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THQ Nordic holding an AMA on... 8chan (UP: website linked to multiple mass shootings) READ THREADMARKS
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Yeah, I just read about it in the other thread on the other side. I thought they hosted, my bad.
Oh wow. I remember when some people were calling me out when I said no actions were taken from the press. I was wrong. We're back to active promotion. Not even Of THQ N but fuckin Reinhardt despite being one of the guys.
On first blush (and second and third), terminating service for 8chan seems like a smart move. The only possible concern is that it may scatter some of these scoundrels so that law enforcement has a harder time tracking them (and in theory a harder time preventing future terrorist plots).
But then again, scattering them will make it more harder for said scoundrels to coordinate their hate campaigns, spread their manifestos, radicalize each other and lionize their fellow murderers. So, it's probably still for the best to just shut down that horrible place. And man, what a horrible place it must be if it's where GamerGate and the outcasts from 4chan go...
But then again, scattering them will make it more harder for said scoundrels to coordinate their hate campaigns, spread their manifestos, radicalize each other and lionize their fellow murderers. So, it's probably still for the best to just shut down that horrible place. And man, what a horrible place it must be if it's where GamerGate and the outcasts from 4chan go...
Geoff is complicit in promoting bigotry and he clearly doesn't give a fuck.
Why? They didn't even properly apologize and try to make it right.
Fuck them. Forever.
It's awfully telling that one of 8chan's biggest detractors is the site's damn founder. That he's one of the first to call out the place as a breeding ground for terrorists makes THQ's actions all the worse.
But they didn't do anything to fix what they had caused.
Sorry it was locked :(
Lame and I don't get the reasoning, especially given Geoff's history.
Steam lists wht titles they publish at least so u can use that as reference
List of THQ Nordic games - Wikipedia
List of Deep Silver games - Wikipedia
No the reasoning was correct. He probably had very little to do with organising the interview or had much idea about all the 8chan stuff (Especially this particular person being involved).
He was just doing his job and it's not right to attack him over it. That's coming from someone who isn't a Geoff fan.
I guess, I am however convinced that he wouldn't give a fuck if he was made aware of the fact that Reinhardt helped signal boost a site where neo-nazis and pedophiles gather.
I understood their reasoning but it was kinda like "everything is shit but lets not single out this one guy for it". Keighly could maybe have made a stand about promoting THQ stuff but he didn't and he won't most likely if given the chance.
Happy to see 8chan is at least temporarily down. Hopefully they find a way to permanently get it shut down, best way would be for everyone to deny them hosting services instead of some invasive new laws to get it shut down. I'm a little confused though, are we holding THQ responsible for things that have happened on 8chan since their AMA? Seems a little weird to me.
I mean Geoff still invites Boogie to E3 to co-host shows there, so....
Considering there were basically no repercussions for anyone and it barely spent more than a day or two in the news cycle, I can see why people are still upset.
It would be hilarious if THQ Nordic's terrible pr move actually ended up being the beginning of the end for 8chan, and good riddance.
Agreed, he doesn't give a fuck.
Yeah, exactly my point.
With 8ch and violent gaming being blamed for these shootings, how long (and in which alternate reality) until someone in the media or the government shows a THQ game as an example when talking about violent games?
Beyond that, it's my understanding that hate-based movements have a natural tendency to descend into infighting because they're being encouraged to hate anyone in the outgroup, so by undermining efforts to keep them connected and splintering them feeds that tendency.
As for how bad of a place 8chan is, it was explicitly created because 4chan's was too restrictive on the content it allowed. Since 4chan allowed illegal torrent download and tried containing its Nazi presence in /pol/ instead of banning them, the only big restrictive they had was child pornography. That's also something demands a network.
You cant finish bury what is already in teh center of the Earth.
Yeah, I'm not gonna hold my breath for gamers to not be shit.
I mean, the main problem is not only on the gamer side but also on the media side. Media is supposed to act as a middle man that hold power on onto the production side, pushing them to be more honest and more truthful. In the end, the 8chan notice barely reached the mainstream gamer (and probably has been forgotten by now sadly).
However, I dont blame the media for that. The relation of power between gaming companies and media is clearly slated against the media, with the gaming companies being able to easily prohibit access to their goods (see Bethesda and Kotaku). The fact that even after months of asking for what has happened with the 8chan situation by Imran, THQN hasnt even made a statement saying they fired the PR guy is quite telling.
Never.
There are people correctly noting that 8chan are a factor in these shootings because of the open racism and white supremacist postings and because by its nature it is where the shit of the internet goes when it gets flushed, so it's populated with the kind of scum who encourage this line of thought and take pleasure at these shootings.
There's another completely different set of people windmilling about trying to find something to blame for the shootings to divert attention from the big flashing red arrows pointing their own heads. Those are the people blaming video games.
The people blaming 8chan are mostly okay with video games and aren't going to try to blame these shootings on THQ games.
The people blaming video games are mostly white supremacist dogshit people who are okay with 8chan.
It was surreal seeing the news go into detail about what 8chan is, but I'm glad they actually acknowledged it.
I would tend to agree with you if this was the only case but Geoff has a LONG history of promoting and signal boosting fucking awful people including Boogie, Dr Disrespect and others...
This is just the last one of a long trend... He doesn't get the benefit of the doubt anymore imo
If anything, it means they have even greater freedom to ignore it. Now people can go "Well 8Chan's gone anyway."
