Please, klei. Don't Do this. (NOT LIGHTHEARTED, Maybe 18+)

[Abbakadaba!]

i have loved klei from first sight. the company was creative, didn't do anything shady, and had fun games. but it's all over, as they sold 80% of their company to Tencent. if you don't understand why it's bad, watch this:
https://youtu.be/QK6o-8dtvJI There.
Basically, they sold their company to people who kill the minority of people. this is not ok klei, and its starting to get bad. i have almost instantly thought of never playing again, witch is the worst idea of my life. the company was all good until they supported a company that copied games, supported killing the minority, and not to mention, bought out the majority of games. klei, i just want to let you know, you are basically selling 80% of your company to EA. this is horrible and we must stop it and make our voices heard. Please, if you are reading this, Copy and paste this over the forums, this can not happen or klei will possibly get canceled. another thing with this is that the Terms of Service of games is being violated, klei is also selling out many emails, and this cannot happen. PLEASE. i am asking you. don't play klei games, keep copy and pasting, and don't let this slide. We MUST have our voices heard. i know other companies, like steam, and many more buy out games, but still. it is not worth it to have klei sell 80% of their company to Tencent. who owns many other games, and supports killing the minority. i know this may not be warm and cudly, but we MUST make our voices heard. please, steam players, devs, dst fanatics, Stop playing. this is not ok. while kleis game is going to get ruined, we must at least make a little bit of pervention.
There is even downsides for people who won't give the game up, even after this.
Game servers and IP's may be shut down.
updates may be slowed.
Privacy might be impossible
The game may live longer, but it all may go to chaos.
People being killed is not ok in the slightest.
i encourage you all to copy and paste, stop playing the game, and don't do it. give a bad review, it may be a good game, but what tencent is doing is inexcusable. the worse rating we give it, the less people will buy the game. go onto servers and spread the word. grief servers that don't listen. i don't care if i go overboard, but this shouldn't last. klei, i am asking you. don't do this. i know i may get reported for doing this, but if you are about to do that, don't. this game is getting corrupted and we cant let that happen.
i say we copy and paste, give bad reviews about tencent, grief servers to send a message, and stop this. if you still want to play, for some reason, i encourage you all to make a dedicated server to describe it.

[Dixon Sider]

Politics are not worth my time. Games >> politics. Enjoy playing less video games and being brainwashed by news and youtube videos (yes that "and" implied that youtube is not news).

[Abbakadaba!]

thank you

[Fo0]

Since when did Tencent contribute directly to killing minorities, much less Klei? Isn't that the Chinese government's fault?

[Mort]

Thank you op, I did not know this and you are doing a great service to the community by sharing this.

[Sylphie Fioré]

*Yawn*

[mentos]

damn so i'm gonna get a school named after me if i quit dst?

[Gremmy]

I'm going to say this in defence of klei, since I don't feel like any of this player outrage is justified at all.

Firstly, the CCP (chinese communist party) is funded almost entirely through tax, it has literally nothing to do with Tencent. When you support Tencent, you aren't supporting the chinese government.

Secondly, the ties that Tencent have to the CCP are only surface deep. Tencent is basically a smokescreen for the CCP. Imagine the CCP as a school principal who hates video games. Think of Tencent as the videogame club in school. The principal can shut that club down whenever they want, so the club needs to do what the principal tells them to do, or they'll get kicked out of China. These tasks include the following: Censorship as well as releasing "patriotic games" whatever the ♥♥♥♥ that means. Basically if someone plays a game that tencent owns and is caught on stream saying "free hongkong" they'll get banned.

Lastly, There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE to prove that Tencent is actually OWNED by the Chinese Communist party. Like I said before, the CCP actually HATES video games. They're similar to american republicans who blame violence on gamers, as well as calling gamers unproductive members of society. There's no reason for them to buy Tencent since they don't want to be associated with gaming at all.

To summarize: If you think supporting Tencent means you're supporting the CCP, you're simply flat out wrong. If you dislike the way Tencent monetises their games, that's perfectly valid. I've spent well over $2000 on league of legends, so I understand better than anyone how tencent monetises their games (yes, Tencent ownes 100% of riot games).

[FilthyRatGoblin]

I fail to see how not using a product you already own hurts a company

[Reeva!]

