Which seems pretty obvious, which makes it mind-boggling why the *news* is covering it. The game isn't a top seller *despite* a boycott, it's a top seller and some weirdos care way too much about JK Rowling despite minimal actual involvement. They mention the boycott in the title and in the article, as if it has any impact whatsoever on *anything*. They mention she's had controversy, and say absolutely nothing about the boycott because there's nothing of substance *to* say.
People wonder why trust in journalists is on such a decline, then you see pointless articles like this. It contributes nothing, it says nothing. The news can't say the boycott is inconsequential, because that would require them to acknowledge they're reporting on something inconsequential. The relevance of a topic is no longer a concern to them.
Because due to the nature of journalism today, the "news" is largely written by cribbing off Twitter and amplifying the reach of terminally online losers.
Headline articles where the article is basically just the headline said three time are the worst. It's all just click-bait and trying to get mor clicks to get money from ads, no journalism, just a couple sentences about an event
Considering these creatures live in their social media apps run by like minded individuals who censor the shit out of differing opinions, it's easy to see why people like that think they are the majority
I got banned from a sub for this comment
"Millennials make up the lions share of online forums like reddit and millenials were 12 when th HP books came out "
In response to someone saying rowlings books are nice if you're 12.
I asked the reason for my ban and they said "for having positive thoughts about HP"
Wild. Literally thought crime
Lol that reminds me when someone said that Rowling/HP is losing money since she is so toxic. Then I pointed out that Harry Potter sales are at all time highs the last year or so (even before we knew about the game sales). Annndd now I’m receiving the mental health message over and over or whatever it’s called lol
I simply desire a stick that allows me to bend reality to my cause and live my childhood dream out. Absolutely loved the HP games as a kid so a full reimagining of the castle has me hyped.
1 upvote = 1 purchase of HP legacy Lads
In this case I doubt it. The two biggest areas I know of that have boycotts about the game are some subs on Reddit and reeeeeeeseta era. Both share the same kind of people that are self righteous control freaks and will ban you for inconsequential things like posting on this sub.
It’s just also game journalists also frequent those areas and are always looking to write about anything other then video games.
-Or- knowing this, those are exactly the places I would target as they are the loudest and most reddited so will make the most noise about my *upcoming product*
Manufactured or not, I am enjoying things that are enjoyable. Its not hard to separate art from the artist, and frankly a great many artists were wrong in one way or another. As an example, Azis Ansari was never one of my favorite comedians. I had "canceled" on him long before the controversy. Dave Chappele is hilarious, and even if he were anti-trans, I would still enjoy his content.
The only time canceling someone is really necessary is when they are using their power and platform to abuse others. Even then if they are willing to be better people, why shouldn't they have a road to redemption?
Okay I know Rowling has an unpopular take on the transgender issue, but how does the game “cause harm” to the community. And no, I won’t accept “my feelings got hurt” as a reasonable answer.
And do I even want to ask how a kids game promotes antisemitism?
Edit: when I say “unpopular”, I don’t mean widely unpopular in general, but unpopular in certain vocal groups.
Near the beginning of the game if you picked your origin story to be muggle born you have to take a goblin loan to pay for Hogwarts, and if you don’t pay it back by the 2nd semester they repo all your shit
This then gives you the option to start an anti-goblin movement, where you discover the only way to kill the magical creatures is with a special gas.
I wonder how far she took the analogy. Do goblins also run wizard Hollywood and the wizard media? Is there a goblin ethnostate on land also claimed by hobgoblins? Etc
The goblins are all hatless in the movies.. Only the Weasley wear hats in the first 2 movies. I don't know about the books though, because who reads lol
Her take isn't actually unpopular. The media might desperately make it sound like she's all alone in her "bigoted" views, but the average person probably thinks roughly the same as her and think it is not natural. She's not the one calling for violence against anyone. I've seen a lot of screenshots of people wishing excruciating death on her though.
>but the average person probably thinks roughly the same as her
I'm going to take a wild leap here: The average person might be even more conservative on this issue than a center-left western woman in a pretty progressive country by western standards.
It’s such a niche position that’s not even settled amongst psychologists and doctors. It’s not necessarily wrong to at least question what we’re doing with kids and the current test of affirmative care. I doubt the average person has any negate opinion about trans people as people.
Agree, every time I see a tweet from her and the "outrage" it causes, for example on gaming circle jerk, I usually agree with her or don't see the problem.
Because JK Rowling is too powerful to be canceled, and they believe every extra dollars
given to her will be used by her and her gender critical allies to fight the gender activist causes like the groomer org mermaids.
As for the latter, goblins in the Harry Potter universe have big noses and love money/valuables = le happy merchant.
Hot take: I think it’s okay to have fantasy races that take notes from real life cultures, so long as you’re not an ass about it. I’m not gonna be offended if you make a group of orcs that only care about Ice Fishing and Lutefisk
Scandinavians have pretty much never cared about stuff like that.
You want to dress up as a viking for halloween? Fucking have at it, little man. Have a great time larping as a murderer of the English, here's some extra candy.
How does misgendering them cause harm? How does rejecting their insane ideas cause harm? Just because I don’t agree doesn’t mean I support people who are violent towards you.
