than anything intended to be malicious, but even if so it's tremendously tonedeaf.
Especially considering the last attempt at humour, they really really need to rethink who they have at the helm of their social media accounts. This is just embarrassing.

Maybe the last one but this one is just malicious. "How's that for a hashtag?"

I mean c'mon

KoolAid · Oct 22, 2018

Alright, sorry for posting that, it kinda is doxxing after all, I didn't post the linkedin profile because of that but the article does still have his name after all

amphteamints · Oct 22, 2018

Kapryov said:
I'd like to think this is just a tonedeaf attempt at humour, rather than anything intended to be malicious, but even if so it's tremendously tonedeaf.
Especially considering the last attempt at humour, they really really need to rethink who they have at the helm of their social media accounts. This is just embarrassing.

you aren't tonedeaf three times in a row while also telling someone who wants a refund because of a transphobic joke in a game that they just weren't enjoying it the right way.

they're straight up bigots and garbage and anyone who buys cyberpunk knowing about these events supports that.

Deleted member 42 · Oct 22, 2018

Don't post something that could lead to someone's personal information being found. We don't know which individual made the tweet, only that it was someone on GOG/CDPR's social media team.

If you have to ask, don't do it.

Azzanadra · Oct 22, 2018

Flammable D · Oct 22, 2018

Again with the writing their last occurrence of transphobia off as tone deaf or not malicious

The assume your gender shit literally does not work as a joke unless the punchline is trans people's identities.

I tore my fucking hair out arguing this with people in the thread for that mess.

Weltall Zero · Oct 22, 2018

Linkark07 said:
If anyone is interested, they also proved they were homophobic in 2015.

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/590153077107265536

Long story short, a bad 'joke' was in the first Pillars of Eternity and a trans woman wanted to have the game removed from her account. The GOG customer support tried to lecture her on how she should interpret transphobic content. And the GOG Twitter account, instead of saying they fired the homophobic idiot, they just alerted the agent to be more considerate.

So yeah... needless to say, GOG and CDProjekt Red are quite homophobic and they will continue doing this.

Ugh.
Also, it may be the least offensive thing in what's otherwise a cavalcade of barely coherent grammar and transphobic ramblings, but "suicide rates are always higher in a smaller group" was like the mathematically ignorant cherry on top of the bigoted shit cake.

Poised Turtoise · Oct 22, 2018

I don't condone certain practices and won't do them, but in the case of Cyberpunk 2077 at this point....

I have no sympathy for CDPR with whatever happens honestly

kittens · Oct 22, 2018

what the actual hell @ the GOG tweet

shoptroll · Oct 22, 2018

mentallyinept said:
Maybe an internal uprising is what's needed to shut this shit down, cause they clearly don't give a fuck what the public thinks.

Some actual competition in the PC storefront space would be nice. Valve and CDPR are problematic for various (and occasionally overlapping) reasons. Humble is just a wrapper for everyone else and none of the big pubs deal with Itch.

It's the same problem with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone knows both companies are run by ethically questionable people, but there's no place to jump ship to.

If people could take their money and spend it elsewhere on DRM-free games CDPR wouldn't be able to let this stuff slide.

Deleted member 22713 · Oct 22, 2018

amphteamints said:
don't post publicly available quotes?

dude i don't think you know what doxxing is.

They're talking about the one that's been deleted.

Mercuryvoid · Oct 22, 2018

From the business point of view, keeping the social media guy that already done these things is not a very good business practice. They can have their personal views on the matter, but to have the public relation blunder like this, I don't know how the business mindset of Polish company works.

amphteamints · Oct 22, 2018

PenSeph said:
They're talking about the one that's been deleted.

oh whoops didn't see that one- was really confused why that other one was considered doxxing.

