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Battlebuddy 2024 年 12 月 21 日 上午 11:58
"Real World Politics"
My 2 cents. I see on a growing number of boards, some devs and mods are now forbidding the discussion of "real world politics". Yet the very games these devs are representing and developing are in many cases promoting these "Real world politics" and narratives in their games. In many cases banning, silencing and deleting posts of anyone that attempts to discuss said issues. I don't know about anyone else, but I find this trend to be alarmingly hypocritical oppressive behaviour. This is not the steam I remember. I know I don't make the rules but regardless.
最后由 Battlebuddy 编辑于; 2024 年 12 月 21 日 下午 12:00
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76561199652807642 2024 年 12 月 23 日 上午 10:49 
引用自 ghost

You're not "wrong" per se. It's more like, you are locked into a perspective which you see as absolute, and which you regard as the truth. To me it is just one perspective.
well, explain it. what do i regard as truth that is provably false?

Well, let's see. You said:

引用自 OrLoK
Everyone vaguely educated knows what facism is and why it's evil and needs to be combated.

I don't think there's anything provably true here to begin with. You don't say what fascism is, just that everyone should know what it is. And then you say that it's "evil and needs to be combated". It's more an emotional statement than a rational one. And you strongly assert that seeing it differently is not valid.
最后由 ghost 编辑于; 2024 年 12 月 23 日 上午 10:51
Bill Gates 2024 年 12 月 23 日 上午 11:07 
I want all of you to know something. Open your heart to one another and be kind. I love all of you and to all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Lets all find common ground and stop allowing politics to divide us.
Trollhammer 2024 年 12 月 23 日 上午 11:30 
引用自 ghost
引用自 Tito Shivan
You're the one not getting it.

I'm not writing a dissertation on said definition, I'm pointing you to the place where it's written.

It's up to you to go and read it.

You have a worthless attitude right now. I did my best to explain it to you, and you simply ignore it completely and keep repeating the same thing. That is going nowhere and perfectly uninteresting.
Absolute hypocrisy or absolute lack of self awareness ? Hard to say... :lunar2020thinkingtiger:
i dont see the need to define fascism, its a fairly constant thing.

I also dont see any "good" in it, id hazard that most folk would say "facism = bad" and history shows that to be the case.
76561199808344849 2024 年 12 月 23 日 上午 11:56 
i dont see the need to define fascism, its a fairly constant thing.

I also dont see any "good" in it, id hazard that most folk would say "facism = bad" and history shows that to be the case.

What do you mean by "constant"? You are not going to interpret it in exactly the same way as everyone else. And when using it in a context, such as "XYZ is fascist", then some parts of it are going to matter more than others.

If you don't elaborate on any of that, then you just sort of assume that I see things like you do. But you don't know if that is true. And if I say "I agree, XYZ is fascist", then we would not even find out that we weren't thinking of the same things. That is not communication.
最后由 ghost 编辑于; 2024 年 12 月 23 日 上午 11:58
Ok, lets say the Third Reich was Fascist. That seems like a universal constant and generally everyone agrees wasnt a good thing.
Lunduke is the Trump of tech 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 12:10 
引用自 ghost
i dont see the need to define fascism, its a fairly constant thing.

I also dont see any "good" in it, id hazard that most folk would say "facism = bad" and history shows that to be the case.

What do you mean by "constant"? You are not going to interpret it in exactly the same way as everyone else. And when using it in a context, such as "XYZ is fascist", then some parts of it are going to matter more than others.

If you don't elaborate on any of that, then you just sort of assume that I see things like you do. But you don't know if that is true. And if I say "I agree, XYZ is fascist", then we would not even find out that we weren't thinking of the same things. That is not communication.
You are correct. Unfortunately being correct doesn't win all battles.
If the enemy leader says something is bad, then all followers must repeat it even if they don't understand it. It's a chain of hierarchy where they pat each other on the back to get power and avoid punishment.
Facts don't matter in such a situation and they can censor such facts and make facts illegal. That is why they will never reply with explanations. Their replies are always censorship and harassment and ad hominems. Now their leader is heading out the door and now we are going back to a time where facts matter again and can't be ignored.
76561199808344849 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 12:23 
Ok, lets say the Third Reich was Fascist. That seems like a universal constant and generally everyone agrees wasnt a good thing.

That is much too vague to be meaningful. What is the "universal constant" here? That it is CALLED fascist? We still don't know what that means. And what is "the Third Reich"? A lot of things. Some of them relevant to the topic, other things unrelated. And so on.

You are satisfied with vague explanations because you presuppose a lot of things. You fill in the blanks and don't expect them to be filled in incorrectly.

That might work when you are with like-minded people, at least to a degree. I would still say it is not great. But when you are interacting with people who are not like you, you are just going to talk past each other.
76561199808344849 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 12:32 
引用自 Drain the swamp!
引用自 ghost

What do you mean by "constant"? You are not going to interpret it in exactly the same way as everyone else. And when using it in a context, such as "XYZ is fascist", then some parts of it are going to matter more than others.

If you don't elaborate on any of that, then you just sort of assume that I see things like you do. But you don't know if that is true. And if I say "I agree, XYZ is fascist", then we would not even find out that we weren't thinking of the same things. That is not communication.
You are correct. Unfortunately being correct doesn't win all battles.
If the enemy leader says something is bad, then all followers must repeat it even if they don't understand it. It's a chain of hierarchy where they pat each other on the back to get power and avoid punishment.
Facts don't matter in such a situation and they can censor such facts and make facts illegal. That is why they will never reply with explanations. Their replies are always censorship and harassment and ad hominems. Now their leader is heading out the door and now we are going back to a time where facts matter again and can't be ignored.

