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"We do not take a stand neither for or against vaccines," says Euro Truck Sim 2 dev in bizarre press release
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Alvis I can't find the press release the article is quoting from?
The closest I can find is the blog post comment linked above, but that says "No matter if you stand for vaccines or against them, these truckers still have to work really hard and we wanted to give them their well-deserved 15 minutes of fame" which is in no way the same as "We do not take a stand neither for or against vaccines".
I'm not saying this is a sensationalist headline written for clicks, but the article doesn't link to a source... or rather it does but the source does not include what it is purported to.
The closest I can find is the blog post comment linked above, but that says "No matter if you stand for vaccines or against them, these truckers still have to work really hard and we wanted to give them their well-deserved 15 minutes of fame" which is in no way the same as "We do not take a stand neither for or against vaccines".
I'm not saying this is a sensationalist headline written for clicks, but the article doesn't link to a source... or rather it does but the source does not include what it is purported to.
The Euro simulation is getting a little too realistic.
No one wants science when they're feeling fine, but as soon as they get sick it's, "Yes, please inject me. I don't care if it's rat buttholes in that syringe."
No one wants science when they're feeling fine, but as soon as they get sick it's, "Yes, please inject me. I don't care if it's rat buttholes in that syringe."
They backtracked
Hauling Hope Event
SCS Software's official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.
Such normal comments like:
Not sure why the OP isn't noting this in the OP so that people know why they're saying this.
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Looking through the comments and the only ones complaining are day old accounts with no avatars lmao.
Especially when you use words to say... absolutely nothing.
This take by them is fucking stupid. Vaccinations are extremely safe and the benefits far outweigh the small number of hypersensitivity reactions that occur. Such a extremely ridiculous thing to put out there.
I've always found it funny how the covid vaccine is supposed to be scary because of the 0.1% chance of getting an allergic reaction
Let's say I do get an allergic reacton. What, I have to spend an hour in the hospital (which is free where I live) while they look after me and the reaction goes away? Wow, so scary!!!!!
Exactly, the number of people who have the acute life threatening Type 1 hypersensitivity reactions is rare. The benefit of preventing highly infectious microbial infections and possible death in a large number of people far outweighs the small chance of an allergic reaction.
Edit: Missed that the tweet was threadmarked.
Hold up, the entire context of the press release is missing from both the OP and the website it's quoting. The vaccine line is from a press release regarding an event in ATS/ETS where you deliver vaccines:
This thread makes it seem like they just released a press release for that statement alone.
Hold up, the entire context of the press release is missing from both the OP and the website it's quoting. The vaccine line is from a press release regarding an event in ATS/ETS where you deliver vaccines:
This thread makes it seem like they just released a press release for that statement alone.
Because they're getting a lot of anti-vaxxer comments on their site post about the new event where you haul vaccines safely.
Ah, I see. Still should have said nothing though.
This might be the worst version of "our games/company is not political" I've ever seem. Any company putting out a statement that puts for and against a vaccine to fucking covid on some even playing field isn't worth taking seriously.
Yeah, OP not giving the context for the release makes me feel they want the outrage. As someone who actually plays ETS2 and was happy to see the new event, this is really irritating. Can we get the OP updated?Hauling Hope Event
SCS Software's official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.blog.scssoft.com
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Not sure why the OP isn't noting this in the OP so that people know why they're saying this.
Obviously we were all waiting for the Euro Truck Sim developers to chime in, but this is unfortunate
What a bunch of clowns. With apologies to actual clowns.
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Oh they're walking it back. That's a bit better.
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Oh they're walking it back. That's a bit better.
Imagine playing Euro Truck simulator and getting triggered by virtual vaccine shipments
Consider this: maybe I spent some time outside of era
jesus christ
A little...?
It seems like they're trying to find a balance between not upsetting their anti-vaxxer fans and not upsetting the rest of the internet, and they're tweaking just enough.
A better correction would have been to somehow say that they're pro-vaccine but they obviously didn't want to go that far.
Yeah even with the context, it still was... an attempt at making anti-vaxxers happy. lol
At first I laughed just as anyone who thinks a truck simulator is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. But then I gave it some more thought (and read the full context) and it made more sense. These games are indeed popular (went from 1,000 to 25,000 players daily according to Steam) and they attract real truckers who will be directly involved in the shipping of the vaccine. I guess it has lead to some sensitive discussions within the trucking community and this is the e developers way (for better or worse) to say something about it.
I don't think they are saying that at all. They are really just saying not to get into comment wars about this because they wanted to celebrate truckers working their butts off.
Because people were getting into comment wars. This is just then trying to get everyone to calm down about a little event they have running.
Hauling Hope Event
SCS Software's official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.
Such normal comments like:
Not sure why the OP isn't noting this in the OP so that people know why they're saying this.
This is what happens when you interact with the worse members of society. Don't feed the damn trolls, I thought this would be the first rule for any PR manager.
to be honest, I think it's more about them being flooded with tons of toxicity and struggling to find a way to make it stop.
Not everyone is great at PR, but that's something they'll have to learn after this baptism of fire.
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