Dmax3901 · Oct 22, 2018

Weltall Zero said:
Frankly, I don't see an issue at all with an "infinitely discussable and divisive controversy"; more visibility is always better. Anything better than doing nothing, let it slip through the cracks again and have everyone forget about it in one month. Hell, "infinitely divisive and discussable controversy" is what we have going at the female sexualization thread and it's been really positive for a lot of people!

The difference with the female sexualisation thread is that it's a discussion happening on this site, which is moderated appropriately.

Any conversation about "the SJW forum banning our beloved CP2077" being had on reddit/twitter etc is unlikely to hold any value.

angelgrievous · Oct 22, 2018

nvm

see the post below.

Deleted member 22713 · Oct 22, 2018

Poised Turtoise said:
I don't condone *snip*

EDIT: Cool :)

Marauder85 · Oct 22, 2018

I think transphobia of any kind is horrible but the way this thread is throwing out bans to different opinions is quite fascistic.

You might as well have just put up an OP and not allowed comments. Isn't this a discussion board?

It's better to argue with people and convince them they're wrong than to just remove them from the board. Dare I say...erase?

Anyway. I hope this comment isn't taken too badly. I'm just saying what I see and being the natural contrarian I am. It often gets me into trouble.

And I hope I'm being reasonable enough to not be thrown out with the others. I like this board.

less · Oct 22, 2018

Linkark07 said:
If anyone is interested, they also proved they were homophobic in 2015.

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/590153077107265536

Long story short, a bad 'joke' was in the first Pillars of Eternity and a trans woman wanted to have the game removed from her account. The GOG customer support tried to lecture her on how she should interpret transphobic content. And the GOG Twitter account, instead of saying they fired the homophobic idiot, they just alerted the agent to be more considerate.

So yeah... needless to say, GOG and CDProjekt Red are quite homophobic and they will continue doing this.

Learning of this incident really makes the recent incidents look even worse. Horrible look for CDPR and really destroys the goodwill I had left for the company.

PaulloDEC · Oct 22, 2018

I'd have thought CDPR would've run out of feet to put in their mouth by this point. Apparently not.

Deleted member 13148 · Oct 22, 2018

shoptroll said:
Some actual competition in the PC storefront space would be nice. Valve and CDPR are problematic for various (and occasionally overlapping) reasons. Humble is just a wrapper for everyone else and none of the big pubs deal with Itch.

It's the same problem with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone knows both companies are run by ethically questionable people, but there's no place to jump ship to.

If people could take their money and spend it elsewhere on DRM-free games CDPR wouldn't be able to let this stuff slide.

itch.io is pretty cool for indie games.

passepied joe · Oct 22, 2018

Poised Turtoise said:
I don't condone certain practices, but in the case of Cyberpunk 2077 at this point....

Yes, yes I do ;<

Are you saying that you would pirate the game?

Cyanity · Oct 22, 2018

Seriously though, I can't wait to hear the explanation for this one. If it's another "oh haha, we totally didn't realize this hashtag directly related to the extremely serious issue of trans erasure would offend people, whoops-ie!" "We'll be super duper sure to never do anything like this again, teehee!"...

Dmax3901 · Oct 22, 2018

Marauder85 said:
I think transphobia of any kind is horrible but the way this thread is throwing out bans to different opinions is quite fascistic.

You might as well have just put up an OP and not allowed comments. Isn't this a discussion board?

It's better to argue with people and convince them they're wrong than to just remove them from the board. Dare I say...erase?

Anyway. I hope this comment isn't taken too badly. I'm just saying what I see and being the natural contrarian I am. It often gets me into trouble.

And I hope I'm being reasonable enough to not be thrown out with the others. I like this board.

You're a real piece of shit.

Flammable D · Oct 22, 2018

Marauder85 said:
I think transphobia of any kind is horrible but the way this thread is throwing out bans to different opinions is quite fascistic.

You might as well have just put up an OP and not allowed comments. Isn't this a discussion board?

It's better to argue with people and convince them they're wrong than to just remove them from the board. Dare I say...erase?