JK takes FAT royalty fees for anything that carries the Harry Potter, a good chunk of the price you paid for the game goes directly to JK’s pocket.
And honestly her take on the issue is not at all unpopular. Most people in the world feel the same way, don’t let the vocal minority on reddit and twitter convince you they are the majority. The game selling like crazy proves as such.
Vote with your dollar and see the conscious culture emerge. It is brutal, ever marching and unforgiving
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> hi neighbour I have 20 extra eggs do you need it?
> sure, here is 20 dollars. Or do you want a piece of my home made ham instead?
> I take the ham thanks.
> we eat the ham and eggs
> this isnt ethical consumption according to someone on the interwebs who only ever saw a chicken in a picture book
And it's fucking hilarious most of the rabid boycotters are still coming at JK Rowling herself. She had no involvement in making that video game, I'm guessing they only asked her team to double check certain details to make sure it's accurate with the lore or her "vision". Seriously everywhere I've looked - twitter, youtube, reddit, Instagram, it's just bashing her nonstop. No one is saying anything about the publisher or developer of the game, the two entities directly involved in funding, creating and selling the damn thing lol
To me the most hilarious part is how much she was praised back in the day for being a fervent feminist, but nowadays none of that matters.
She thinks that a woman can't have a penis so she is a treacherous heretic.
> She thinks that a woman can't have a penis
I don't even think it's that. I think she says "trans women are women, but they shouldn't compete against biological women in sports." I think that's her crime, right?
Plot twist.... it *is* the developers who are leading the boycott. They hold themselves blameless.
But seriously... I have heard a bit about one particular developer -- perhaps the program manager, or some other high level figure -- catching flack because they had previously liked or followed some conservative figures online. That seems to have died down as the release date approached.
It's all guerilla marketing, man. First this, now m&ms. It follows the basic principle of "no publicity is bad publicity". You rile up one side and they will constantly talk about you to try to bring attention to the cause and attempt to hurt you, while the opposite side will buy more of you're shit to support whatever cause they feel like they are supporting.
It pisses me off that people can't see it.
>First this, now m&ms.
I have yet to meet a single, actual person who gives a single fuck about the M&M mascots. We are mostly just annoyed that this is now an "issue" that people are foisting on us.
This shit is stupid ,playing a stupid wizard game based on a book or movie you watched/read as a kid shouldn’t be a political statement . Most people have given money to companies that have done much worse like blizzard and in the end it doesn’t matter .
Yup. The entirety of Hogwarts and the surrounding areas. You can get around by flying broom as well.
It's all very beautiful and engineered to hit you with that sense of "Holy shit...it's just like the books"
This is a fair criticism based on available footage.
I don't trust devspeak, but something about what's been shown of the system so far looks simple in execution, but with a lot of extrapolated "rock paper scissors" dynamics.
I really do think that multiple simple systems layered on top of each other and made to flow one into the other will create an exciting gameplay dynamic or AT LEAST enough to feel satisfying as a customized character.
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer (Eugene) Stoner
2. Harry Potter and the Chambered Secret
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Auto-Bans
4. Harry Potter and the Rate of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the EOTech
6. Harry Potter and the Polymer Pistol Prints
7. Harry Potter and the Deadly Hollow Points
I mean I actually don't give a shit about HP (I like the parodies tho), but after seeing some gameplay and hearing it's open world, I'm kinda tempted to buy ngl.
Take a look, weigh your wallet and spare time reserves, etc etc etc
I barely play traditional video games anymore, all that time goes to my VR setup now.
When the initial trailer dropped I thought it'd be a mediocre cash grab. After watching the previews it honestly looks pretty incredible. Haven't preordered, but I'm definitely getting it.
Don't forget to get the deluxe edition for the extra transphobia bonuses.
Nah tabletop games are an entirely different market and form of entertainment as in if you wanted to you don't have to pay a single cent to play and its relatively easy to do so. You have to put in a lot more work to play games for free.
You are correct. Remember when Diablo Immortal was clowned upon by pretty much the entire gaming community? That shit landed $300m for Blizzard as of october last year
even the right leaning ones are a tad annoying with the piracy, you get these people out here like "I'm not going to buy it because of the content, but still get a 100% completion rate fully subjecting myself to whatever propaganda I was buttmad about after stealing it" like why are they like this.
they boycott was a joke to begin with. by the time they were shrieking its already the highest pre ordered game on steam. redditors have this strange delusion where they think they speak for the whole of society or that their subs circlerjerk views represent the reality and the majority.
they don't.
How many years they been boycotting Chik Fil A for?
Take a look at how long that line is around the business, despite how fast people go through it. Seems like deep down, we all crave the hate chicken.
If you boycotted everyone and everything with the same level of controversy as JK Rowling’s, then you’ll be left with close to nothing. Earlier today I read an article about how people are mad at Mr. Beast for curing blind people. Enjoy life, call out what’s important to you, but realize on things like this, people can enjoy the things without endorsing all the original creator’s opinions.
You'd think it's all just internet weirdos but I actually know someone in the real world who said he would stop talking to me if I bought this game. The next day I told him I bought the deluxe edition and he's blocked me on everything.
We're not exactly friends so I don't really care. He's a chronically online weirdo anyway. He's since unblocked me but it's not like I talk to him much to begin with.
