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Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

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  • Rima
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    I agree. Hop onto Wickr, we'll need a cell in Asia once the summer holidays start.
    You can't just WOLOLOLO and turn every rotten CEO into Shigeru Miyamoto, I'm sorry. Over this entire thread it's been been exhaustively demonstrated that this crowd are legit psychos who speak only in leverage, and as of now, we ain't got any.
    Don't think of it as a murder. Call it "metabolic budget restructuring"  :3

    Gonna be honest, this is all deeply unwise to be saying on an account connected to your professional profile, whether you're trolling or not. 

    Whacking a CEO won't give you leverage. You'll end up dead or in prison, neither of which will be of any use to your case. You need to whack the system that creates them.
  • sketchem
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    VinceOrcis said:
    This is why it's gotta be a focused, organized action with a clear ultimatum and a manifest, Louigi case teaches one-time happenings are easily forgotten and marginalized. Also makes harder to damage control, you cannot just shrug it off as a lone psycho when there is a clear statement and a chain of consecutive globally distributed warning action. The replacement will know with certainty what exactly caused his predecessor's fate, and how not to repeat it, we're not animals. What do you do to ppl who treat you as furniture, won't accept criticism, bend the law in their favour, and dismantle any means of labor protection? Seriously, I'm all ears.
    zetheros said:
    imo talking about or suggesting we kill people on polycount is a a bit far, especially in an industry as innocuous as ours
    I agree. Hop onto Wickr, we'll need a cell in Asia once the summer holidays start.
    You can't just WOLOLOLO and turn every rotten CEO into Shigeru Miyamoto, I'm sorry. Over this entire thread it's been been exhaustively demonstrated that this crowd are legit psychos who speak only in leverage, and as of now, we ain't got any.
    Don't think of it as a murder. Call it "metabolic budget restructuring"  :3

    This is what happens when you're raised on internet memes without ever learning real revolutionary history or theory. History is pretty clear on the effectiveness of adventurists, that random acts of terror is unproductive as it hinders actual working class movements. Every time you get workers organizing and starting to fight back, here come the adventurists to draw away attention and productive action. Adventurists claim they act on behalf of the workers but they carry our terrorism without consideration, collaboration, or ties to workers. Same as it was in the early 1900s as it is now. 

    Luigi is no different. He didn't meet with any healthcare workers to learn their grievances. He didn't join them on the picket line. He didn't try to unionize or organize with them. Instead he just decided to take matter into his own hands, with no real plan or larger goal. His actions did nothing and millions are still uninsured and the healthcare industry continues unabated. CEOs increased their security headcount for like 6 months. Wow, thanks based vigilante! (sarcasm). He's not even ideologically coherent, participating in the "effective altruism" scam philosophy pushed by tech CEOs and oligarchs. No thanks. 

    Don't confuse media coverage with effectiveness. Just because it makes the "other side" mad on the internet doesn't mean it's good. 


  • Eric Chadwick
    You're welcome to keep chatting about game industry practices, but as a general rule we recommend against advocating threats or real-world violence.

    https://polycount.com/discussion/193727/terms-of-service/p1#2

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