This is turning out to be be a genius move by them. They get their internet troll army and consumer loyalty from a little targeted demographic for basically no cost at all. Nearly everyone on my gaming twitter list hasn't said a word about this. Just tweeting up a storm about the cohen stuff.
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THQ Nordic holding an AMA on... 8chan (UP: website linked to multiple mass shootings) READ THREADMARKS
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If it indeed included Switch games, then it would be way more lucrative than a few Steam games. Had it only been AA games moving from Windows Store to Steam, then it wouldn't matter much.
Either way, MS hasn't said anything yet, and I doubt they will. THQN will be perfectly fine, and I'm sure they've gained many new fans.
None of that offsets the fact that when you google the name of the company there are tons of results with the word CP
Most people will Google the actual game name they are interested in. I can't see many searching for THQ Nordic outside of this particular event.
Did I say he was?
All the questions you're asking, including the fact it's not just "some PR guy", are right there in the OP for you to read. What the fuck is the use of being "genuinely curious" if you won't bother spending the two minutes of your life that will take to sate that curiosity?
Wonder if this was some sort of 4D chess move after all. Would be crazy.
Will be interesting to see how much actual power the games journalism media and forums like this actually have if the company doesn't budge on this. Will there be any repercussions at all?
Will be interesting to see how much actual power the games journalism media and forums like this actually have if the company doesn't budge on this. Will there be any repercussions at all?
Yeah, I know about that. Doesn't mean much yet. The link has been taken down as well.
I'm just a very cynical person. I don't believe MS will do anything about it. If we see MS games appearing on Switch without the THQ logo on it, then yeah, we can talk about how this potentially actually affected them.
I wonder how many there are like me who would not have known that 8chan existed unless it was for this shit.
Did I ask you to say if he was? No, not all my questions were answered. Ease up with the aggressive language cat-dude, you can be more polite towards the people you discuss with.
No, it's a stupid move regardless. The pure shitlord crowd is loud but actually a tiny minority, you're going to turn off more customers than you gain overall.
Get the hell out with the tone policing, sealioning and "just asking questions". Every question and wrong assumption in your post is answered by the OP, and the only thing you're demonstrating with your every subsequent post is how little you actually care about the issue or the known facts.
Origin Access (EA's subscription service) has THQ Nordic games included in it. In the spirit of not condoning their activities, I've cancelled my sub and let EA know why.
Great! I don't subscribe to EA Origin Access, but I would cancel that in a heartbeat if I did.
Also, a reminder that you can choose to ignore content from THQ Nordic on Steam. If you go to their publisher page, you can see a small cog wheel. There you can choose to ignore content from this publisher.
Same here. Cancelled my Gamepass and Origin Access subs this morning.
Dude, did someone fuck your cat? Get off your high horse and learn how to exchange opinions and engage in conversation. Try it.
I will repeat my point which I believe is quite important: if you are disgusted by the alt-right and/or pedophilia, you cannot let this stand. You cannot justify this as "some random PR dude's fuckup". This was a calculated move by higher ups at the company, a move that has endeared their games to an actual audience that exists. If decent people don't stop buying their games, then this move is a net positive for them and we will see more of them in the future.
Ah, yeah THQ is in Gamepass as well. Canceling that right now.
jschreier Are you writing a piece on this yourself? Kotaku's existing coverage is extremely inadequate (putting it kindly — the article's title doesn't even name the company involved, let alone describe the forum), and with all the information exhaustively listed in this thread's threadmarks alone, one could construct a more rigorous and damning indictment.
This situation needs so much more media attention than it's getting. Companies like Microsoft need to sever ties if there are no meaningful consequences laid out by the CEO of THQN (and it doesn't look like there will be, what with one of the involved being a high-ranking board member).
In any other industry, openly — gleefully — courting with and promoting a delisted forum of pedophillic hatemongers who engage in illegal activities such as doxxing would be a death sentence.
This situation needs so much more media attention than it's getting. Companies like Microsoft need to sever ties if there are no meaningful consequences laid out by the CEO of THQN (and it doesn't look like there will be, what with one of the involved being a high-ranking board member).
In any other industry, openly — gleefully — courting with and promoting a delisted forum of pedophillic hatemongers who engage in illegal activities such as doxxing would be a death sentence.
It was malevolence:
Don't make it so easy for them to defend themselves.
PR-Spin:
1. He obviosly meant the knight as one upcoming game form THQ is set in medieval times.
2. He knew that some users might throw stuff like that around. As with the loli comment he simply tried to disarm the situation with a fact (own game coming up) and a fun jab at the user who posted the loli-pic (we don't have something like that, you do)
3. The same could've happened on reddit. Look at these racist/homophobic/creepy subs.
4. Those views obviosly don't represent the values and morals of us as a company.
They wrote this shit the way they did because they could always spin it around. The alt-reich understands but they still can sell it as an honest mistake/trying to make the best of it in such a nice forum.
