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Edit2: As of third of July we've achieved the minimum amount of 1 million signatures! But organizers recommend as many signatures as possible to cover for possible invalidations (1.5M would be ideal). If you have not yet signed, you can still help!

Onto the post.

Yarr citizens of the high seas! The Stop Killing Games movement is still ongoing and we've recently had a second wind. It's within reach!

We're all lovers of media in here, and games currently have no safeguard that guarantees that they won't be locked down long after being released and abandoned. If crackers help us, they can still be played long into the future, but many times there isn't such a possibility, specially in multiplayer games.

This initiative seeks to change that by mainly:

  • Disallowing planned obsolesce in paid video games. (Ex: By disallowing phone-home based DRM after the game reaches end of life. Like in Ubisoft's The Crew)
  • Ensuring that paid multiplayer games can still be reasonably played long into the future. (Ex: By releasing relevant server hosting software)

If you didn't sign yet, there is only one month left. Tell your friends too.

Do you live in the EU?

Do you live in the UK?

Do you live elsewhere or would like to know more?

Disclaimer: Reminder post, sort of relevant since piracy movements have much to benefit from this initiative.

Have a fine day!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I went to sign and it told me I already signed. I did it like one year ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Either stopkillinggames.com has crashed...

Or the counter has exceeded its max possible value.

UPDATE:

We've done it.

Don't stop signing up!

Get these damn numbers as high as they can go!

...

Clocked at about 16:13 UTC/GMT, or 4:13 PM UTC/GMT, Thursday July 3rd, 2025.

...

Fuck July 4th.

Gamers....

This is our independence day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

We in overdrive, baby!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

KEEP SIGNING EVEN AFTER THE THRESHOLD HAS BEEN REACHED!

Signatures will be checked and, historically, 10% to 20% of signatures have been invalidated.

So we need to get at least 1.3 million signatures to be completely safe.

KEEP SHARING!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

yayy! nearly there

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Given the impressive increase in signing rate, I'm a bit afraid it'll turn out to have been tampered with

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Big youtubers like Jacksep are also promoting the partition

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yes, that's why it's important to gather more than 1 million signatures. At least 1.3 million to be on the safe side.

At the end of the collection, all invalid signatures will be deducted from the total.

So now it's more important than ever to keep sharing and signing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

FOMO, popularity and trending algorithms are powerful forces.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm also afraid of this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Shared the link. Hope you guys get the numbers you need 🙏🏽

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

Remember everyone, 1 million is a MINIMUM goal. Keep signing afterwards if/when we reach the milestone, as some signatures can be declared invalid due to errors like wrong spelling, so we need every single person we can get in the EU to sign this!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do I have to be a citizen of the EU or just live there? I'm going to be moving to Sweden soon but won't be a citizen for a long while still

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Citizens only I'm afraid. You can still help though by spreading this around, if any of your friends are EU citizens they can help.

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