I wish the biggest problem in my life was how good a video game is. If you don’t like the game, leave a bad review, warn others in your circle… but don’t go harassing people that worked on it.
Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindness
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Avenging5@sh.itjust.works to games@lemmy.world
https://apnews.com/article/assassins-creed-video-game-harassment-4b68890b7ed9ead8dbe3ad09dbee9859
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Kennystillalive@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
MurrayL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A big part of the problem is that social media platforms encourage and amplify hateful content.
People are literally profiting from their hate and harassment of game developers (and have the hubris to complain about ‘woke grifters’) but platforms like YouTube just throw up their hands and pretend it’s nothing to do with them.
arakhis_@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
especially a series thats been like that for several titles lol. makes no sense
vonxylofon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you lack any self-worth and identity on your own, you will derive it from hating others.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Learning Yasuke was based on a real person did little to assuage critics. Asian men in particular argued Schmidt-Hori was trying to erase them, even though her role involved researching historical customs and reviewing scripts, not creating characters.
If you are this stupid, maybe you in particular should be erased?
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
“Asian” They were all right-wing American, guaranteed.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My dude… Not only can Asians be racist, they are some of the most racist people around. Go to China and listen to them talk about other races. They make Alabama seem like a pinnacle of equality and tolerance.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you actually read the article, you’d see your assumption is wrong.
Anik Talukder, a 28-year-old south Asian man living in the United Kingdom, said he apologized at least 10 times to Schmidt-Hori after accepting her Zoom invitation to discuss his Reddit post about her.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s just racist in the other direction. You could read the article where it gives some examples and the part where Schmidt-Hori met some of them on video.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m Asian-European and in my experience there are many Asians who are right wing racist shit heads. Not to mention all the self hating Asian women who hate every Asian man on the planet including their own family members.
Abnorc@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s crazy that racists just have an axe to grind. If a game is too “woke” just shut up and let us have our fun. No one is making you play it. Kudos for the professor’s self-confidence. I hope she is safe from crazy people on the web.
dan1101@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Exactly. And empathy is not a weakness, it’s a strength. Blindly hating things is weakness and ignorance.
MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I honestly wish i had the option to offer a facecall to whoever is toxic to me online. Its good to remind People, that there are realisiert humans behind the User names.
owl@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
“realisiert” found the German.
MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Damm you Phone and your flawed typing Support in two languages
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Hmm, username didn’t tip you off?
BossDj@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Let me just open this article to see how billion dollar company Ubisoft helped defend and protect their consultant…
Told her to ignore it. Cool
Made a statement about how amazing she is after she turned the tide. Got it.
totallyNotARedditor@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I don’t understand people like that. If you don’t like some piece of entertainment, don’t consume it, leave a bad review, and move on
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Good franchise fanbase strikes again
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
At this point I wouldn’t call the Assassin’s Creed franchise “good”. “Painfully mediocre” is closer to what I’d call it, but that’s just Ubisoft games in general nowadays
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s a meme ya dunce
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Gamers are so fucking embarrassing man… These people will harass a voice actor, because they don’t like that the character the person plays killed a beloved character.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Honestly, that’s most racist people. As soon as they actually meet the target of their vitriol, they’ll usually fold. Just make sure they’re alone and not with their racist buddies.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not just gamers it’s in almost every corner of geek fandom. Remember how a bunch of loser feels attacked Kelly Marie Tran because they blamed her for the new Star Wars slop.