Internet shitstorm of the week

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

I think it's fair to say that all of Twitter is stupid. I Hope Brianna's dog is okay though.

[system11]

witness the stupidity of mayonnaise boy
https://twitter.com/CJ88x

Is it a parody/troll account? I can't tell anymore. I don't even understand how Twitter works, it just seems to be like an endless dustbin.

[ZacharyB]

Lots of spaces where people gather on the internet are becoming more and more like an infinite garbage dump. People have become accustomed to dumping their troubles and other trash into the cyber-sea.

I wonder if diaries still exist?

[charlie chong]

i would prefer it to be a troll account for the sake of the planet but seeing as he's been a member since 2010 and this mayonnaise boy thing has only been going on 3 days or so(i assume because of Ferguson) i think he may be real...
the old "i'm not racist but (insert racist statement)"

[Mischief Maker]

GTA V has been banned from Target in Australia.

The reason given is because the GTA series is a game about going on murderous vehicular rampages through densely populated cities and fears that gamers will copy the actions as they play out in the game...

JUST KIDDING! The reason is because while you're going on your killing spree, the car radio may play some fake talk radio that makes jokes at women's expense.

Do you SEE what I meant about neutrality not being an option in a censorship debate?

[Bananamatic]

and videogame websites are now celebrating a game boycott

this is getting better and better

[Captain]

GTA V has been banned from Target in Australia.

The reason given is because the GTA series is a game about going on murderous vehicular rampages through densely populated cities and fears that gamers will copy the actions as they play out in the game...

JUST KIDDING! The reason is because while you're going on your killing spree, the car radio may play some fake talk radio that makes jokes at women's expense.

Do you SEE what I meant about neutrality not being an option in a censorship debate?

Make jokes about men, no one bats an eye. Make jokes about women, everyone goes insane.

[ZellSF]

So this week, gamers want Hatred banned for being too mindlessly violent.
Last week we were protesting GTA5 being banned for being too mindlessly violent.

I... don't get it?

What do people here think about that situation?

[Lord Satori]

Hatred? Never heard of it. If it's an obscure indie game, then that's why.

Popular AAA games can get away with literally anything.

[ryu]

So this week, gamers want Hatred banned for being too mindlessly violent.
Last week we were protesting GTA5 being banned for being too mindlessly violent.

I... don't get it?

What do people here think about that situation?

People are fucking stupid, especially on the internet.

That aside, those were most likely two entirely different groups of interest being loud mouthed.

[Bananamatic]

hatred was banned from steam but gabe himself decided to reverse that decision like a day ago
can't wait to play the supreme gentleman simulator

[Vetus]

SJWs tried to banned Hatred with the accuse that some of the developers are neo-nazi. And according to SJWs, by supporting a game made by neo-nazi is like supporting neo-nazism. More details and laugh here:
http://hg101.proboards.com/thread/11938/hatred

As about Zoe Quinn:
https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Zoe_Quinn
When a feminazi tries to boycott other female video games developers' event in order to promote her own event and yet you want to defend her, that makes you a huge sucker.

[BIL]

Chris Chan is in jail again. He attacked the Gamestop in protest of Sanic's blue arms and maced an employee. Sanic fans. :[

[GaijinPunch]

What the fuck happened to this hobby?

[neorichieb1971]

Another plane goes missing... They must have created a batch of planes with "fall off" wings.

[Strikers1945guy]

Chris Chan is in jail again. He attacked the Gamestop in protest of Sanic's blue arms and maced an employee. Sanic fans. :[

Hahaha what the fuck is this!?

[Mortificator]

If that was actual pepper spray of any potency, I doubt anybody would have been able to stay in that 'stop. Even if the spray doesn't hit you, that stuff gets around.

[Randorama]

What the fuck happened to this hobby?

Well, it went mainstream, of course.

[system11]

What the fuck happened to this hobby?

The only people left who play Sonic games are all like this.

[GaijinPunch]

What the fuck happened to this hobby?

The only people left who play Sonic games are all like this.

Well, I guess that answers this question. I liked Heroes, but is the last Sonic game worth a shit (other than the GBA ones) still SA2?

[Squire Grooktook]

Sonic Colors and Generation are both fun IIRC.

[trap15]

I thought CWC was in jail?