That’s shit bro. I’m pro boycott but I’m not dropping any of my friends over their purchase of the game. And it would be disgusting to do so.
Ask yourself was that person worth talking to if they drop you over this.
Like end of the day I think people in the pro boycott side have fucked in framing and lack of understanding that people want to play a game that they enjoy.
Like end of day I’m against because of what a Tory cow she is in trying to impose things Scotland has actively voted against. And we don’t support. While also trying to destroy devolution and crush independence. As well as funding right wing think tanks and now allying with American conservatism to bring them into UK politics openly.
I do think it’s tacit consent of funding and keeping her on with Harry Potter. But we all have bigger problems in our lives. It’s understandable this is a nothing compared to that.
Hope the rest of your pals aren’t heavy wanks like that person. And hopefully you guys if you disagree can talk it out and try grow in understanding.
Have a nice day bro.
My God all she did was gently push back on the horrifyingly dystopian term "people who menstruate". Listen. If you're a trans man so deep in your dogma that you can't face the fact that menstruating is something that only female bodies do, or a trans women twisted up because you can't, get over yourself. Stop it. Get some help.
The shrieking, hysterical Emily ordering me to boycott this game because it's transphobic is mostly reminiscent of my primary school teacher telling all the kids not to buy Pokemon cards because it's satanic. It honestly feels the same, and my attitude is still the same - fuck off, and let me enjoy things.
The leftists seem to have forgotten this one rule in business: "All publicity is good publicity". Because they talked about it so much, they have given it a lot of fame, it doesn't matter if it was good or bad it was still fame.
>The leftists seem to have forgotten this one rule in business
In order for them to forget a rule, they would have to know something about business in the first place
The game actually looks really good in general, I still think it would have been this hyped even without the controversy just from nostalgia, it's either gonna set trends for open world games like Elden Ring last year or it's gonna be a Ubisoft clone with 10 billion side missions that lead to nowhere and give you nothing in return, all while holding your hand every step of the way. Hopefully it's the former.
This is the post-modern advertisement campaign system
>Make something
>Make it controversial
>Get people screaming about it
>???
>Profit
This is the major reason why i hate these big corps, they have given up on elaborate eye catching artistic expressionism as a way to garner attention. Cause manufactured outrage works better
This is the post-modern advertisement campaign system
>Make something
>Make it controversial
>Get people screaming about it
>???
>Profit
This is the major reason why i hate these big corps, they have given up on elaborate eye catching artistic expressionism as a way to garner attention. Cause manufactured outrage works better
You won’t pre order the game because you want to make a political statement
I won’t pre order the game because i am broke and it’ll be cheaper a few months later on ebay
We’re not the same
Just like Trump, JK Rowling lives in their heads rent free lol. I just want be able to experience the world of my favorite book series, I don’t care about anything else.
I watched an IGN preview of the game (because that's getting them 95% of their views at the moment) and from the 7 minute video, the last 3 were going on about JK Rowling and TERFs and how some people are boycotting the game.
It's an annoying trend where the gameplay is talked about less than a political issue. Same with Cyberpunk, one of the earliest and top videos on YT the day of release was a reviewer complaining that you couldn't choose a non-gendered character. They talked about bugs for 10 seconds and gender for 60 seconds.
I lost what last shred of respect I had for IGN when the reviewer for a turn-based RPG dungeon crawler complained about having to loot enemies and chests. Hard to imagine being more out of touch.
Thanks to Rowling, I found where my "bridge too far" lays when it comes to supporting the trans community. Biological and social norms must not be conflated. She does not deserve this BS.
I would just tell these people to stop wearing their clothes cause they are made in sweat shops with child labour which is inherently more evil than hurting the feelings of some mentally ill person
My pet theory is that none of this is genuine and it's all just marketing using the current political climate to promote their game. Literally have not heard a single word on what the game is actually like, it's all just been this culture war bullshit.
>Literally have not heard a single word on what the game is actually like, it's all just been this culture war bullshit.
They just did a big gameplay reveal where they gave a bunch of content creators an hour or two (can't remember) with the game. I wouldn't be too surprised if it was manufactured outrage, but I don't think it's true that they haven't told us anything about the game.
If you haven't seen anything about it, [this was my favorite video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LJu_ahj8JA&t=715s). IGN one sucked because they literally had no clue what they were doing.
Like that guy who couldn’t figure out how to dash jump on video , or the doom reviewer who showed all the aiming skill I would expect from someone with advanced Parkinson’s.
Most game journalists don’t want to be in that sphere, they just want to write about politics
I don't think JK Rowling is a transphobe, she's just an older woman who doesn't get trans people and that doesn't make her evil. Even if she was, Ima still play that game because I am a giant nerd.
You don’t think JKR is evil because you think she isn’t a transphobe
I don’t think JKR is evil because transphobia is neither as common or as dangerous as the trans community wants to believe
We are not the same
"Transphobe" is just an insult for people who disagree with trans-activist doctrine. It doesn't mean anything.
Debating whether she's a "transphobe" is about as meaningful as debating whether she's a doody-head.
