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Dear GiantBomb,

I have been on board ever since I read the Kane and Lynch story when it happened. I instantly felt at home. I have a fond memory of writing a whole guitar tab meddly of monkey island on the monkey island wiki. Sean Coonce told me how cool it was but that it didn't belong on the front page. He took it down but gave me a ton of editorial points, lol. The tabs were lost forever but I was able to freely edit the wiki.

Like many people here I've had a lot of horrible and lonely points in my life. Through all of this low points I would at least be able to turn on giant bomb and feel a little less alone. It's strange that I don't know you people at all but felt a sense of family and belonging watching your stuff. I can't really describe how much it meant to be and what kind of darkness it helped me pull through. I wish you all the best. I hope Jeff, Jeff Jan and Jason and everybody else can cook up something awesome. Thank you all for the one sided friendship you graced me with when I was otherwise alone

-S

I thought the opening to the Ubisoft thing was tasteless and tone deaf given the current time in America. I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was created years before today... but then we learned it was an art piece separate from the game so... who knows.

Reading this thread I feel a little worse than I did before writing it.

That being said a lot of people are arguing about ethics in capitalism and guilt spread throughout the world (indicting the entire system). I understand where people are coming from but I feel that this is binary thinking. The world is muddy and unclear and there are all sorts of problems.

That being said, I do believe we should do something about extreme cases of injustice and not get paralyzed by every other problem in existence.

In my opinion's the heavy hand of the Chinese government is so gross that it deserves special action. That doesn't mean we don't address all the other issues, it just means we speak out against this one. They are eliminating most freedoms that they had promised the population of Hong Kong until 2047 and allegedly have eliminated the very right to life from their Muslim population. This is a far cry from the kind of economic inequity that's prevalent across the world.

If we do nothing then we are complicit. Maybe a boycott is not the answer and we have to think of another way. But doing nothing because "we are helpless" is not the answer. Every action has an affect beyond it's magnitude. I believe that this world is a chaotic system and we can impact change.

@finaldasa: I was referring to the Chinese government. The reason I didn't draw a distinction is that the Chinese government has blurry lines between them and Chinese businesses. I understand that the incorporation of Tencent was done in the Cayman Islands and they're not "owned" by the Chinese government. That being said, you can look up a lot of articles about foundations for companies in the Cayman islands being used not only as tax dodges but as smoke screen for business relationships with officials. I think it's fair to draw a parallel between business created by Chinese citizens that are physically based in China with the Chinese government. It's complicated I guess.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-music-isnt-actually-a-chinese-company-why-should-the-global-music-business-care/

@someoneproud: I wonder if the Chinese government would allow that migration even if the British government opens up that avenue.

As you may know China has violated their treaty with Britain to ensure political autonomy of Hong Kong until 2047. This week China has in a matter of hours made public a new law punishing certain forms of political dissent and speech and arrested hundreds of residents of Hong Kong. I have included links to some news stories below.

For me, it is sometimes hard to know what to do over the past several years as the Chinese government has slowly been crushing the formerly autonomous Hong Kong. A boycott against Chinese goods would be absurd as their economy and ours are so tightly wound together that removing all Chinese made material from your life would leave you with little else.

The same is not true, however, for software. The Chinese government has slowly been making a foothold into this space and a boycott of those products may prove powerful. For my part I will no longer play any games or interface with the Epic Game store any longer. I have left a list of Chinese owned platforms below. I personally don't interact with social media and Giant Bomb is one of the few "social platforms" I engage in. That being said, I believe in this community and if Drew can be a meme maybe this action can also take root.

• Tencent
  • Riot Games
    • League of Legends
    Supercell *84% Ownership*
    • Clash of Clans
    • Clash Royale
  • Epic Games *50% Ownership*
    • Fortnight
    • Epic Game Engine
    • Unreal Series
    • Gears of War
    • etc.
  • Activision Blizzard *5% Ownership*
  • Ubisoft *5% Ownership*
• TikTok

I would also urge people to select products that are not organized in China (i.e. buy a Korean, Japanese or American Television rather than a Chinese one like TCL or Hisense). While the material itself is likely still made in China less money will go to a Chinese government who is brutally oppressing the people of Hong Kong.

I put some links down below. I have been rather dejected about the loss of Autonomy of the Hong Kong people and the brutal way that China has enforced it. I don't know what else to do and, sadly, the news story is just getting eaten up by all of the chaos of the day. If anybody has any other ideas, please discuss.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/hong-kong-makes-first-arrest-under-chinas-new-national-security-law.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_independence#:~:text=In%201984%2C%20the%20British%20and,Country%2C%20Two%20Systems%22%20principle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent

There's a guy on youtube called JustinGuitar who is great and has a robust catalog of youtube style lessons. If you really wanna invest in yourself then getting proper lessons is probably the best way to go.

@ssully: I've had that same problem. I've been searching "remedy control" and found a reddit for the game (controlgame i think). Turns out the solution to my problem was to not run at 4k :(

I don't know if this thread is a complaint or a cry for help. I've been loving this game but every time i turn the camera around all the textures turn to mud - lower than low. I've been playing this game at 4k settings to work out my new system but these texture problems have been so disappointing i'm giving up on the game.

Has anybody heard of this? Has anybody had this problem or fixed it?