Larian should stay away from ESG/DEI money

[Asgradow]

Larian's tremendous success put them on the map with biggest gaming studios. But Belgian developer should stay away from easy money from ESG/DEI funds if they want to continue their success in gaming industry.

To double their sales from Baldur's Gate 3, Larian shouldn't pander to DEI non-sense that became so spread in AAA gaming nowadays. I think DOS 3 should include more traditional Christian values, so they can broaden their player base and make even bigger profits.

Just look what is happening with games and studios involved with Sweet Baby Inc.! Larian will fall if they being caught within modern liberal agenda traps. I wish Larian continue being the great studio they, but they really need to back away from DEI practices.

[Bray of Cats]

Originally posted by AnimeIsForIncels:

Originally posted by Doctor Zalgo:

Oh wow, another person thinking that investment banks (the most capitalistic entities on the planet) are just handing out free cash.

To clarify yet again: No one is giving out free money. Vanguard et al have created ethical investment funds that people pour their money into for investing in companies that meet a minimum set of ethical standards (ESG). If they do meet those standards, the funds are free to buy shares in those companies, otherwise they aren't.

Having said that, having a larger pool of investors is obviously very desirable and keeps your share price up, so you have such woke entities has <checks notes> Fox News producing their ESG reports to ensure they're eligible for share purchases from these funds.

Chuds are welcome to create 'no woke' funds that only invest in tobacco companies, weapons manufacturers and casinos if they want.

Esg has been dropped by blackrock the founder of the entire esg fund index. Why? It was a failure for it's customers. Get woke go broke isn't just a funny phrase it's reality. Chuds and rational people know this

They decided to change the name because it became toxic, not change course. lol

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Blackrock's main agenda, and also Vanguard's, is investing for profit. Like every other investment firm out there, this is their main goal, making profit for their shareholders, not pushing any sort of cultural or political agenda.

And, like I said before, if they're going to boycott everything either of those companies has any hand in, then they need to get used to living in a cave and eating twigs and berries FAST. Unfortunately both companies are involved in pretty much everything.

No, I'm not defending massive investment mega firms like those. But yet again, they're not some part of some grand global conspiracy, woke or otherwise, left or right wing, blah blah blah. They're out to exploit as many people as possible to make money. They're insidious. But not in the ways these people are claiming.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Bray of Cats:

Originally posted by AnimeIsForIncels:

Esg has been dropped by blackrock the founder of the entire esg fund index. Why? It was a failure for it's customers. Get woke go broke isn't just a funny phrase it's reality. Chuds and rational people know this

They decided to change the name because it became toxic, not change course. lol

Funny thing is all these "Blackrock has dropped ESG" people are showing that their plan to just change the name and assume people wouldn't pay enough attention to notice is working

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by AnimeIsForIncels:

Get woke go broke isn't just a funny phrase it's reality.

Except....it isn't. There are tons of successful games, movies, etc that are "woke". Y'all just like to wave away all the other flaws a failure has if it has any shred of "woke" and blame the failure solely on that.

Meanwhile, the wokest AAA game in ever is still a juggernaut. Betcha can't guess what game that is?

[DrZann]

Originally posted by Vic:

Originally posted by AnimeIsForIncels:

Yes really

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/blackrock-drops-esg-approach-transition-225945468.html

Historical data of ESG shows it is on an uptrend, but hay, thanks for telling people that there is a good time to buy.

Honestly, I have no idea what ESG even is but if politicians are talking about it I think it's safe to assume it's just a distraction from something else.

[Bray of Cats]

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Originally posted by Bray of Cats:

They decided to change the name because it became toxic, not change course. lol

Funny thing is all these "Blackrock has dropped ESG" people are showing that their plan to just change the name and assume people wouldn't pay enough attention to notice is working

Chuds aren't known for awareness.

E: known

[Vic]

Originally posted by DrZann:

Originally posted by Vic:

Historical data of ESG shows it is on an uptrend, but hay, thanks for telling people that there is a good time to buy.

Honestly, I have no idea what ESG even is but if politicians are talking about it I think it's safe to assume it's just a distraction from something else.

