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[ElBoxyBrown]

This reads like a parody. But lately so does a lot of right-wing media.

We’ve sat through your multicultural lectures and your preachy games aimed at degenerates and miscegenators.

I mean you might as well start throwing out racial slurs if your gonna use words like that to describe us.

 

[Necro900]

If it's trolling it's not even funny 'cause you know there's going to be people supporting this crap anyway.

I can hear Yves shaking in his seat right now

And they can't even spell repercussions, smh

 

[J_ToSaveTheDay]

In the words of Boltair – “To learn who rules you, simply find out who’s not being criticized.”

yes like this apparently non-existent American religious militia that is being fabricated out of thin air to be in this offensive Ubisoft game that shouldn't exist. No lack of criticism there.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

In these times, you must understand that there might be some violent repurcussions if you intend to follow through with your pointless criticism.

I can hear Yves shaking in his seat right now

- Change the setting, but only for certain markets. Look, I get that anti-Americanism plays in France, and I'm not telling you to give up on potential profits due to complaints. Wouldn't want to be thought as one of those hypocrite feminists, right? But for America, right now, Anti-Americanism is out. You gotta play your market. Change the setting to Canada for America. This way you don't turn away potential players due to offensiveness. Just trying to help you make more money.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh my god, this is delicious.
No way this is real, but I appreciate the effort

 

[HotHamBoy]

What a bunch of snowflakes.

 

[SolarMystic]

With the current state of affairs in the US, unless the post ends in "/s", there's no way to tell if satire or not.

 

[jon bones]

i haven't followed FC5, but is it safe to assume the baddies are rural white men?

 

[Heyt]

I know a false flag when I see it.

 

[AndyVirus]

I've seen worse petitions on there

https://www.change.org/p/dceu-fans-shut-down-rotten-tomatoes

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

the continued rejection of romantic partners when they find out our hobby

Ok, there's no way this shit is serious. lol

 

[Fantastapotamus]

This is way too on the nose to be real

 

[monkeybizz]

every one pre order to fight the madness of this petition!
ubisoft won't cancel if they see the $$$s rolling in!

 

[Maxximo]

Boltair eh? Probably something related with nike/running really fast.

 

[petethepanda]

I love that it's hard to immediately tell if stuff like this is a joke or not. I'd love to go with my instinct that it is, but man, people have really been stepping up to the plate lately. (Dark horse third option would be marketing.)

 

[User123456]

degenerates and miscegenators

Yeah this is probably satire. Or at least I hope it is because it made me laugh in a dark humor kind of way.

I'm looking forward to this game so damn much. Open world rural USA, like a dream come true!

i haven't followed FC5, but is it safe to assume the baddies are rural white men?

That's the best part, they're not. They're rural people in general, only common thread is being a religious cultist nut.

 

[JaseC]

We, the American gamers that make up the majority of your userbase ...

I'd imagine there are a number of Ubi games that have sold the most in the US from a per-country perspective, but that's far from the same thing as "The US is home to most of your customers."

 

[bwakh]

You Be Soft, just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about American culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in France where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in America, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the American public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Far Cry 5 for either system, nor will they purchase any of You Be Soft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but You Be Soft has alienated an entire market with this move.

You Be Soft, publicly apologize and cancel Far Cry 5 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

 

[GhostTrick]

In the words of Boltair

 

[Kyonashi]

Gentle reminder that if you can't tell whether something is supposed to be satire or not it's not serving its role as satire.

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

Some seem to think it's a parody tbf.

A petition with 200 signatures that seems to be a joke given it's quoting mocking Tweets really isn't worth anyone's time.

Wasn't this confirmed satire?

This has to be some sort of parody petition lol
Some of the responses are just too damn crazy to be real.

I think this is satire. It threw me off too because it's... it's something that would really happen.

Do people actually think that Far Cry 5 is going to make some profound message or statement? They're using America as their setting to give some variety to the franchise. Story and it's depth is the last thing I expect from this series.

The petition reads like a parody.

Barely ok attempt at trollin there

Yeah this is obviously a satire. Also top comments.

Often, the best satire cannot be confirmed. I personally believe it to be a troll.

"Us Gamers have had to endure a lot of crap over the last few years. The targeted harassment by the mainstream press through Gamergate, the terrible launch and outright lies of highly anticpated video games, the outright censorship of art through “localization” policies, the continued rejection of romantic partners when they find out our hobby, the appropriation of our culture by so-called “gamers” on twitter. NO MORE!".

This is rather obvious a joke

Definitely a Poe's Law candidate.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

I would love it, if this was Ubi marketing.
But its too clever for that
Amazing the length that some people go to for attention.

 

[Salty Rice]

This is even dumber than people being disappointed that you not gonna shoot at hyper-conservative christians and just cultists.

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

Do these guys even know Ubisoft is a French company and the game is being made in Canada? Sheeeeeshhh.

