The second part follows the first. Some posters here laughing off death threats or complaining about people for exposing the sick shit people are sending them. Recently a woman received a death threat for her toddler because someone didn't like her portrayal of a video game character.
These things need to be taken seriously. I doubt Druckmann sending a tweet was trying to drum up sales or the death threats shouldn't be taken seriously. Do we wait until we have an employee killed before people take it seriously. Because we don't stand up against this hate, this is the reason gamers get a bad reputation.
I don't stand up against it simply because I don't know who sent those messages.
How can I even begin to guage the severity of these threats if I don't know who or where they came from?
All we hear is the same old tired stock phrases from people "condemning" this shit but we can't say what this tells about the larger community if we don't know who sent the messages.
I mean what even is a "gamer" in this context and how do we know gamers sent these messages at all.
If anything I feel its more likely to be "anti SJWs" or "culture warriors" doing it since they are the ones with an interest in this idea that media is being "infiltrated".
This just seems like some PR bullshit to be honest.
Seems to be used as a shield from criticism.
Unless we know who sends this stuff and from where what can we really do?
Is it one group of dudes with loads of alt accounts? Is it a bunch of individual actors? Is it some kind of organized group?
What age? What nationality?
If we can't answer any of these then we are just talking shit and speculating.
Which kind of plays into this as a marketing or PR stunt.
"Oh unknown people from an unknown place with unknown motives sent us nasty messages. Gamers have to do better. Please support our game."
Why should "gamers" shoulder any responsibility until the perpetrators here are publicly named and their backgrounds exposed?