I'm all for people siding against Blizzard and their fake ass apology.
But right now, we have the opportunity to vote on Tuesday. I don't even care who you vote for, just do it. I'm Latino/Muslim, born and raised in New York City and very liberal. It is very easy to say "fuck Blizzard" but how many people decry one issue and do nothing else? It's easy to vote with your wallet but we also know that doesn't always work. It's popular to attack Blizzard right now but we can see from BlizzCon that already there are people forgetting about the punishment in the face of Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, or WoW's latest expansion. Fine, all we can really do is not buy Blizzard games. Voting, however, has a very real consequence.
"Gamers Should Be Voting, So Why Aren't We?", this is from Matt Miller of Game Informer.
According to the Entertainment Software Association, 59% of gamers are certain they will vote. 37% of gamers identify as democrat. I like to think Era is pretty liberal. We agree women should be better portrayed in games, minorities shouldn't just be your typical enemy, or more importantly I feel we can see something like the Hong Kong protests and agree with them. I say we because I do think of Era as a community. People argue about Sony first party games coming to PC, Outer Worlds and Fallout comparison or whatever but I don't worry about people here talking shit about Mexicans or other Central Americans being put into concentration camps or supporting Trump pulling troops and allowing the Kurds to be massacred.
More than half of U.S. adults are video gamers ... and most will vote in 2020
There is far more data shared in the links from Mashable. Some from Pew Research which details the way other races are voting and in what number.
Direct link to Pew Research.
More and more, younger people are voting. I am 27 now. I vote every election I can and will be come Election Day. I hope others will too. It's one thing to say fuck Blizzard but it is also just as important to vote for leaders who don't spew hate against minorities, believe in helping those more unfortunate than us, and want to try and help our planet heal from all the damage that has been done to it. The thing I hate the most are people saying they don't vote because nothing changes or believed that voting Trump was the lesser of two evils.
If you can vote in your state, go out and do it. Elections matter at all levels.
But right now, we have the opportunity to vote on Tuesday. I don't even care who you vote for, just do it. I'm Latino/Muslim, born and raised in New York City and very liberal. It is very easy to say "fuck Blizzard" but how many people decry one issue and do nothing else? It's easy to vote with your wallet but we also know that doesn't always work. It's popular to attack Blizzard right now but we can see from BlizzCon that already there are people forgetting about the punishment in the face of Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, or WoW's latest expansion. Fine, all we can really do is not buy Blizzard games. Voting, however, has a very real consequence.
"Gamers Should Be Voting, So Why Aren't We?", this is from Matt Miller of Game Informer.
According to the Entertainment Software Association, 59% of gamers are certain they will vote. 37% of gamers identify as democrat. I like to think Era is pretty liberal. We agree women should be better portrayed in games, minorities shouldn't just be your typical enemy, or more importantly I feel we can see something like the Hong Kong protests and agree with them. I say we because I do think of Era as a community. People argue about Sony first party games coming to PC, Outer Worlds and Fallout comparison or whatever but I don't worry about people here talking shit about Mexicans or other Central Americans being put into concentration camps or supporting Trump pulling troops and allowing the Kurds to be massacred.
More than half of U.S. adults are video gamers ... and most will vote in 2020
There is far more data shared in the links from Mashable. Some from Pew Research which details the way other races are voting and in what number.
Direct link to Pew Research.
More and more, younger people are voting. I am 27 now. I vote every election I can and will be come Election Day. I hope others will too. It's one thing to say fuck Blizzard but it is also just as important to vote for leaders who don't spew hate against minorities, believe in helping those more unfortunate than us, and want to try and help our planet heal from all the damage that has been done to it. The thing I hate the most are people saying they don't vote because nothing changes or believed that voting Trump was the lesser of two evils.
If you can vote in your state, go out and do it. Elections matter at all levels.
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