[BIL]

Nah, after the Game Place incident Snyder asked for leniency at sentenc... Uh I mean, no he wasn't.

CWC's ongoing SJW arc has been some Maury Povich meets Davids Lynch and Cronenberg shit. >_>

[evil_ash_xero]

Hatred? Never heard of it. If it's an obscure indie game, then that's why.

The trailer to "Hatred" is really shocking, especially if you live in America. It's a bit too close to home.

They say there is no connection to video games, and real violence...but the game seems in bad taste and irresponsible, and is....I dunno, it just really puts me off.
I guess it's how some feel about RapeLay. Yeah, you might not rape someone 'cause you played it, but it pisses a lot of people off.

People get killed all the time in games, but "Hatred" mirrors real life shootings a bit much. It's not for me.

But I have had friends killed by random acts of violence (not mass shootings), so I just have a bad reaction to it.

It's up to the public to decide if it's on Steam or not. I'm not for censorship, but I am for people democratically voting something like this off of Steam

On the upside, I could see some people really letting out some frustrations with the game.

[Acid King]

People get killed all the time in games, but "Hatred" mirrors real life shootings a bit much.

As opposed to all the games where you mow down endless hordes of brown skinned terrorists or the ones where a big chunk of the game revolves around committing criminal acts and murdering rivals? People are offended because Hatred strips away the bullshit excuses contrived by developers to make people feel like the acts of brutality they are committing are justified. Killing random strangers is wrong, but cops and soldiers violating rights, summarily executing people, beating suspects is a ok cause fuck criminals. War games always present an us vs them but real life isn't like that. Innocent people get killed, kids are indoctrinated and forced in to military service, and sometimes there are no good guys. I think that shit is way more subversive than a straight forward murder simulator is.

As an aside, I read a piece on Engadget about Hatred that quoted one of the guys from People Can Fly. According to the dev, the contrived excuses are good and necessary. But one of the games mentioned, Gears Judgment, has you killings hundreds upon hundreds of enemies who, if you've played the preivous games in the series, are only attacking because the fucking humans you control are destroying their home in the interior of the planet. But it's cool cause they're not human and who cares why they're fighting when you can turn your enemies in to bloody chunks.

[e_tank]

What the fuck happened to this hobby?

The only people left who play Sonic games are all like this.

it's not the people who play them, it's the people who obsess about the sonic universe, its characters, and the story lines. post genesis sonic games are like pornos, if you're paying attention to the story then you're doing it wrong.

Well, I guess that answers this question. I liked Heroes, but is the last Sonic game worth a shit (other than the GBA ones) still SA2?

generations, it's like an upgraded sa2 with only sonic levels (ie just the good parts)

[Squire Grooktook]

My stance on Hatred is this:

I don't think it should be banned, from Steam or anywhere else. You can't ban free expression because some nutjob somewhere might get set off by it. You take that route and you'd have to ban everything.

That being said I think the game sounds disgusting and I personally want nothing to do with it.

[BIL]

Same, pretty much. I never got the fantasy appeal of killing the defenseless. Or watching them being killed tbh.

Unless it's going to town on a zombie I've just crippled in BDOOM but t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶h̶i̶t̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶e̶s̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶b̶o̶n̶e̶r̶ those dirty buggers can pull a sidearm on you!

[JBC]

I think all 'be the criminal!' games should be banned but that's because I have all the care of a tyrannical supervillain when it comes to 'freedom'. People do stupid crap with their freedoms & that's how we get 'art' like Hatred. I bet it's a real modern masterpiece the world would be a lesser place without . Maybe if we censored more the quality of media in general would rise back to the levels it was in at least the eighties, when there were still a few lines drawn in the sand. Maybe then I could find a good TV show to watch that doesn't cop out & center everything around sex in some sort of way. I'm saying this as a fan & owner of the GTA series - if it meant not having to be annoyed by shock jockey bullshit anymore you can take my Mortal Kombats & Dooms & GTAs away. I'll be fine without them.

[Acid King]

My opinion of Hatred is dependent on how the scoring system turns out. Are kids worth more or less? Fetuses aren't people but I think pregnant women should be worth 1.5x as much as a normal woman. Is there chaining involved? I just hope they don't go with an Ikaruga style color system. Something more like Bakraid would be good, with fat people and the handicapped taking the place of big ships and turrets.