Right, that's indeed what I am getting at. I have been careful to not call it "indoctrination" yet, but ultimately that's what it's about. At some point in a discussion, you are going to bump into one of these emotional barriers and it's near impossible to get around them. Usually it means the end of the conversation. And often in a less-than-friendly manner.
omgitsbees 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 1:09 
引用自 Battlebuddy
My 2 cents. I see on a growing number of boards, some devs and mods are now forbidding the discussion of "real world politics". Yet the very games these devs are representing and developing are in many cases promoting these "Real world politics" and narratives in their games. In many cases banning, silencing and deleting posts of anyone that attempts to discuss said issues. I don't know about anyone else, but I find this trend to be alarmingly hypocritical oppressive behaviour. This is not the steam I remember. I know I don't make the rules but regardless.

I don't like this trend either necessarily, but its gotten out of hand from the far-right user base on Steam. Everything is "woke" this, or "DEI" that and it's really obnoxious and unproductive. There is also a lot of undertones and sometimes outright stating bigotry and racism. And just in general a lot of people are getting tired of seeing the same far-right talking points; none of them make any sense, they are never relevant or on topic, they flood the game forums, and drown out legitimate discussions and topics.

So its best to just ban political discourse, I undestand why developers do it, and I think a lot of the time they would rather not, but one specific group of people always has to take it too far.
最后由 omgitsbees 编辑于; 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 1:10
omgitsbees 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 1:13 
引用自 D. Flame
I have to agree. I don't want my immersion broken because you are trying to force real world issues into a game where they make no sense. Gaming should be for escapism. Let me get absorbed in a game world for a bit to forget all the ♥♥♥♥ happening in the real world for a bit.

I don't even care if your stance aligns with my own. I don't want your soap boxing pulling me out of the experience.

That's fine, just don't play that specific game then, it only becomes a problem when you make it a problem for everyone else; when you flood that specific games forum over and over again with how much you hate the developers and their game, and don't allow for anyone else to have actual discussion, it becomes really annoying quickly for everyone else who is able to handle things like normal functional adults.
but the issue is that these folk constantly are upset by inclusion, or migration or whatever it is that week in their media, and have to talk about these things constantly but always in a negative way.

Me? i dont want to waste anytime debating with racists or bigots (for example) about their opinions on gaming forums but we cant do nothing and let their views normalise.

All their bad takes on X or Y game is the same old, same old that the right wing have always complained about, first in books, then film, now this media and when we have Tri Dee Smellovision implants theyll be up in arms about the next culture war topic.

The moment they stop, the "pro woke" like me stop. I have other things id much rather devote my time to.
skOsH♥ 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 1:39 
I don't like politics much.

I still find myself talking about it

Game publishers can put whatever they want in their games and moderate their forums however they wish

People can vote with their wallet and buy good, perhaps lesser known games that don't have direct or very acute references to real world politics. This can be done in games, just make a game with a fictitious plot

I thought about politics once or twice playing half life 2. Did I get triggered? No, because the game depicts a fictional universe

However, some games are in the gamers face with their political beliefs, and if a game developer wants to make a game filled with politics, then those who want politics in their games will buy it....if it's a good game

Often the political messages or references are put in and the actual game is not enjoyable to play in how it's designed in terms of its world, what you need to do, etc.

I wanna play video games to forget for a while and not have to think about stuff that really upsets me. I'm pretty sure no one actually likes to discuss politics. Just grinds our gears...no one changes their mind unless money, yet we try to debate like there will be any difference lol
Lunduke is the Trump of tech 2024 年 12 月 23 日 下午 1:48 
but the issue is that these folk constantly are upset by inclusion, or migration or whatever it is that week in their media, and have to talk about these things constantly but always in a negative way.

Me? i dont want to waste anytime debating with racists or bigots (for example) about their opinions on gaming forums but we cant do nothing and let their views normalise.

All their bad takes on X or Y game is the same old, same old that the right wing have always complained about, first in books, then film, now this media and when we have Tri Dee Smellovision implants theyll be up in arms about the next culture war topic.

The moment they stop, the "pro woke" like me stop. I have other things id much rather devote my time to.
that is wrong. the problem is woke propaganda is allowed to continue but normal people are not allowed to speak. If you don't have anything woke to say then you become censored.
Im the opposite, i love talking politics and im also not fussed if its in games or not.

I dont mind if the lead person is of a different gender/race/religion/sex etc etc.

I too only really care if the game is good. If the story is dull and doesnt appeal but i enjoy the gameplay loops then i simply ignore the "story" and get on with having fun.

Arizona Sunrise is an example where the lead character is a "wisecraking zany SoB" but i found it awful, luckilly the devs added a switch of narration key Which made it far more fun, for me.

Other folk might have loved it and thats cool too.

To me, this is like having what the grumps call "pronouns", well we've always had those but hey, what can you do?

But in a game with what they call "pronouns" one can really easily ignore the fact they're there and indeed essentially "switch them off" by choosing your preferred one.

Yet, this is still offensive and apparently unacceptable to some people (and often their alts)

It boggles the mind.
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