RuneScape boss says he killed new Pride events to keep things going apolitical

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/runescape-boss-says-he-killed-pride-events-to-keep-things-going-as- apolitically-as-possible-which-doesnt-sound-very-apolitical-to-me/

I'm with the writer of the article here, removing these events from the game is a far more political move than going forward business as usual.

Cancel Runescape

i hate how things have shifted so hard so fast on the LGBT community

AceMos posted...

i hate how things have shifted so hard so fast on the LGBT community

It's because it was just all rainbow capitalism, it was all fake and a way to just make line go up.

Now admittedly rainbow capitalism is much preferable compared to overt hostility but it's still shitty.

It's nice to know my existence is "political"

I hate how being gay is being framed as a political stance

Idiot.

it's so fucking frustrating.

i'm only 30 and I've seen the LGBTQ community go from being demonized, to (somewhat begrudgingly) accepted, to right back into being demonized, and arguably worse than in the 2000s at that.

Ive said for years that companies by and large didnt actually give a fuck and were just trying to cash in by expanding their audience. Now that the shoe is on the other foot they cant switch fast enough.

I work for a federal contractor. And for the last 6-7 years, every year we had a bunch of mandatory trainings, including Diversity trainings, and all their slides were full of diversity and so on, they constantly preached about it, etc.

Now, since the election, theyve pivoted to removing all that and talking about how the new administration means new opportunities and our company distinguishes itself by our performance and that the government has told us Youre not like the others who are just trying to take as much money as possible and string us along, etc.

I get that you have to protect the company from an obviously capricious and vindictive idiot who could easily blacklist you from being rewarded federal contracts on a whim, but it kind of disgusts me that they seem content and / or happy about it rather than putting on a begrudging performance.

Maybe now people will be ready to take matters into their own hands instead of waiting for somebody else to do it for them.

He's a coward

nocturnal_traveler posted...

Maybe now people will be ready to take matters into their own hands instead of waiting for somebody else to do it for them.

Those shoes fit on your feet just as easily, old boy.

Ugh. It's just a repeat of the same old shit:

The two orientations are straight and political.

The two sexes are male and political.

The two genders are cis and political.

The two races are white and political.

Etc. etc.

In this era of rising fascism worldwide and rising white, male, straight, cis supremacy in the US, there is just no such thing as the kind of "apolitical" this moron is talking about.

I have never known anyone who tried to remain centrist or apolitical who didn't eventually shift towards leaning right or being non-inclusive.

Hayame_Zero posted...

I have never known anyone who tried to remain centrist or apolitical who didn't eventually shift towards leaning right or being non-inclusive.

Naturally. "centrist" and "apolitical" are just things people call themselves whose thoughts have not yet caught up with the reality of the right wing shitbirds they almost always vote for.

In osrs at least a few Jagex Moderators held the annual pride parade on their time off at least so not all Jagex employees feel the same as this chud of a CEO

Edit: Just read the article completely and it missed that when this happened the pride event was completed already and just needed to be shipped out and he said he was essentially scared of the anti-woke crowd though he's really just one himself

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/anonymous-employee-accuses-runescape-of-kowtowing-to-trump-as-it-puts-the-kibosh-on-new-pride-events -the-content-is-now-controversial-in-a-way-it-didnt-used-to-be/ article from when it happened

That's being political.

given the demographic of most MMO's this is not surprising in the sliightest

At least these at bastards are making it clear who the real allies aren't.

That CEO is a shit