cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41402388
Please support the initiative of Stop Killing Games!
Hmmm? The UK isn't part of the EU anymore so they won't have much impact lol.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2025
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What's funny about this whole thing is it's almost like PirateSoftwares days in EVE Online when he invited everyone to Pochven space cause he thought he was hot shit and then proceeded to get his ass handed to him and he rage quit the game. He brought attention to something that ended up having the opposite effect of what he wanted.
Granted he was absolutely shit at EVE regardless of what he's told his audience. couldn't fit a ship to save his life, ran for CSM and no one voted for him, then rage quit when everyone and even his own corp proceeded to kick his teeth in.
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Keep going! Who knows how many signatures will be ruled as invalid.
Watched this, was very enlightening
I knew once kliksphilip makes a video about it would be one of the best ones to communicate the intent of the initiative.
Heh yeah!
Awesome! Now let's get the EU one as well, much closer than before now. (840'000)
5 minutes later and it's 843k, almost 1k signatures per minute, not bad at all!
844k now. Wow. I wonder what caused the sudden surge? Or is it just that most momentum can be gain at the start and towards the end like with Kickstarters?
Piewdiepie made a community post yesterday supporting it and asking people to go sign if that has still something to do with it.
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After Ross announced the campaign is dead a bunch of YouTubers (and media, I think?) picked up the topic and started spreading the word far and wide. This is the result.
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Didn't it already reach the threshold last year and the government (or the civil servant in charge of rejecting every petition) closed it saying that current consumer protection laws already apply?
They didn't close it. They provided an answer early. That as they see it, existing trade and consumer law should cover games and they don't plan on carving out extra legislation for it but they will "keep an eye on it".
Now it is over 100k, it doesn't actually mean anything more than they "might" debate it in parliament.
Now, don't get me wrong. I signed the petition, and I think they SHOULD look into it. But, my old cynical bones tell me that even if they do have a debate in parliament. It will be at a time when there will be 5 MPs in there, who will have nothing to say on the matter and it will be swept under the rug with a further canned statement drawn up by some civil servant in whitehall talking about consumer law just like the statement before.
Most western governments are on the side of industry, and that includes game developers. I cannot imagine they care about this subject and will do the bare minimum lip service to move past it.
I hope I'm wrong.
I do have a bit more hope for the European parliament. Just a little. They do seem to be a bit more pro-consumer. That is the one that matters most IMO.
I don't think you're wrong, and I think the EU petition will go the same way, but it's still worth signing regardless.
Completely agree. It should not deter anyone.
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If the EU petition makes it, then it will provide the UK petition support too as part of whatever debate goes on about it.
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My understanding is that they misunderstood the petition, so this new one is rephrased in an attempt to avoid another misinterpretation
Fingers crossed!
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WHAAAT LETSGOOOOO DABABY. Thank you PirateSoftware for the publicity :3
And fuck you too btw PirateSoftware :)