Originally posted by Axeman:

I fail to see how not using a product you already own hurts a company

that's cuz you're looking in the wrong place. THIS doesn't hurt a company, but warning future buyers that this game is not owned by Klei, it is owned by a Chinese monster corporation that have fresh blood on their hands everyday. That in of itself is enough, because if Klei don't pull away from Tencent, my interest has been lost. I and many other people, MANY, do not support Tencent for more than just "I don't like you" reasons. Tencent actually deserves to crash and burn, and seeing them take away beloved games is terrifying because their business practices mean, in a nutshell: If they do crash and burn one day, all they own will crash and burn with them. They do not just buy shares, they completely overtake whatever they buy shares in, and they've ruined countless titles either with microtransactions, paywalls, or general content clamps to keep people playing for longer, and when it fails, they don't care, they don't fix it, they don't listen to criticism, they move on to another game and do the same thing because it's lucrative.

[Reeva!]

Originally posted by Squirrely Wrath:

welp if tencent is on board, i will jump ship.

Squirrely's comment is currently pending review by moderators, interesting. This is all he said. Like if these are the types of comments that deserve moderation, does it take glasses to see the elephant in the room?

[WiseCog]

Most people nowadays are sheep. They dont think and they are afraid to speak up. I will say, good for you to speak up OP. Sad to see you banned for speaking truths. But that should also say what Klei has become (or always has been?).

More people should use their brains a little. I think its good when people see whats going on, but more importantly also speak up about it. I know most of us are sheep, but not all of us. I hate bullies and stalker companies.

Having said this. Yes I wont support klei anymore. 100% truth. I very rarely buy games anyway. One less company to support wont damage me anyway.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

Originally posted by ChubbyPanda:

i have loved klei from first sight. the company was creative, didn't do anything shady, and had fun games. but it's all over, as they sold 80% of their company to Tencent. if you don't understand why it's bad, watch this:
https://youtu.be/QK6o-8dtvJI There.
Basically, they sold their company to people who kill the minority of people. this is not ok klei, and its starting to get bad. i have almost instantly thought of never playing again, witch is the worst idea of my life. the company was all good until they supported a company that copied games, supported killing the minority, and not to mention, bought out the majority of games. klei, i just want to let you know, you are basically selling 80% of your company to EA. this is horrible and we must stop it and make our voices heard. Please, if you are reading this, Copy and paste this over the forums, this can not happen or klei will possibly get canceled. another thing with this is that the Terms of Service of games is being violated, klei is also selling out many emails, and this cannot happen. PLEASE. i am asking you. don't play klei games, keep copy and pasting, and don't let this slide. We MUST have our voices heard. i know other companies, like steam, and many more buy out games, but still. it is not worth it to have klei sell 80% of their company to Tencent. who owns many other games, and supports killing the minority. i know this may not be warm and cudly, but we MUST make our voices heard. please, steam players, devs, dst fanatics, Stop playing. this is not ok. while kleis game is going to get ruined, we must at least make a little bit of pervention.
There is even downsides for people who won't give the game up, even after this.
Game servers and IP's may be shut down.
updates may be slowed.
Privacy might be impossible
The game may live longer, but it all may go to chaos.
People being killed is not ok in the slightest.
i encourage you all to copy and paste, stop playing the game, and don't do it. give a bad review, it may be a good game, but what tencent is doing is inexcusable. the worse rating we give it, the less people will buy the game. go onto servers and spread the word. grief servers that don't listen. i don't care if i go overboard, but this shouldn't last. klei, i am asking you. don't do this. i know i may get reported for doing this, but if you are about to do that, don't. this game is getting corrupted and we cant let that happen.
i say we copy and paste, give bad reviews about tencent, grief servers to send a message, and stop this. if you still want to play, for some reason, i encourage you all to make a dedicated server to describe it.

Just because the people in Tencent happen to live in China, it does not mean they are directly responsible for the genocide that their government is doing. You should try not to be so judgemental and easily brainwashed by hate groups. Just enjoy the games you want to play.

[♂eat CHICKEN♂]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you guys are whining babies the game isn't automatically going to become bad because it's owned by china now. Literally no one here can name a game that was "destroyed" by tencent.

[MiniEngineer]

Well I mean, discord has recieved funding from tencent, so I guess you all gotta use Skype now

[FilthyRatGoblin]

Originally posted by MiniEngineer:

Well I mean, discord has recieved funding from tencent, so I guess you all gotta use Skype now

discord's falling as well