what threats are they detering

if it stops one kid from dying, being maimed, or suffering PTSD in the service of the US army....it was worth it.

Hey, if today’s military is too thin-skinned to handle Twitch trolls, they’re not going to be able to handle real combat.

This wasn’t an esports team of suicidal vets streaming it was the US Army’s twitch channel. Served this country is a weak excuse for people giving the military shit for two endless wars and military occupation across the globe. I don’t think being part of the military makes you a good person or free from critique and…

The streamers chose to act as a liasons to a nation’s military via propaganda targeted at young people—up to and including minors--while also partaking in erasing valid points brought up regarding said military’s actions on foreign soil in the services of oligarchs.

This streamers are complicit in a us army propaganda campaign, so no.

You’re not a good person. Just thought you should know.

No.  People saw a muscular girl and jumped to that conclusion and even though the game has released, refuse to change their mind about it.

I’m kind of glad I saw this thread. I thought I had heard that somewhere else, but I was trying to avoid spoilers. I don’t think she is. I think some people are just intimidated by a jacked woman.

No, but that was the rumor that was being pushed. I believe the idea was the answer to all of the “questions” Druckmann posed were “no.”

No. 4chan and those who were up in arms about the leaks call her trans because she’s a muscular woman who isn’t classically pretty. She’s a straight cis woman.

No, Abby isn’t transgender. She was just super buff from what seems to be an aggressive fitness routine to build her strength. Some people ignorantly mis-attributed that as Abby being transgender. From what I can tell Lev is the only transgender character in the game.

Spoiler, but no and that’s his point. All those things are claims people made about the game before have played it. Abby is a fairly muscular female in the game, so of course by internet logic, she must actually be a MtF trans person.

The game has you playing as a woman, so that must mean Anita Sarkeesian worked on…

God bless Robert Yang. The modern day video game John Waters.

I'd say Untitled Goose Game made the most cultural impact though. Like, it may not be the flashiest or deepest experience of 2019, but *everybody* and their mom played it. I don't think any game that year had anywhere near the same level of public consciousness behind it.

The guy’s just a serial timewaster who believes the world should do whatever he wants.

I think white supremacy also got a boost thanks to him. 

You can kind of lead into it with a nice “ano.” So “ano, sumimasen” would be the equivalent of “umm, excuse me?” in English. It can make you sound more apologetic about imposing on someone.

It’d be impressive if PAX West took their time machine to the future, since PAX booted them in July, and El Paso was in August.

I don’t know, I guess people can come at me and tell me about shitty I am