Anyway. I hope this comment isn't taken too badly. I'm just saying what I see and being the natural contrarian I am. It often gets me into trouble.

And I hope I'm being reasonable enough to not be thrown out with the others. I like this board.

When you're being contrarian about people's existence and still too cowardly to come out and say what your opinion is you're terrified will get you banned... Not surprised it gets you into trouble. Jog on.

Dark_Chris · Oct 22, 2018

Do we know if Cyberpunk and GoG twitters are run by the same PR person? If yes, that guy needs to be fired and made example of.

Poised Turtoise · Oct 22, 2018

passepied joe said:
Are you saying that you would pirate the game?

Nope, I never pirate games and have edited my post accordingly. Don't even think I could on my chromebook if I wanted

Verelios · Oct 22, 2018

God damn, is it so hard to not be hateful? Like, is this a compulsion for these people?

Laughing Banana · Oct 22, 2018

MutFox said:
Is it a certain PR or SM employee that is responsible?
Or have multiple employees or executives from the company also done this?

That their social media could be tone deaf might be (most probably be) because of the kind of culture being fostered at their office too.

passepied joe · Oct 22, 2018

Poised Turtoise said:
Nope, I never pirate games and have edited my post accordingly. Don't even think I could on my chromebook if I wanted

Oh ok, thanks for clarifying.

Doof · Oct 22, 2018

Marauder85 said:
I think transphobia of any kind is horrible but the way this thread is throwing out bans to different opinions is quite fascistic.

You might as well have just put up an OP and not allowed comments. Isn't this a discussion board?

It's better to argue with people and convince them they're wrong than to just remove them from the board. Dare I say...erase?

Anyway. I hope this comment isn't taken too badly. I'm just saying what I see and being the natural contrarian I am. It often gets me into trouble.

And I hope I'm being reasonable enough to not be thrown out with the others. I like this board.

There's no place for transphobes on this board. We owe our transgender members that much.

Also, miss me with that fuckin erase shit, you can fuck off, man.

Also also, you really must love this forum, what with your 50 posts in just under a year, lmao.

HMS_Pinafore · Oct 22, 2018

Marauder85 said:
I think transphobia of any kind is horrible but the way this thread is throwing out bans to different opinions is quite fascistic.

You might as well have just put up an OP and not allowed comments. Isn't this a discussion board?

It's better to argue with people and convince them they're wrong than to just remove them from the board. Dare I say...erase?

Anyway. I hope this comment isn't taken too badly. I'm just saying what I see and being the natural contrarian I am. It often gets me into trouble.

And I hope I'm being reasonable enough to not be thrown out with the others. I like this board.

This whole post is a mighty Hmmm.

Transphobia isn't just having a different opinion, it's abhorrent and we should be past discussing if it's okay or not.

Aters · Oct 22, 2018

that's some terrible PR, why don't they hire someone professional?

shoptroll · Oct 22, 2018

Devin said:
itch.io is pretty cool for indie games.

It is! But not every indie uses it. And while it would be a great place for older games too, good luck convincing EA, 2K, Activision, Disney, etc. it's worth their time :(

Jamesac68 · Oct 22, 2018

My initial response was the tweet was tone deaf. I hadn't forgotten CDPR's history but didn't think it through. This in't tone deafness, this is CDPR pretending to snarky humor in a failed attempt to cover bigoted assholery.

HiLife · Oct 22, 2018

Marauder85 said:
I think transphobia of any kind is horrible but the way this thread is throwing out bans to different opinions is quite fascistic.

You might as well have just put up an OP and not allowed comments. Isn't this a discussion board?

It's better to argue with people and convince them they're wrong than to just remove them from the board. Dare I say...erase?

Anyway. I hope this comment isn't taken too badly. I'm just saying what I see and being the natural contrarian I am. It often gets me into trouble.

And I hope I'm being reasonable enough to not be thrown out with the others. I like this board.

The natural contrarian lmao.

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