 

[g11]

Crazy that the far-left and far-right these days think they have the right to decide what media is okay for the general public to consume. The political spectrum really is a circle...

Oh well, bring on the fundie killing in 2018!

 

[MetalFreak]

Jesus wept....

 

[ActWan]

LOL wtf

 

[Sadist]

This reads like an angry Trump rant.

 

[Surface of Me]

i haven't followed FC5, but is it safe to assume the baddies are rural white men?

Sort of. Based off the weird cult militias that actually exist and not too recently one had a long stand off with the FBI. Im not familiar enough with the geography to say if it is rural or not. They just mad a white guy is a villian.

Also, tangential but I showed the reveal trailer to some friends that are more staunchly liberal in some ways than I. They called it lame and unrealistic. When I brought up the stand off they didn't say much. Still bummed me out they just sort of mocked it. Certainly seems like the most interesting direction they could take the series in my opinion.

 

[Machina]

What was the term? Slowflakes?

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

I don't think this is serious since its trying to hit 500 sign..

 

[CatmanBegins]

Gentle reminder that if you can't tell whether something is supposed to be satire or not it's not serving its role as satire.

Is that a Boltair quote?

 

[stalker]

The Boltair reference made my day.

Also that quote is not from Voltaire.

 

[orochi91]

lmao

 

[KonradLaw]

This reads more like some liberal trolling than actuall convervative petition.

 

[jesu]

Gentle reminder that if you can't tell whether something is supposed to be satire or not it's not serving its role as satire.

It is clearly satire.

 

[jon bones]

Sort of. Based off the weird cult militias that actually exist and not too recently one had a long stand off with the FBI. Im not familiar enough with the geography to say if it is rural or not. They just mad a white guy is a villian.

Also, tangential but I showed the reveal trailer to some friends that are more staunchly liberal in some ways than I. They called it lame and unrealistic. When I brought up the stand off they didn't say much. Still bummed me out they just sort of mocked it. Certainly seems like the most interesting direction they could take the series in my opinion.

oh shit, yeah i remember hearing of those treasonous crazy people

sounds like an interesting direction for the series

 

[Tacitus_]

Change the villains. It’s not so hard, really. Just change the villains to something more realistic. Islam is on the rise in America, as is the violence of inner city gangs. Are you scared to do so? In the words of Boltair – “To learn who rules you, simply find out who’s not being criticized.”

lmao

I have to say, I'm seriously enjoying how butthurt people are getting about this game.

 

[RazielCuts]

Can this be considered viral marketing?

 

[Necro900]

Also, tangential but I showed the reveal trailer to some friends that are more staunchly liberal in some ways than I. They called it lame and unrealistic. When I brought up the stand off they didn't say much. Still bummed me out they just sort of mocked it. Certainly seems like the most interesting direction they could take the series in my opinion.

Damn. How can they be this oblivious to something that's happening in their very country?

 

[Lanrutcon]

If UBI gives in to this crap then there's no hope.

That is, if it's real.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

It is clearly satire.

The scary thing is that we can't immediately tell. Today there are people that seriously write shit like this and believe every word they wrote.

 

[Akainu]

Fucking snowflakes.

 

[Machina]

“To learn who rules you, simply find out who’s not being criticized.”

But white people aren't allowed to be criticized.

 

[JaseC]

It is clearly satire.

He's saying that it's perhaps supposed to be satire, but the fact it being genuine wouldn't be the least bit surprising in post-election America means it falls short of the mark.

 

[OléGunner]

Amazing! I'm drinking up the tears.
Also I didn't know the average American was a religious mid-west gun toting militia cult member??

I feel like I'm in the Twighlight zone here.

 

[Keasar]

People say that it's a parody.

The problem right now is that reality have been looking a lot like a parody.

This is just too confusing.

 

[Diamond]

Ubisoft just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about American culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in France where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in USfuckinA, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the american public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Far Cry 5, nor will they purchase any of Ubisoft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Ubisoft has alienated an entire market with this move.

Ubisoft, publicly apologize and cancel Far Cry 5 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

Edit : Shit, not quick enough...

 

[Kthulhu]

^^ A+ post right here.

Change the villains. It’s not so hard, really. Just change the villains to something more realistic. Islam is on the rise in America, as is the violence of inner city gangs. Are you scared to do so? In the words of Boltair – “To learn who rules you, simply find out who’s not being criticized.”

This one's my favorite. Islamic terrorism has killed far less people than Right wing and Christian terrorism in the United States. Not to mention that crime has been dropping for the past 20 odd years.

 

[Undrey]

Wow, it amazes me people like this actually exists. This reads like some sort of satire. I sincerely hope the people behind this aren't serious.

 

[Bishop89]

We Americans have so few games to call our own, and we’re tired of losing them to multi-cultural bullshit.

This one got me good.