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Rumor: E3 about to be cancelled, official announcement coming soon (Update: Officially Confirmed)
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what will the ESA be hosting if its online? Couldn't the companies host an online event themselves anyway without the need of ESA?
Pretty much, no one will attend "online E3", they will just do their own thing as it's cheaper
Outside of the handful of comments that actually were insulting other people and stuff, I don't think we need to play the hindsight game. Most people didn't think it would get this far, which seemed reasonable 3/4 weeks ago.
Hardly mentioned isn't the same as not mentioned at all. So not sure what this 'gotcha' is supposed to be.
It wasn't covered that extensively at all outside some new blips that lasted for several seconds before moving on to the next news story. Especially given how many people the flu ended up killing.
E3 also move to Digital Event
E3 Games Show Slated for June Called Off Over Virus Fears
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, a massive video-game conference that had been scheduled to take over the Los Angeles Convention Center in June, was canceled due to coronavirus concerns.www.bloomberg.com
How would that even work? What could the ESA offer as far as a digital event that publishers couldn't do on their own?
Nintendo Directs in origin, Sony dropping off last year, we were already slowly moving towards a more digital-style of presentations, and now with E3 being cancelled it seems like we're just speeding up the process.
Kind of like my job: we were dipping our toes in the water with smart working, and now we've all been ordered to work from home, and since it is actually working i wouldn't be surprised if it becomes more standard.
Kind of like my job: we were dipping our toes in the water with smart working, and now we've all been ordered to work from home, and since it is actually working i wouldn't be surprised if it becomes more standard.
Nowhere near the extent of this virus to point of closing down events despite it affecting more people. It actually got to the point that the hospital my grandmom is in had to tell people to stay home if they felt sick since people kept coming to work with flu symptoms.
Just in the last 5 days or so...for a reason. CV is 3%~ and fast spreading right now, and possibly a little easier to spread.
It's taken three months for the virus to slow down in China and they are still new cases ever day. It hasn't even begun to take hold in the US and Europe yet.
It does spread quicker, but it's telling that the nurses actually said that while the virus is deadly, the flu is actually more of a concern since people are so willy-nilly about the flu because it's the flu and will go out while being sick and spread it around. They even said that they're still dealing with the flu in the mist of this new virus.
Okay, well people aren't being willy nilly now, and people that have to go to workn are even now. Even then, I know you aren't trying to, but you are in a downplaying mode right now and that just isn't helpful.
It's slowing down in China due to extreme measures like quarantining entire cities and mass testing . We are doing no such thing. Our future looks more like Italy but worse.
All public events this year should get Cancel even Olympics
Thai people who get infected just raise to 59 now.
www.khaosodenglish.com
Thai people who get infected just raise to 59 now.
Thai Airport Staff Infected With Coronavirus as Tally Rises to 59
BANGKOK — Six new patients, along with an immigration officer and an airport worker, tested positive for the novel strain of coronavirus, health officials said.
www.khaosodenglish.com
Fuck. I know it had to be but I'm bummed. Even E3 in its rough states were something really exciting to me.
That is kinda my point. People are concern about this new virus for very good reason. However, this kind of worry wasn't shown for another virus despite it affecting more people because 'it's the flu'.
And I am not downplaying anything. I mentioned it because the nurses brought up a good point that everyone is panicking over the new virus to the point of staying home and buying up all the toilet paper, yet when another virus went out of control, it was met with mostly shrugs and people came to work or went to school despite clearly being sick and spreading the flu around, which annoyed the nursing staff because they would have wanted this kind of awareness during the terrible flu season they had to deal with and are still dealing with to an extent.
Good move. Hope to see more of it in the coming days.
It's looking like a lot of places might get both :/
Hard to quarantine when people will lose their jobs if they stay home.
This is really sad, E3 always felt like christmas in June to me...at least COVID game them the perfect excuse to cancel it and save face.
The situation will be out of hand there very soon if the government doesn't get it's act together. I would expect it to be cancelled.
Not true. You're forgetting the human element. It's a rare chance for meetings that otherwise don't happen. For someone just watching conferences and reading news, sure, it's not a big deal but it's important for many.
Honestly it's too late for the government to really do anything. Nothing will change with people having to go to work or lose their job if not, so yea.
China has been on a quarantine and lockdown of unprecedented proportions. No western country will be able to do the same. And despite that, the situation still isn't over. And even if they were able to contain it, a reintroduction of the virus could restart the cycle again. So no, it's not a solved problem yet.
The virus has killed more people in Italy over the past month than the flu has killed in the entirety of last year. And we don't know of the full impact on the quality of life of the survivors yet. We do not have a vaccine, and we are trying to "flatten the curve" aka not overwhelm the medical system.
In italy, the health workers union sent out a note saying that their hospitals are entirely overwhelmed and that they will start refusing elderly patients since they're so likely to die, so they are instead going to focus on younger patients who have a higher chance of survival. They are so strapped for doctors that they have brought out doctors from retirement and fast tracked med students to graduation. This situation is nothing like the seasonal flu and it is disrespectful to the grave situation in Italy to make this comparison. Please stop posting ignorant bullshit like this.
Merkel said that between 60-70% of the population in Germany could contract it. When it comes to events like gamescom, the issue is less about that specific country having it and more about what will happen if people from all over the world were to come to a specific area and then return to their homes. This is what people weren't getting when Sony cancelled their appearances at PAX and GDC. People, including the Mayor of Boston, argued that there weren't cases there so why cancel while ignoring that people from all over the country, and some potentially from outside of the country, would be going there. The Biogen conference in Boston was happening at the same time as PAX and now dozens of people that attended the conference are testing positive for it.
In a lot of countries the capacity line and the x-axis basically coincideChina has been on a quarantine and lockdown of unprecedented proportions. No western country will be able to do the same. And despite that, the situation still isn't over. And even if they were able to contain it, a reintroduction of the virus could restart the cycle again. So no, it's not a solved problem yet.
The virus has killed more people in Italy over the past month than the flu has killed in the entirety of last year. And we don't know of the full impact on the quality of life of the survivors yet. We do not have a vaccine, and we are trying to "flatten the curve" aka not overwhelm the medical system.
China has been on a quarantine and lockdown of unprecedented proportions. No western country will be able to do the same. And despite that, the situation still isn't over. And even if they were able to contain it, a reintroduction of the virus could restart the cycle again. So no, it's not a solved problem yet.
The virus has killed more people in Italy over the past month than the flu has killed in the entirety of last year. And we don't know of the full impact on the quality of life of the survivors yet. We do not have a vaccine, and we are trying to "flatten the curve" aka not overwhelm the medical system.
In italy, the health workers union sent out a note saying that their hospitals are entirely overwhelmed and that they will start refusing elderly patients since they're so likely to die, so they are instead going to focus on younger patients who have a higher chance of survival. They are so strapped for doctors that they have brought out doctors from retirement and fast tracked med students to graduation. Please stop posting ignorant bullshit like this.
I was talking the US, not international where the new virus clearly affected more people. I thought I made that very clear in my post. Also, my post was more of commentary on how the US news blew up the new virus, while the flu went under the radar to point that the staff at the hospital had to tell people to stay home and all the severe cases they had to deal with, which could have been avoided with more awareness. Even the candidates running for president barely mentioned the dangers of the flu season, despite them holding giant rallies with thousands of people where the flu can easily spread.
Also, not sure how my post is ignorant bullshit when it's coming from nurses who had to deal with this kind of thing.
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