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EA responds, and then really responds to their award
Valdís:
--- Quote from: Blyss on 10 Apr 2013, 11:09 ---"In the past year, we have received thousands of emails and postcards protesting against EA for allowing players to create LGBT characters in our games. This week, we’re seeing posts on conservative web sites urging people to protest our LGBT policy by voting EA the Worst Company in America.
That last one is particularly telling. If that’s what makes us the worst company, bring it on. Because we're not caving on that."
--- End quote ---
Hey, EA, how about you stop using us as a transparent diversion for awful business practices and stop trying to poison the well by associating critics with bigots? It isn't "supportive". It isn't "progressive". It's exploitative.
I see them trot out that bullshit all the time when it wouldn't even be a fraction of what people are talking about. It's blatant and insulting.
Also I can't think of a single example of a trans* character anyway. More like an endless stream of Bisexuals, letting them reuse the same characters for any play-through and list them as available romances. Because, y'know, screw having distinct characters - that's hard work.
de_la_Nae:
EA used to be bloody awful to work for, I'm lead to believe. Can't speak for these days.
I admit, I tend to agree with the first link. It's snarky enough to get my attention, for one thing.
GarandMarine:
They're not winning the "Golden Poo" awards for their LGBT policies, they're winning them because they have the corporate reputation of a biohazard bin.
TheCollyWolly:
It really sucks that EA continues to be one gigantic collective asshole of a corporation. I love the new SimCity, and frankly a good 75% of my console games are EA, too.
There's a grain of truth in that letter, too. Yeah, EA treats their customers like shit pretty frequently. But at least they're not, you know, starting wars in 3rd world countries or clearcutting an entire rainforest.
cesium133:
Eh, I didn't buy the new SimCity game and I'm not going to. I'm a huge fan of SimCity. I've played the original, 2K, 3K, and 4, and 4 is my favorite. I just refuse to buy any game that requires an internet connection. For one thing, many of the times that I do get enough time to play a game, I'm in a situation where I don't have an internet connection (e.g. I'm waiting at the airport and the crappy wifi there costs $15 to use). Plus, I usually wait a couple years before buying a new game anyway, which with my luck would be right before EA got tired of running the server for it and shut it down.
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