"It takes so long to log in anyway, we didn't think any of our money.. I mean, our players... would notice."
Do you know how many people play GTA and RDR online? The impact of doing this is significant. People need to slow down with the "BUT DID THEY DONATE?" posts.
They will lose money but it's not like they are going to donate those money to the cause.
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Yea.... what's up with the severs? I was playing a full heist with buddies last night and the severs are just GARBAGE!
Erm, haven't you played GTA?
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You're upset that I'm killing pixels in a game that was created to do that very thing?
Like many people, I've been watching cops physically abuse/maim/kill peaceful protestors all around the country. My word choice is fine. But thanks for trying to police it.
They take the servers down pretty often. Doesn't seem like they need an excuse to do it.
I'm pretty sure any police officers causing abuse in developed countries are being appropriately dealt with and it really isn't as much of a widespread problem as you're making out. US cops kill about 1,000 people every year in a country of over 300 million and you can guarantee most of those were weapon-wielding criminals and those that weren't haven't been glossed over.
There's a 3+ gig video compilation going around of police abuses from just this past week. So I'm gonna say nahhhhhh on "being appropriately dealt with".
Out of curiosity, are they as bad as the cops in Driver who'll start wrecking into your car if you simply tap the handbrake button near them without having done anything else wrong? XD
Fucking hell. Grow up.
Nope. You have to bump them to get a 1 star, or hit a pedestrian in view of them.
Your question is -- do I find killing cops in GTA purging? No, I don't lmao.
Who said a single breath of race ? And you honestly believe the mentality of your post ?Fucking hell. Grow up.
Being a police officer is a job not a race.
Here's a list of 261 instances of police brutality from the last few days, why you go watch this all and tell us about how those were just bad apples and the good cops arrested the bad cops on the spot.
So yeah, people are angry.
They're seeing police officers crush peaceful protests with violence.
So if someone wants to kill some cops in a pretend game, why can't that be cathartic?
The deep seated issue isn't someone playing video games.
It's the police brutalising the people they're meant to help.
I don't think it's very different from me loving killing nazis in Wolfenstein or being excited to shoot a bunch of KKK in Mafia 3. I'm not going to own a gun or ever shoot anyone irl, but it is cathartic to shoot oppressive racists in games or see them die in movies.
I'm pointing out that you can quit being a cop.
If even 1% of their users take notice, take action and/or donate then it's worth it. The world is in a bad place and people have a reason to be cynical to some degree, but being this cynical is not good for progress.
I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about reach and impact. Donations are definitely needed but we also need to challenge and upset those that are just unwilling to engage with these issues. That's not to say Rockstar moved mountains with this decision but, as I pointed out above, they may have engaged people who might not have been otherwise.
The game has millions of players. I don't think think it's fair to generalize them like that.
The problem is your thinking with emotion. You cant apply logic when thinking that way.