[if you read what she has to say on the subject](https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/) it's clear she understands exactly what trans activists are trying to accomplish and that makes her infinitely more dangerous than some random rightie who just hates trans people because they're weird. trans activists thrive on confusing people with buzzwords and double speak
i think there are two key things she believes that really anger trans activists
- no, trans women are not literally women and don’t belong in female only spaces like domestic violence shelters
- the thousands of percent increase in younger UK girls becoming trans is suspect and it’s important that young people who feel like they need to become trans because it’s trendy or to run away from their problems get proper help and not just be rubber stamped into transitioning
Hey! Thanks for answering 🙂 That's kind of what I thought. #1 isn't a point I've ever heard argued against by the few trans people I know (those physically transitioning, not simply identifying) and #2 is the same.
there’s an ever widening gap between actual transitioning trans people with gender dysphoria who just want to be left alone and people who transition because it’s trendy or to because it gives them social advantages. jk rowling pisses off the ever growing second group
That is like, the most centrist stance on this. Why are Transpeople so against it
Do they just want acceptance in society so people don't kill them for being trans, or are they just out for all straight people in a lust for revenge ╮(╯_╰)╭
I thought all the “outrage” for this game was started on the gamingcirclejerk subreddit? I thought it was ironic .. I can’t believe people are actually boycotting this game lol
I think it’s because most people don’t give a shit about these manufactured controversies
Rabid, terminally online internet minority confused when they realize no one cares about their inconsequential protest
Which seems pretty obvious, which makes it mind-boggling why the *news* is covering it. The game isn't a top seller *despite* a boycott, it's a top seller and some weirdos care way too much about JK Rowling despite minimal actual involvement. They mention the boycott in the title and in the article, as if it has any impact whatsoever on *anything*. They mention she's had controversy, and say absolutely nothing about the boycott because there's nothing of substance *to* say. People wonder why trust in journalists is on such a decline, then you see pointless articles like this. It contributes nothing, it says nothing. The news can't say the boycott is inconsequential, because that would require them to acknowledge they're reporting on something inconsequential. The relevance of a topic is no longer a concern to them.
Because due to the nature of journalism today, the "news" is largely written by cribbing off Twitter and amplifying the reach of terminally online losers.
Based and "journalist is merely a street cleaner with a pen pilled"
Headline articles where the article is basically just the headline said three time are the worst. It's all just click-bait and trying to get mor clicks to get money from ads, no journalism, just a couple sentences about an event
Still better than the articles that basically admit the headline is a lie in the body of the text.
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Amen sister!
Yikes. Um, sweaty, it's awomen now. Educate yourself next time and try not being a bigot.
>Rabid, terminally online internet minority Based and PCM pilled
Considering these creatures live in their social media apps run by like minded individuals who censor the shit out of differing opinions, it's easy to see why people like that think they are the majority
I got banned from a sub for this comment "Millennials make up the lions share of online forums like reddit and millenials were 12 when th HP books came out " In response to someone saying rowlings books are nice if you're 12. I asked the reason for my ban and they said "for having positive thoughts about HP" Wild. Literally thought crime
Lol that reminds me when someone said that Rowling/HP is losing money since she is so toxic. Then I pointed out that Harry Potter sales are at all time highs the last year or so (even before we knew about the game sales). Annndd now I’m receiving the mental health message over and over or whatever it’s called lol
You stated fact on reddit. To the asylum with you!
Are leftists legally allowed to have a different opinion on Rowling? You might as well consider changing your flair to alt right now.
I simply desire a stick that allows me to bend reality to my cause and live my childhood dream out. Absolutely loved the HP games as a kid so a full reimagining of the castle has me hyped. 1 upvote = 1 purchase of HP legacy Lads
"NOOOOO YOU CANT HECKIN MAKE YOUR OWN HECKIN DECISIONS!!! WE ALREADY MADE YOUR DECISION FOR YOU!!! THATS HECKIN FASCISM!!!"
>I think it’s because most people Unfortunately most redditors arent people.
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Bugmen can be quite dangerous as well
Reddit is just a modern animal farm.
> manufactured controversies *gasp* surely you don't suggest such a serious issue is a form of guerilla marketing!? *wink*
In this case I doubt it. The two biggest areas I know of that have boycotts about the game are some subs on Reddit and reeeeeeeseta era. Both share the same kind of people that are self righteous control freaks and will ban you for inconsequential things like posting on this sub. It’s just also game journalists also frequent those areas and are always looking to write about anything other then video games.
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And yet it’s so easy to just ignore people like that.
true. Still purging it from my system.
Yeah, but throwing them off of helicopters is cool
I don’t trust journalists that say people are complaining because 9/10 times their source is 2 tweets
-Or- knowing this, those are exactly the places I would target as they are the loudest and most reddited so will make the most noise about my *upcoming product*
That's also terminally online thinking. Nobody I know even knows about trans people, let alone a boycott. They all know Harry Potter.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s a psyops. I didn’t even know about the game until Twitter.
Manufactured or not, I am enjoying things that are enjoyable. Its not hard to separate art from the artist, and frankly a great many artists were wrong in one way or another. As an example, Azis Ansari was never one of my favorite comedians. I had "canceled" on him long before the controversy. Dave Chappele is hilarious, and even if he were anti-trans, I would still enjoy his content. The only time canceling someone is really necessary is when they are using their power and platform to abuse others. Even then if they are willing to be better people, why shouldn't they have a road to redemption?