See this is a great problem because:
See the above examples deal with what is "suspected" BECAUSE it is ILLEGAL. However, it IS KNOWN through MYRIAD examples courtesy of that thread alone that the place is cesspit of BIGOTRY. When did it become to acceptable turn a blind eye to this to attract attention just because it is not considered "illegal" online at this point in time?
Below are the two examples which have gotten the reporting right, right off the bat (perhaps also add "also suspected of sharing CP"):
What is just as disconcerting, looking at that GS article is that it seems like the reporting is being done based on rudimentary information. Nowhere in that article are THQN's participation in acknowledgement of board's fuckery (like their direct responses to "Cease your faggotry" and "SocJus" and "lolitiddies") are mentioned. Removing that fact from the reporting goes a long way toward absolving these people of accountability.
Anyway, the story is not yet over and I hope more reporting is done with spine.
Me: "Stop tone policing and argue the facts"
You: *more tone policing; rape / zoophilia joke*
It's really on me for entertaining a conversation with an obvious concern troll. Report and ignore it is.
Whatever dude, march on your good cause - It's not really worth it and we are spoiling a thread with your attitude.
Yeah, that's a good recommendation. Though, I, uh, actually did that a while ago, when the bought Warhorse (the Kingdom Come devs) Makes it impossible to mistakenly look at their products.
I dunno that Valve cares at all how you use it, but as an organisational tool it's very handy.
Yeah, his attitude is spoiling the thread not your pointless questions that are answered in the threadmarks and the OP.
We can hope that THQ Nordic sees how many people are ignoring their content.
Yeah, his attitude is spoiling the thread not your pointless questions that are answered in the threadmarks and the OP.
Indeed; when all else fails, criticise tone, even if your own tone is 5x more condescending and insulting (because "the other guy did it first", right?). :)
But hey, at least he sure showed me with that witty and tone-appropriate "someone raped your cat" quip!
Again, this is the worst thing about it; it's a net positive. The only way to prevent it from being so is if the people who won't stand for this shit make a huge stink about it.
And so is tone policing with the alt-right!
jschreier Your comments on Twitter are good, but Kotaku's coverage of this is currently pretty bad.
It does not:
- Name THQ in the headline.
- Mention the involvement of Rienhard, a higher up at the company. Or the more mysterious Fabian.
- Mention the worst replies, like Rienhard joking about homophobia himself
- Mention that the official THQ Nordic twitter account had the link directly to the cesspit for over 15 hours, far beyond the apology.
The article also heavily plays up the apology, which we know to be BS because they were actively taking part in it. They knew what they were doing. Don't let them get away with feigning ignorance.
Media outlets have a responsibility to report things like this and it would be nice to see Kotaku do better.
It does not:
- Name THQ in the headline.
- Mention the involvement of Rienhard, a higher up at the company. Or the more mysterious Fabian.
- Mention the worst replies, like Rienhard joking about homophobia himself
- Mention that the official THQ Nordic twitter account had the link directly to the cesspit for over 15 hours, far beyond the apology.
The article also heavily plays up the apology, which we know to be BS because they were actively taking part in it. They knew what they were doing. Don't let them get away with feigning ignorance.
Media outlets have a responsibility to report things like this and it would be nice to see Kotaku do better.
For the total picture we only need to wait for him to accuse you of pedophilia while explaining the minute details differentiating ephebophilia and pedoshit.
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It is just burying your head in the sand to believe incompetence is more likely than malevolence when situations make no logical sense to just be a mistake.
No one holds an AMA on 8chan without knowing what it is. Like . . . Come on dude.
Lmfao @ the regurgitated "competing studio" line in the replies. Conservatives are so, so bad at not making it obvious that they're just parroting shit to say from their favorite mouthpieces. Reminds me of the "locker room talk" line that was repeated 800,000x after Trump's pussy-grabber comment.
What's really boring about these incidents is that they always follow the same pattern: company supports racist groups online, people complain about it, company says "oops, it was an accident" and some people actually believe it was an accident.
Well, I'm not buying Darksiders on Switch anymore.
Well, I'm not buying Darksiders on Switch anymore.
You can also report them. I did.
Thanks for reminding me this is something I could do
This is why we need sites like Waypoint. Sites that actually take this stuff seriously and aren't just fluff pieces disguised as news. It's also why whenever someone talks about how they don't like Waypoint it makes me instantly suspicious of their intention.