atro_city

joined 2 years ago
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

TIL voting is lobbying

[–] atro_city@fedia.io -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The poll, of representative samples of more than 2,000 adults in the UK and Germany and more than 1,000 in Denmark, France, Italy and Spain, was carried out between 12 and 27 June.

yeah...

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 5 hours ago

Get rid of FPTP. We don't need that shit in the Union.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

China attacking Taiwan would fuck up the electronic industry for a good long time.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 16 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

No of course not. Only what you approve as activism is activism 👌 And using official channels is certainly not activism.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 34 points 6 hours ago (7 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 19 points 6 hours ago

Stop Killing Games should be asking for donations to get the people involved to have meetings with representatives in the EU commission. The big, shitty gaming companies that are firing devs en masse and just out to make money have their lobbyists. If the SKG movement doesn't organise, that's all we'll get: a communiqué to shut the hell up.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Interesting. I thought it was related to verifying whether an account or channel on peertube, odysee, youtube, mastodon, etc. belonged to a certain individual. It could be used for that, but it doesn't seem like it is, at the moment. It probably has to be integrated into something else somehow.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pepperidge farm remembers! (Is there a famous canadian farm one could use in this meme?)

[–] atro_city@fedia.io -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

🙄

You're like the caveman who thought they saw eyes in the bushes only for there to be a clearing behind it.

Stay on high-alert all the time. I'm sure it will do you good.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago
 

It says "A passport for the internet", but I can't figure out what its selling point is. Is it for creators only? But how do users take advantage of other creators "vouching" for each other? And where is the monetisation thing? I'm a bit lost

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago

These are policies such as the No More Pipelines law, the net-zero power regulations, the cap on oil and gas emissions, “causing so much harm to our economy and fanning separatist intent.”

So she's that kind of person, I see.

 

It's clear that game developers are going to lobby this thing and hard. It can't be a "grassroots" movement anymore hoping on the support of some big names out of the kindness of their heart. It needs some "professionalisation". It can't just be "Ross and his invisible army will handle it" anymore.

  • a website with
    • a list of public names supporting the movement e.g "supported by these companies 'Game developer A', 'Game Developer B', 'Preservation Group A', 'Preservation Group B', 'X number of individuals from country A', 'Politician A', 'Politician B', yada yada yada"
    • the representatives of the movement (not just Ross, but those on the names of the initiatives and so on)
    • a "how do I get involved" section
      • ways to donate and where the money is going
      • how to join internally (a private forum or group)
      • material to spread if not on the inside like links, images, and videos
      • calls to action
      • whatever else you come up with
  • coordination and a game plan
    • who is doing what with whom and when
      • Member is talking Game Preservation company for sponsorship
      • Member is coordinating with community to have a protest in front of UK parliament on some date
      • Member is having a meeting with Members of Parliament to get support
      • and so on
    • a group of designers and artists making content for the movement
    • publicly available research to refute existing and possible claims made by lobbying groups and naysayers
 
 

Maybe organising watch parties for them would be great to show how many people care about "Stop Killing Games"

 

Share them here with how to contact them. It's possible that a larger voice will show that it's important.

 
 

Ross, in his video with GamersNexus mentioned that games nowadays have expiration dates. I think that's a great way of framing the issue and making it clear to gamers what should change.

Unfortunately, I do not have a good idea how to present the problem of "Games today have expiration dates" to people in a succinct manner. My image editing skills aren't good, so spamming various communities in different images to make them aware of the issue won't really work. Does anybody have ideas?

 
 
 
 
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