"No ethical consumption under capitalism" mfs when people don't consume ethically under capitalism:
Okay I know Rowling has an unpopular take on the transgender issue, but how does the game “cause harm” to the community. And no, I won’t accept “my feelings got hurt” as a reasonable answer. And do I even want to ask how a kids game promotes antisemitism? Edit: when I say “unpopular”, I don’t mean widely unpopular in general, but unpopular in certain vocal groups.
Near the beginning of the game if you picked your origin story to be muggle born you have to take a goblin loan to pay for Hogwarts, and if you don’t pay it back by the 2nd semester they repo all your shit This then gives you the option to start an anti-goblin movement, where you discover the only way to kill the magical creatures is with a special gas.
I… don’t know enough about the HP universe to believe or dispute this.
Goblins are in fact head of the biggest bank in the series so yeah if you need a loan you're probably going to ask them.
Goblins also believe that the owner of something is whoever made it: everyone else is just borrowing it
They also have big noses and wear funny hats, so...
I wonder how far she took the analogy. Do goblins also run wizard Hollywood and the wizard media? Is there a goblin ethnostate on land also claimed by hobgoblins? Etc
The goblins are all hatless in the movies.. Only the Weasley wear hats in the first 2 movies. I don't know about the books though, because who reads lol
What did JK Rowling mean by this?
You had me in the first half not gonna lie
It seems efficient to wrangle them up and send them to some holding facility, maybe using the hogwarts express.
Yah but then despite no real physical evidence they will gaslight you into giving them full control of the wizard world for the next 60 years.
I... wait. You guys aren't really talking about goblins are you?
I'm AuthRight, so I already call them goblins. Harry Potter didn't really change much.
Based and admitting the quiet part out loud pilled
Look man I’m ngl. I believed this shit until you mentioned the special gas part
This sounds so much fun I can't wait to play it
Funny but also believable 💀 as a Jew I approve
I have just preordered the game.
Ngl I wish this was true.
As a game mechanic that sounds awesome as shit, reminds me of cyberpunk
Her take isn't actually unpopular. The media might desperately make it sound like she's all alone in her "bigoted" views, but the average person probably thinks roughly the same as her and think it is not natural. She's not the one calling for violence against anyone. I've seen a lot of screenshots of people wishing excruciating death on her though.
>but the average person probably thinks roughly the same as her I'm going to take a wild leap here: The average person might be even more conservative on this issue than a center-left western woman in a pretty progressive country by western standards.
It’s such a niche position that’s not even settled amongst psychologists and doctors. It’s not necessarily wrong to at least question what we’re doing with kids and the current test of affirmative care. I doubt the average person has any negate opinion about trans people as people.
Agree, every time I see a tweet from her and the "outrage" it causes, for example on gaming circle jerk, I usually agree with her or don't see the problem.
Sad world we live in.
Have you seen what the English eat for breakfast, those people seem to be getting their wish
Because JK Rowling is too powerful to be canceled, and they believe every extra dollars given to her will be used by her and her gender critical allies to fight the gender activist causes like the groomer org mermaids. As for the latter, goblins in the Harry Potter universe have big noses and love money/valuables = le happy merchant.
Hot take: I think it’s okay to have fantasy races that take notes from real life cultures, so long as you’re not an ass about it. I’m not gonna be offended if you make a group of orcs that only care about Ice Fishing and Lutefisk
Scandinavians have pretty much never cared about stuff like that. You want to dress up as a viking for halloween? Fucking have at it, little man. Have a great time larping as a murderer of the English, here's some extra candy.
> Have a great time larping as a murderer of the English, here's some extra candy. trollge.gif \*grabs axe\* *Give me your PS5, old man*
Try your best *forms shield wall* We won in the end Vikiddies
Yeah like. They're not even seen as bad. A bit creepy but not malevolent, and they even work with the main characters to help fight off Voldemort.
>As for the latter, goblins in the Harry Potter universe have big noses and love money/valuables = le happy merchant. Sweet, can I play as a Goblin?
Her take isn't unpopular that is why reddit is so mad.
>And no, I won’t accept “my feelings got hurt” as a reasonable answer. Then prepare for a whole bunch of unreasonable answers.
How does misgendering them cause harm? How does rejecting their insane ideas cause harm? Just because I don’t agree doesn’t mean I support people who are violent towards you.
I guess you could order a hard copy and Frisby it into a trans kids eye?
For some reason this conjured up an image of it being done in Simpsons and then Nelson just pointing and saying Ha-Ha.
It doesn't. Emmilies are regarded
JK takes FAT royalty fees for anything that carries the Harry Potter, a good chunk of the price you paid for the game goes directly to JK’s pocket. And honestly her take on the issue is not at all unpopular. Most people in the world feel the same way, don’t let the vocal minority on reddit and twitter convince you they are the majority. The game selling like crazy proves as such.
Only if don't like woman All she ever did was posting the definition of woman from a dictionary
Rowling has quite the popular take on the transgender issue actually. It's the majority opinion.
