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[cormack12]

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...e-due-to-communist-symbolism/?sh=722ff7effc71

Dota 2 developer Valve has asked tournament organiser Epic Esports Events to change the logo it created for the Eastern Europe Dota Pro Circuit due to it containing some communist symbolism.

The original logo created for the top competition in Eastern Europe featured Dota 2 hero Pudge in a red star and some red flames in the background. It was very similar to imagery used by Vladimir Lenin in the USSR, where his silhouette was featured in a similar design, as the logo for The All-Union Pioneer Organization.

 

[CitizenZ]

Well, I mean its Epic who is partially owned by Communist(tencent owns 40%), so its not really wrong, right?

 

[Tunned]

They should have used the original Lenin logo from the beginning, 90% of people would have no clue what it symbolizes anyway...

 

[Punished Miku]

You gotta hand it to the Communists though, they had some iconic logo artwork if nothing else.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[BlackM1st]

imagery used by Vladimir Lenin in the USSR

lolwut

Pioneer Organization

That's Soviet Unions Boy Scout organization lmao

 

[Holammer]

I believe there are similar laws in Poland, but not as strict as the Ukrainian.
Russians have been really cross past few years because Poles have hidden soviet monuments out in the woods. This to protect them because people vandalize 'em.

Russia warns Poland not to touch Soviet WW2 memorials

Russia says Poland will face sanctions if it removes monuments to the Red Army's WW2 victory.

www.bbc.com

 

[Fuz]

That's retarded.

 

[justiceiro]

Not a fan of seeing a parody being censored. We have ton of Hitler parodies, why can't we have parody from Lenny?

 

[00_Zer0]

Not a fan of seeing a parody being censored. We have ton of Hitler parodies, why can't we have parody from Lenny?

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Valve is in Washington along with MS, and Nintendo. Don't doubt for a minute that wokeism can't take a hold of these companies. It's already happened at MS, it's only a matter of time before Valve, and Nintendo bow to the pressures of a small minority of woke millennial employees/ customers.

Edit-I read the article about Ukrainian law, but my point still stands. It's only a matter of time until Nintendo and Valve start behaving just as woke as MS. Unless the culture changes, wokeism will keep invading these companies. It will get worse before it gets better.

 

[Spukc]

Not a fan of seeing a parody being censored. We have ton of Hitler parodies, why can't we have parody from Lenny?

there is nothing funny about communists

 

[00_Zer0]

there is nothing funny about communists

Yes, there is.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

there is nothing funny about communists

...is there anything funny about Hitler?

 

[MidGenRefresh]

there is nothing funny about communists

Word.

 

[RoboFu]

That looks nothing like the msnbc logo

 

[ymoc]

Yes, there is.

But that's a nazi....

 

[Dream-Knife]

I fail to see how this is "woke".

Obey Giant is a woke brand/art and it just plagiarizes old communist propaganda.

 

[brian0057]

Yes, there is.

I pray for the day Communists and their genocidal pablum is just as mocked and derided as the Nazis are today.
Totalitarian cunts, all of them.

 

[Kuranghi]

I like to imagine what it would be like to actually be in a Gulag whenever I see some young cunt complaining about how they have to travel 30 mins to work or something. They'd be dead within 10 mins.

 

[00_Zer0]

But that's a nazi....

ok fine...

 

[ManaByte]

and Nintendo bow to the pressures of a small minority of woke millennial employees/ customers.

Ain't nothing wrong with working in the Treehouse, turning tricks on the side, while your husband works in the company coffee shop.

As for the OP, does Valve allow Disco Elysium on Steam? If so, that's pretty hypocritical.

 

[00_Zer0]

Ain't nothing wrong with working in the Treehouse, turning tricks on the side, while your husband works in the company coffee shop.

As for the OP, does Valve allow Disco Elysium on Steam? If so, that's pretty hypocritical.

 

[Spukc]

...is there anything funny about Hitler?

I did nazi that reply coming

 

[IntentionalPun]

Probably should be in the OP that this is due to Ukrainian law.

Ain't nothing wrong with working in the Treehouse, turning tricks on the side, while your husband works in the company coffee shop.

As for the OP, does Valve allow Disco Elysium on Steam? If so, that's pretty hypocritical.

As I said, Valve is doing this to follow Ukrainian law, they aren't banning the symbolism in general for DOTA 2 esports.

 

[ManaByte]

Probably should be in the OP that this is due to Ukrainian law.



As I said, Valve is doing this to follow Ukrainian law, they aren't banning the symbolism in general for DOTA 2 esports.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Then change it to this. Hitler wasnt communist.

 

[Gp1]

Not only Ukraine.

Bans on communist symbols - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Considering what eastern Europe passed during communism and that Dota still is pretty big on eastern Europe...

 

[IntentionalPun]

Not only Ukraine.

Bans on communist symbols - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Considering what eastern Europe passed during communism and that Dota still is pretty big on eastern Europe...

Yeah I think this particular event is in the Ukraine? I dunno.. the article is pretty sparse with info lol

Too lazy/uninterested to google. I've got drugs 2 do and stuff to put my pp in.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

If countries are going to ban communist symbols, do they also scrub their libraries and internet access talking about Mao? He's the biggest supporter of communism in history.

 

[IntentionalPun]

If countries are going to ban communist symbols, do they also scrub their libraries and internet access talking about Mao? He's the biggest supporter of communism in history.

I don't think any of these laws block education on Communism; it's "promotion of."

Just probably not worth pushing any boundaries.

 

[kuncol02]

If countries are going to ban communist symbols, do they also scrub their libraries and internet access talking about Mao?

If countries are going to ban nazi symbols, do they also scrub their libraries and internet access talking about Hitler?

 

[The_Mike]

It really requires balls in this age to ban something leftist.

Watch out for thrown bricks and burning buildings valve.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It really requires balls in this age to ban something leftist.

Watch out for thrown bricks and burning buildings valve.

I'd love to see these guys try this in China or Singapore.