@Driadon: I think that you're spot on in this regard. What sites really need to do is just raise awareness. Not all awareness raising has to be through blackouts.
@Driadon: I think that you're spot on in this regard. What sites really need to do is just raise awareness. Not all awareness raising has to be through blackouts.
While I do agree that raising awareness is good in most cases, I believe just raising awareness won't completely work in this case. Most people will just read the post or the article and just think "oh, that's neat". If Giant Bomb literally doesn't cover E3, then we'll have a lot of people realize how big of a deal this is.
@pw2566ch: What really needs to happen is for websites to really drive home how momentous this is. Wikipedia's blackout was pretty good, but now the online community has to keep it up.
There are different ways to communicate with the ESA or EA. Boycotting E3 is not one of them. Why not boycott all the publishers and video games appearing at E3. Are they not supporting the ESA by being there?
That's all well and good, but they have already put a "E3 Day 1 Live Podcast" in the coming soon marquee. If they take that down, they lose all their credibility, probably. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS A WEBSITE OF LIES?!
Ugh. Giantbomb is not a political website, keep that shit outta here.
Besides, it's an empty gesture. Lobbyists and politicians don't care if Giantbomb covers E3 or not, and it wouldn't affect the ESA in any significant matter. But the fact of the matter is, you're talking about ignoring a company for their political views and not for their product. Who cares what a companies politics are? If the product is worth consuming, consume it.
It's already clear that SOPA/PIPA are not going to get passed.
As @IAmNotBatman said:
This SOPA thing will be OVER by then guys.
And the ESA is not the sum of the it's members, particularly when those companies hold an opposing view and have interests outside of gaming (Which is what the ESA deals exclusively in). So I don't see why Giant Bomb should cripple the information it can put out at E3 because of something that's already going to fail, and Giant Bomb can't really influence.
Ugh. Giantbomb is not a political website, keep that shit outta here.
Besides, it's an empty gesture. Lobbyists and politicians don't care if Giantbomb covers E3 or not, and it wouldn't affect the ESA in any significant matter. But the fact of the matter is, you're talking about ignoring a company for their political views and not for their product. Who cares what a companies politics are? If the product is worth consuming, consume it.
Apparently, you are a supporter of genocide, slave labour and child exploitation, sir.
Ugh. Giantbomb is not a political website, keep that shit outta here.
Besides, it's an empty gesture. Lobbyists and politicians don't care if Giantbomb covers E3 or not, and it wouldn't affect the ESA in any significant matter. But the fact of the matter is, you're talking about ignoring a company for their political views and not for their product. Who cares what a companies politics are? If the product is worth consuming, consume it.
Apparently, you are a supporter of genocide, slave labour and child exploitation, sir.
@MikkaQ I really hope you don't mean what you said. That statement is the embodiement of soulless consumer culture which shuts its eyes and ears to all forms of injustice done to others or itself all in order to obtain more material wealth. That culture, so stereotypical of the United States, is why Americans deserve SOPA and PIPA. The problem is it won't only affect The U.S. but the whole world. If the bill does pass, I will bet every single person in this thread will whine about its injustice when they did nothing to stop it. You'll all get what you deserve.
@MikkaQ I really hope you don't mean what you said. That statement is the embodiement of soulless consumer culture which shuts its eyes and ears to all forms of injustice done to others or itself all in order to obtain more material wealth. That culture, so stereotypical of the United States, is why Americans deserve SOPA and PIPA. The problem is it won't only affect The U.S. but the whole world. If the bill does pass, I will bet every single person in this thread will whine about its injustice when they did nothing to stop it. You'll all get what you deserve.
First of all, SOPA and PIPA affect more than just the US. They propose shutting down infringing websites internationally. So saying that Americans deserve it is pretty stupid considering it effects everybody. America produces media like no other, which means assloads of copyright, and assloads of potential infringements that SOPA/PIPA could have shut down no matter where it's hosted.
Secondly, crediting consumer culture to America is also the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I don't know what country you live in, but I can almost guarantee consumerism is rampant there too.
Finally, saying people did nothing about it also stupid. Boycotting a video game conference because the people who run it supply a small amount of money to lobbyists isn't going to make a difference. Neither is putting a simple javascript on your website that ineffectively covers it for a day. You need to write to your congressman and make it clear who you're voting for next term depending on whether they support SOPA/PIPA or not. The way people talk it's as if they think the ESA wrote the damn bill. That line of thinking is waaaay too broad. You need to target those sorts of campaigns at the politicians themselves.
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