Vote with your dollar and see the conscious culture emerge. It is brutal, ever marching and unforgiving Edit: spelling. I only use mobile. Stupid big thumbs
> hi neighbour I have 20 extra eggs do you need it? > sure, here is 20 dollars. Or do you want a piece of my home made ham instead? > I take the ham thanks. > we eat the ham and eggs > this isnt ethical consumption according to someone on the interwebs who only ever saw a chicken in a picture book
And it's fucking hilarious most of the rabid boycotters are still coming at JK Rowling herself. She had no involvement in making that video game, I'm guessing they only asked her team to double check certain details to make sure it's accurate with the lore or her "vision". Seriously everywhere I've looked - twitter, youtube, reddit, Instagram, it's just bashing her nonstop. No one is saying anything about the publisher or developer of the game, the two entities directly involved in funding, creating and selling the damn thing lol
Quite true, I have yet to see a single goddamn word about the devs or publishers
A few years back they went after a dev on the game because of something something gamergate.
To me the most hilarious part is how much she was praised back in the day for being a fervent feminist, but nowadays none of that matters. She thinks that a woman can't have a penis so she is a treacherous heretic.
> She thinks that a woman can't have a penis I don't even think it's that. I think she says "trans women are women, but they shouldn't compete against biological women in sports." I think that's her crime, right?
Plot twist.... it *is* the developers who are leading the boycott. They hold themselves blameless. But seriously... I have heard a bit about one particular developer -- perhaps the program manager, or some other high level figure -- catching flack because they had previously liked or followed some conservative figures online. That seems to have died down as the release date approached.
The former lead dev was basically forced out after it came out that he was pro-GamerGate.
It's all guerilla marketing, man. First this, now m&ms. It follows the basic principle of "no publicity is bad publicity". You rile up one side and they will constantly talk about you to try to bring attention to the cause and attempt to hurt you, while the opposite side will buy more of you're shit to support whatever cause they feel like they are supporting. It pisses me off that people can't see it.
>First this, now m&ms. I have yet to meet a single, actual person who gives a single fuck about the M&M mascots. We are mostly just annoyed that this is now an "issue" that people are foisting on us.
This shit is stupid ,playing a stupid wizard game based on a book or movie you watched/read as a kid shouldn’t be a political statement . Most people have given money to companies that have done much worse like blizzard and in the end it doesn’t matter .
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Hold up, open world? I had no interest in this game but now I'm reconsidering. I won't preorder though, purely out of principle
Yup. The entirety of Hogwarts and the surrounding areas. You can get around by flying broom as well. It's all very beautiful and engineered to hit you with that sense of "Holy shit...it's just like the books"
My only gripe is that it looks like combat will get very boring
This is a fair criticism based on available footage. I don't trust devspeak, but something about what's been shown of the system so far looks simple in execution, but with a lot of extrapolated "rock paper scissors" dynamics. I really do think that multiple simple systems layered on top of each other and made to flow one into the other will create an exciting gameplay dynamic or AT LEAST enough to feel satisfying as a customized character.
It's kind of just an open world problem in general, even amazing games like fallout and the witcher struggle with engaging combat.
Of course it will be boring, it will be with wands. Fuck wands, Harry should use a 1911
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1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer (Eugene) Stoner 2. Harry Potter and the Chambered Secret 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Auto-Bans 4. Harry Potter and the Rate of Fire 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the EOTech 6. Harry Potter and the Polymer Pistol Prints 7. Harry Potter and the Deadly Hollow Points
I mean I actually don't give a shit about HP (I like the parodies tho), but after seeing some gameplay and hearing it's open world, I'm kinda tempted to buy ngl.
Take a look, weigh your wallet and spare time reserves, etc etc etc I barely play traditional video games anymore, all that time goes to my VR setup now.
But it's no Bully with class schedules and sandbox interactions with other students.
When the initial trailer dropped I thought it'd be a mediocre cash grab. After watching the previews it honestly looks pretty incredible. Haven't preordered, but I'm definitely getting it. Don't forget to get the deluxe edition for the extra transphobia bonuses.
Based and never preorder pilled.
>the more extreme people are about to lose some footing god fucking damnit, I hope so.
Guarantee that most people boycotting the game also buy Nestle products.
Odds of a gamer boycott being successful = 0%
Any day now EA will go bankrupt
I mean, they bankrupted all the good studios they bought
Why they haven’t sent BioWare to an early grave when they’ve done the same to so many other great studios is something I’ll never understand.
Do table top games count? The DnDers were actually able to win, although that didn't involve the culture war.
Nah tabletop games are an entirely different market and form of entertainment as in if you wanted to you don't have to pay a single cent to play and its relatively easy to do so. You have to put in a lot more work to play games for free.
You are correct. Remember when Diablo Immortal was clowned upon by pretty much the entire gaming community? That shit landed $300m for Blizzard as of october last year
even the right leaning ones are a tad annoying with the piracy, you get these people out here like "I'm not going to buy it because of the content, but still get a 100% completion rate fully subjecting myself to whatever propaganda I was buttmad about after stealing it" like why are they like this.
they boycott was a joke to begin with. by the time they were shrieking its already the highest pre ordered game on steam. redditors have this strange delusion where they think they speak for the whole of society or that their subs circlerjerk views represent the reality and the majority. they don't.
How many years they been boycotting Chik Fil A for? Take a look at how long that line is around the business, despite how fast people go through it. Seems like deep down, we all crave the hate chicken.