Politicians aren't really on this train yet, we're in the beginning phases where it starts as a grassroots things and grows for a while before some mainstream clown picks it up on the right.

Right now, most coverage of SBI and ESG is done by salty pundits on YouTube, the main reason they don't like it is because they claim "forced diversity is bad", in reality, they don't want any kind of diversity, they want erasure in their games. Anything less than outright removal of LGBT+ / races in their game is 'woke ESG garbage'.

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by Bray of Cats:

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Funny thing is all these "Blackrock has dropped ESG" people are showing that their plan to just change the name and assume people wouldn't pay enough attention to notice is working

Chuds aren't known for awareness.

E: known

As is suggested by referring to themselves as "Chuds".

[seeker1]

It.has.a.definition.

Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/environmental-social-and-governance-esg-criteria.asp

E(nvironmental) -- company's policies on recycling, pollution, waste, conservation, etc.
S(ocial) -- company's policies on proper labor practices, like, not using child labor, etc.
G(overnance) -- company's policies on transparency to shareholders, etc.

ESG investing invests in companies based on how they meet these criteria.

It has got ABSOLUTELY ZERO to do with what most people call "wokeness" like whether the company depicts LGBTQ characters in its games, and all the "culture war" crap.

[Bray of Cats]

Originally posted by Night Foxx:

Originally posted by Bray of Cats:

Chuds aren't known for awareness.

E: known

As is suggested by referring to themselves as "Chuds".

They just clearly have internalised chudphobia ofc?

[Moonlight Knight]

Originally posted by Night Foxx:

Originally posted by AnimeIsForIncels:

Get woke go broke isn't just a funny phrase it's reality.

Except....it isn't. There are tons of successful games, movies, etc that are "woke". Y'all just like to wave away all the other flaws a failure has if it has any shred of "woke" and blame the failure solely on that.

Meanwhile, the wokest AAA game in ever is still a juggernaut. Betcha can't guess what game that is?

Final Fantasy XIV?

... Warframe? ... actually, do either of those qualify as AAA?

[Popsicles]

Your post explains why you troll message boards as to working somewhere like Larian. Why would Larian listen to your basement dwelling advice?

[DrZann]

Originally posted by Vic:

Originally posted by DrZann:

Honestly, I have no idea what ESG even is but if politicians are talking about it I think it's safe to assume it's just a distraction from something else.

Politicians aren't really on this train yet, we're in the beginning phases where it starts as a grassroots things and grows for a while before some mainstream clown picks it up on the right.

Right now, most coverage of SBI and ESG is done by salty pundits on YouTube, the main reason they don't like it is because they claim "forced diversity is bad", in reality, they don't want any kind of diversity, they want erasure in their games. Anything less than outright removal of LGBT+ / races in their game is 'woke ESG garbage'.

They were talking about here in the States. DeSantis's ran on the war against woke and the ESG issue but that obviously failed. I think it's lost a lot of it's political cachet.

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Originally posted by DrZann:

Originally posted by Vic:

Politicians aren't really on this train yet, we're in the beginning phases where it starts as a grassroots things and grows for a while before some mainstream clown picks it up on the right.

Right now, most coverage of SBI and ESG is done by salty pundits on YouTube, the main reason they don't like it is because they claim "forced diversity is bad", in reality, they don't want any kind of diversity, they want erasure in their games. Anything less than outright removal of LGBT+ / races in their game is 'woke ESG garbage'.

They were talking about here in the States. DeSantis's ran on the war against woke and ESG issue but that obviously failed. I think it's lost a lot of it's political cachet.

Tucker also had his own little thing going and when that fell through, he went Russian mouth piece iirc?

[seeker1]

Originally posted by DrZann:

They were talking about here in the States. DeSantis's ran on the war against woke and the ESG issue but that obviously failed. I think it's lost a lot of it's political cachet.

Yes, but it's the usual stuff from deStupid. If you don't like "ESG" investing then it means you instead like investing in companies that destroy the environment, are socially unjust and irresponsible to workers and consumers, and are poorly governed by their management, showing little transparency to investors and shareholders.

To have an "anti-ESG focus" is basically to say "let's just invest in companies that suck."