Ukraine - Our Colleagues and Friends need our help
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https://crisisrelief.un.org/t/ukraine
A lot of us have colleagues in Ukraine that are having to deal with this.
Let's support them.
Personally, our team at Bitmoji has one guy on the team who's near the Ukranian border, and thank God he's okay as of writing this. Anton Evmeshkin
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https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-24-studios-call-for-support-in-face-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR3OK9JYVIAG7XCDV41nmQL30p9Nz-Ep05TokJiXlc-g_UfbBuZAooFGy3k
Via news clips, the reverberating sound of an air raid klaxon throughout Kyiv's city centre, is truly haunting its' as if being transposed back in time rather than a supposedly enlightened year of 2022!
If any game artist makes it out and needs a safe space to be. reach out. We can help in Berlin / Germany. If we have anything, we have space at the studio. We can try to support with finding accommodations and visa stuff. We can certainly offer desk space and a friendly environment where you can at least keep your job running. it aint much, but if we can help. we will.
and if berlin is too close, our folks can likely help you in portugal as well.
I am so sad to hear. I was born in Iraq and fleed the war, and I know to this day, that people in that area do not have any safe ground. When we came to Europe, we had hoped that no one, not even our neighbors would go through this. And once again this is happening. It's unfair, it's disgusting and this saddens me beyond. Why? just why in God's name or whomever it concerns does mankind still resolve to war and kill innocent people? Why is the hunger for power so strong that you are willing to sacrifice children, women, and men that have nothing to do with your ego??
Hope there's a solution coming and soon!!!!!
okay here is the official version
Hey, fellow artists!
There's a topic that's on everyone's mind this week. We're saddened, worried and dismayed by the news and footage that reaches us from the Ukraine, and we're anxiously reading reports from friends and peers who live or have family there, fearing for their safety and lives.
We discussed internally what Airborn could do beyond the usual means and decided that we'll make our office space available to Ukrainian game artists. If you're currently stuck in Berlin and can't travel home or happen to be in the process of leaving Ukraine and making your way here, we can offer a desk, hardware if needed, internet access, the usual facilities (e.g., kitchen) and the company of some fellow art weirdos (i.e., us) in case you need to place to go about your work during the day. Know someone like this? Feel free to pass this one. We'll also try to help where we can with bureaucratic obstacles one may encounter or seeing what accommodation options there might be. No hard promises on that though since it's a pretty dynamic situation and we're new to this as well. The best we can do under these circumstances.
What else can anyone do? Stay informed and take unvalidated news from sketchy sources with a massive grain of salt. More importantly, you can help by donating to organizations like the Red Cross (https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine) and other channels (https://www.inquirer.com/.../ukraine-charities-donate.html) and engage with your local politicians to let them know how important this is to you.
We discussed internally what Airborn could do beyond the usual means and decided that we'll make our office space available to Ukrainian game artists. If you're currently stuck in Berlin and can't travel home or happen to be in the process of leaving Ukraine and making your way here, we can offer a desk, hardware if needed, internet access, the usual facilities (e.g., kitchen) and the company of some fellow art weirdos (i.e., us) in case you need to place to go about your work during the day. Know someone like this? Feel free to pass this one. We'll also try to help where we can with bureaucratic obstacles one may encounter or seeing what accommodation options there might be. No hard promises on that though since it's a pretty dynamic situation and we're new to this as well. The best we can do under these circumstances.
What else can anyone do? Stay informed and take unvalidated news from sketchy sources with a massive grain of salt. More importantly, you can help by donating to organizations like the Red Cross (https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine) and other channels (https://www.inquirer.com/.../ukraine-charities-donate.html) and engage with your local politicians to let them know how important this is to you.
To everyone who is directly affected by this: our thoughts are with you and we're hoping you and your loved one manage to stay out of harm's way as best as possible.
It's the weirdest feeling knowing full well most civilians are patently not on board with any of this invasion stuff.
Tell Gabe Newell to suspend Steam services in Russia until Putin pulls out all Russian military members and assets from Ukraine.
Deny them CS:GO or World of Tanks
Tbh don't let the owners cut off russia. Make them show the russian population what is happening in Ukraine. Don't worry, the tools will be out of service in no time. But the little time they had, maybe some of the population will get a glimpse of what is happening over there right now. And i believe it does matter who takes away your toys.
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft And Epic Games Join Legions Suspending Russian Sales
https://kotaku.com/microsoft-activision-netflix-epic-ubisoft-russia-ukr-1848616145?fbclid=IwAR0FqvBi4NEiJN96sVT7M21xpY9vPuICvQMRY7ztwgOHc46XHxUqCK1j__I
It breaks my heart to see anyone thrown into this war, especially 3D Artists / Developers as it really brings it home, here is a post from Studio 801 on Linkedin
Too bad Epic doesn't fight Russian propaganda like this too. I reported a user on ArtStation recently - instead of deleting a post related to spreading hate. They hid it just for me. Interesting, maybe Tencent told them so ;)
What was wrong with the tanker asset, specifically?
The letter Z is used in Ukraine by Russian troops to mark their combat vehicles. In Europe, it is beginning to be seen as the new swastika. And nationalist movements in Russia are starting to use it as their logo and trademark.
Reminds me of this one
Are you implying something by referring to the former logo of the Ukrainian National Party "Freedom"?