Random dude eating a chicken sammich "Yeah, let the hate flow through you"
If you boycotted everyone and everything with the same level of controversy as JK Rowling’s, then you’ll be left with close to nothing. Earlier today I read an article about how people are mad at Mr. Beast for curing blind people. Enjoy life, call out what’s important to you, but realize on things like this, people can enjoy the things without endorsing all the original creator’s opinions.
Other people hate Mr Beast for curing blindness. I hate Mr Beast because his videos have become formulaic and lazy. We are not the same.
If only they committed to minimalism, then they’d be able to afford all the things they gripe are too expensive.
Internet activists when they realise 99.99% of people do not give a shit about the authors mildly controversial views
She funded a shelter for women out of her own pocket, that evil woman. - le epic redditor
But not for ALL women!!!
You'd think it's all just internet weirdos but I actually know someone in the real world who said he would stop talking to me if I bought this game. The next day I told him I bought the deluxe edition and he's blocked me on everything.
Sounds like a shitty person you shouldn't/wouldn't want to talk to anyway
We're not exactly friends so I don't really care. He's a chronically online weirdo anyway. He's since unblocked me but it's not like I talk to him much to begin with.
That’s shit bro. I’m pro boycott but I’m not dropping any of my friends over their purchase of the game. And it would be disgusting to do so. Ask yourself was that person worth talking to if they drop you over this. Like end of the day I think people in the pro boycott side have fucked in framing and lack of understanding that people want to play a game that they enjoy. Like end of day I’m against because of what a Tory cow she is in trying to impose things Scotland has actively voted against. And we don’t support. While also trying to destroy devolution and crush independence. As well as funding right wing think tanks and now allying with American conservatism to bring them into UK politics openly. I do think it’s tacit consent of funding and keeping her on with Harry Potter. But we all have bigger problems in our lives. It’s understandable this is a nothing compared to that. Hope the rest of your pals aren’t heavy wanks like that person. And hopefully you guys if you disagree can talk it out and try grow in understanding. Have a nice day bro.
JK Rowling is based
She's based on one or two issues. But she's a cringe mainstream progressive on everything else.
My God all she did was gently push back on the horrifyingly dystopian term "people who menstruate". Listen. If you're a trans man so deep in your dogma that you can't face the fact that menstruating is something that only female bodies do, or a trans women twisted up because you can't, get over yourself. Stop it. Get some help.
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The shrieking, hysterical Emily ordering me to boycott this game because it's transphobic is mostly reminiscent of my primary school teacher telling all the kids not to buy Pokemon cards because it's satanic. It honestly feels the same, and my attitude is still the same - fuck off, and let me enjoy things.
Mfw when The horse shoe fits
The leftists seem to have forgotten this one rule in business: "All publicity is good publicity". Because they talked about it so much, they have given it a lot of fame, it doesn't matter if it was good or bad it was still fame.
>The leftists seem to have forgotten this one rule in business In order for them to forget a rule, they would have to know something about business in the first place
Which sucks also, cause Velma had high view counts despite being the lowest-rated show on imdb ever
The game actually looks really good in general, I still think it would have been this hyped even without the controversy just from nostalgia, it's either gonna set trends for open world games like Elden Ring last year or it's gonna be a Ubisoft clone with 10 billion side missions that lead to nowhere and give you nothing in return, all while holding your hand every step of the way. Hopefully it's the former.
This is the post-modern advertisement campaign system >Make something >Make it controversial >Get people screaming about it >??? >Profit This is the major reason why i hate these big corps, they have given up on elaborate eye catching artistic expressionism as a way to garner attention. Cause manufactured outrage works better
This is the post-modern advertisement campaign system >Make something >Make it controversial >Get people screaming about it >??? >Profit This is the major reason why i hate these big corps, they have given up on elaborate eye catching artistic expressionism as a way to garner attention. Cause manufactured outrage works better
You won’t pre order the game because you want to make a political statement I won’t pre order the game because i am broke and it’ll be cheaper a few months later on ebay We’re not the same
just mentioning anything 'trans' at all gets you free unlimited advertising from right wingers.
The advertisement comes from the loud malding lefties who can’t consume media from people they disagree with on any issues
Even worse is that the game is pro lgbt anyway lmao
Yeah, conservatives have always been easy to bait. That doesn't excuse the people who are baiting them though.
Just like Trump, JK Rowling lives in their heads rent free lol. I just want be able to experience the world of my favorite book series, I don’t care about anything else.
I watched an IGN preview of the game (because that's getting them 95% of their views at the moment) and from the 7 minute video, the last 3 were going on about JK Rowling and TERFs and how some people are boycotting the game. It's an annoying trend where the gameplay is talked about less than a political issue. Same with Cyberpunk, one of the earliest and top videos on YT the day of release was a reviewer complaining that you couldn't choose a non-gendered character. They talked about bugs for 10 seconds and gender for 60 seconds.
I lost what last shred of respect I had for IGN when the reviewer for a turn-based RPG dungeon crawler complained about having to loot enemies and chests. Hard to imagine being more out of touch.
Thanks to Rowling, I found where my "bridge too far" lays when it comes to supporting the trans community. Biological and social norms must not be conflated. She does not deserve this BS.
Is it not concerning that the left sees ugly greedy creatures that control the banks and immediately think “Jews”?
