Marvel’s Avengers game account posts.... unfortunately timed tweet
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The marketing for this game has been really bad huh? Although this is probably the most egregious mistake.
Bad timing but an innocent tweet. ERA's hate boner for this game is strange. I mean I hate it too but I want to know why we hate it
I can see why they probably thought it was okay despite what was going on, since it's Captain America and he's a good guy and all, but yes, bad timing.
Putting the reason for this thread aside I think it's because it has a service angle and people here are generally against that (not everyone obviously, but many). I think people would be talking about it differently would it be an fully SP game ala Spider-Man honestly.
I don't get it?
I'm trying to apply it to current events but struggling because Cap is not a bad guy or an oppressor.
I'm trying to apply it to current events but struggling because Cap is not a bad guy or an oppressor.
Muted colors and very western uninspired.. despite that can still sell a truckload
Statues are being defaced and torn down in multiple countries.
Wait wait....is it bad because its acting as if people defacing statues don't have respect for law enforcement which very much is whats happening now?
Mind you I 100% hope every statue celebrating racists is torn down but just wanna make sure I understand why this is offensive
Mind you I 100% hope every statue celebrating racists is torn down but just wanna make sure I understand why this is offensive
Not honestly seeing the problem. AIM drones are hardly as bad as the police too. Defacing and taking down confederate soldiers/general monuments (good) is equivalent or analogous to captain America statue defacing (extremely neutral)?
I'm not really seeing the connect and it really reeks of trying to tear a game people don't like the art style of. Honestly weird.
More of a reach than Mr fantastic imo
Edit: well they deleted it so there must be something yall see that I don't in that connection. Didn't really understand but maybe my understanding of nuance is wrong.
I'm not really seeing the connect and it really reeks of trying to tear a game people don't like the art style of. Honestly weird.
More of a reach than Mr fantastic imo
Edit: well they deleted it so there must be something yall see that I don't in that connection. Didn't really understand but maybe my understanding of nuance is wrong.
Something about how Captain America's statue has been defaced
Sure, of genuinely bad people, racists, and civil war soldiers. Of which Captain America is... none of the above.
Yeah pretty yikes. Must've been pre-scheduled.Screenshot of the tweet:
Agreed. This doesn't seem like all that bad. Timely given the current conversation about Confederate statues, but also, it's a statue of Captain America, not the Red Skull.
Yeesh, definitely unfortunately timed.Screenshot of the tweet:
Probably not malicious but pretty tone deaf for PR to let that through with everything that is going on. Like you are just begging for the comparisons to be made even if you meant nothing by it.
Yes, the game also looks terrible.
But that tweet shouldn't have been sent out.
I think you can see it as "look at these fine statues, it's a shame people want to deface them and tear them down, so much so that we have automated drones that keep watch."
Obviously the context is different and not intended as commentary on recent events. But even unintended parallels like "Captain America is a figure of justice whose statue must be protected from assholes" compared to actual people tearing down actual statues because the people they represent are problematic people who perpetuated systems of oppression is, well...
I think it was originally tweeted at noon EDT but only recently taken down.
It was up for four hours, not exactly "quickly" IMO.