They put out their apology and hopefully won't do what they did again. That's enough for most people and their games are looking great and diverse
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THQ Nordic voted 'Best Games Company' of Gamescom 2019
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I don't doubt that many of those people had no idea about what occurred between THQ Nordic and 8chan.
It's more a tale of getting proper recognition for good work.
Quite possible those people know exactly that no discussion will actually come of this thread, just driveby shitposts of "THQ = Nazis", no further substance.
Its possible some people voted for them because they held an 8chan AMA, but I'm pretty sure the majority of those votes came from them possibly having the most interesting games on show. However, that kind of discussion won't be had here, just lots of "UGH, can't believe people vote for paedophiles!".
Since I don't wanna lose faith in mankind, I HOPE it's just a matter of german convention awarding an austrian publisher.
Did they? Wasn't it something to the effect of "We did not know" which was a blatant barefaced lie and "Sorry if you were offended"?
Feel free to rectify me if I am in error. Thanks.
People here know what happened, nothing more to discuss. Obviously not a lot of people elsewhere seem to care.
I really don't think the public at large knows anything about the 8chan thing.
It's not that anyone doesn't care but it barely moved the needle at all in terms of impact. The THQ AMA didn't provably radicalize anybody that hadn't heard of the site before, and 8chan would go on to gain actual notoriety from the mainstream because of the shootings and receive enough backlash to get shutdown. The THQ stuff is barely a footnote in all of that. Hell it wasn't even brought up when politicians were going around blaming video games so that just goes to show how little it actually mattered in the grand scheme of things.
I think it's for the best if we run on a "fool me once, shame on you" model. If they do it again, expect a far larger backlash with more consequences.
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I can't think of any place that views this site positively now that I think about it lol.
Anyways theirs nothing to be said really, they were up for the award and won based on what they showed. Fair.
No they legitimately apologized, condemned the controversial content on 8chan...the whole 9 yards.
I think what a lot of people here are hoping for is some firings in all honesty.
Neat! That's all I have to say on the manner. Didn't exactly expect but hey, Gamescom saw something in them
Does Era think they should be withheld the award, even if they deserve it based on what they showed?
And that they must treat their employees terribly and be horribly mismanaged. It's science
I think there has to be a sense of perspective in all of this. They reached out to a hive of white nationalists on an unlisted site renowned for hosting child porn and those planning or executing mass murdering hate crimes. Their PR person showed knowledge of what the site stood for and seized the opportunity dismiss representation or race concerns for having a place in video games, they didn't fire this person and gave only a meek, token apology while never addressing it again.
I don't think "but they make fun games" is a good enough qualifier for any of this.
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This thread would be very different if the Epic Games Store won best X at some convention
Just imagine the toothless rage and death threats.
Just imagine the toothless rage and death threats.
Even if they fired a bunch of people, it wouldn't satisfy a good portion of those still holding a grudge.
An apology and improved behavior is enough for most.
I hate this gifThis in thread form
I keep watching it like an idiot, hoping it will finally crash
Either I interpet the word complicit wrong, but doesn't that imply they take part in the actual actions?
No they didn't. Just see the post a few above this.
Sad to see people run interference for them because "oh look at the games!"
Yes, I don't think that's the correct usage of complicit unless I missed something.
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That's because Epic committed the ultimate cardinal sin, PC exclusives. All THQ did was consort with a community known for bigotry, pedophilia and hate crimes (also mass shootings afterwards).
It does. Maybe the poster believes they had to have known about the CP problems on 8chan and still chose to hold an AMA there? Still doesn't make them complicit though, but maybe I'm missing something.
Sends a great message that it's okay for publishers to pal up to Nazis, terrorists, racists and pedos and there'll be zero repercussions for doing so.
As long as they're not doing microtransactions or Epic store exclusives though, amirite?
As long as they're not doing microtransactions or Epic store exclusives though, amirite?
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