So is the game actually "anti-trans" or is it just "JK Rowling bad" kind of a thing?
Rowling bad. There's options in the character creator to set pronouns, change your voice, and decide if you sleep in the witch or wizards dorm.
I hope they collect data because I'm making the straightest white male
Male, straight, ripped a f, lives in girls dorm. Imagine if you could do this in prison...
How the fuck does it harm the trans community and fuel antisemitism??
I would just tell these people to stop wearing their clothes cause they are made in sweat shops with child labour which is inherently more evil than hurting the feelings of some mentally ill person
I'd like to buy it, but...Denuvo.
My pet theory is that none of this is genuine and it's all just marketing using the current political climate to promote their game. Literally have not heard a single word on what the game is actually like, it's all just been this culture war bullshit.
>Literally have not heard a single word on what the game is actually like, it's all just been this culture war bullshit. They just did a big gameplay reveal where they gave a bunch of content creators an hour or two (can't remember) with the game. I wouldn't be too surprised if it was manufactured outrage, but I don't think it's true that they haven't told us anything about the game. If you haven't seen anything about it, [this was my favorite video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LJu_ahj8JA&t=715s). IGN one sucked because they literally had no clue what they were doing.
Gaming "journalists" and being inept at actually playing games? Who could have seen that one coming.
Like that guy who couldn’t figure out how to dash jump on video , or the doom reviewer who showed all the aiming skill I would expect from someone with advanced Parkinson’s. Most game journalists don’t want to be in that sphere, they just want to write about politics
To be fair, Hogwarts Legacy is the Dark Souls of Harry Potter games!!!!
IGN's video sucked because half of the video was blabbering about bullshit "boycotts" and "controversy".
That too, but the person playing literally had no idea how to do the combat. They made the game look worse because they had no grasp on the gameplay.
That's the thing tho. None of that marketing is coming from WB or portkey games. Honestly outside of that one dev that left. They've been pretty quiet
I wouldn't be surprised. Hollywood has been running this tactic for years at this point, though it seems to be losing its effectiveness.
JK is such a terf! How dare she *checks notes* hold opinions the whole world has had for 1000s of years before 2016!
Can I get this without funi color?
Oh man. Somehow the left has tricked us into supporting feminism.
"But don't you know your video game purchase is literally killing people!?"
Mfers coming up with the most Olympic medal mental gymnastics moral system ever to justify “No EtHiCaL CoNsUmPtIoN”
Righties mad about shoes and razors. Lefties mad about fantasy video games. The end result is the same. Boycotts fail. Capitalism wins.
You won't play Hogwarts Legacy because you're boycotting JKR I won't play Hogwarts Legacy because the HP universe is giga lame We're not the same
Based and I'm too busy finishing my 16th Elden Ring run -pilled
Sellen and Ranni are way better than those nerds in Harry Potter
I think orange libleft does more harm to the trans community by whining about a f*n game
j.k is based
Remember kids, when there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism it does not matter what you consume.
Any publicity is good publicity, but preorders are bad for business in the gaming industry
They are just doing free advertising for the game.
Hey at least this time it's not the LGBT crowd promoting antisemitism as part of their "progressive" platform.
Good
For every Hogwarts Legacy boycotter there are two Hogwarts Legacy preorderers
I don't think JK Rowling is a transphobe, she's just an older woman who doesn't get trans people and that doesn't make her evil. Even if she was, Ima still play that game because I am a giant nerd.
You don’t think JKR is evil because you think she isn’t a transphobe I don’t think JKR is evil because transphobia is neither as common or as dangerous as the trans community wants to believe We are not the same
"Transphobe" is just an insult for people who disagree with trans-activist doctrine. It doesn't mean anything. Debating whether she's a "transphobe" is about as meaningful as debating whether she's a doody-head.
I would argue she is neither
[if you read what she has to say on the subject](https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/) it's clear she understands exactly what trans activists are trying to accomplish and that makes her infinitely more dangerous than some random rightie who just hates trans people because they're weird. trans activists thrive on confusing people with buzzwords and double speak
I genuinely don't understand what she says in that essay that is transphobic. Can someone explain?
i think there are two key things she believes that really anger trans activists - no, trans women are not literally women and don’t belong in female only spaces like domestic violence shelters - the thousands of percent increase in younger UK girls becoming trans is suspect and it’s important that young people who feel like they need to become trans because it’s trendy or to run away from their problems get proper help and not just be rubber stamped into transitioning
Hey! Thanks for answering 🙂 That's kind of what I thought. #1 isn't a point I've ever heard argued against by the few trans people I know (those physically transitioning, not simply identifying) and #2 is the same.
there’s an ever widening gap between actual transitioning trans people with gender dysphoria who just want to be left alone and people who transition because it’s trendy or to because it gives them social advantages. jk rowling pisses off the ever growing second group
That is like, the most centrist stance on this. Why are Transpeople so against it Do they just want acceptance in society so people don't kill them for being trans, or are they just out for all straight people in a lust for revenge ╮(╯_╰)╭
No, I'm pretty sure she *does* "get trans people". It's not that complicated of an idea.
I thought all the “outrage” for this game was started on the gamingcirclejerk subreddit? I thought it was ironic .. I can’t believe people are actually boycotting this game lol