A petition to black out Steam for an hour

[SUPA FRANKY]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

 

[Vivi22]

Fuck her, I ain't blacking out anything, because I'm a bad person

Funny thing is that you're not a bad person for refusing to care about blacking out Steam over this since Valve has nothing to do with it.

 

[Laser Priest]

No, he does NOT have a point.

You don't blame the victim. Period. This is not a hard concept.

So if someone puts on a sandwich board saying "send the blacks back to the cotton fields" and walks into Harlem, any reaction they get is completely not their fault?

Get out of here with this rubbish, if you intentionally antagonise people they will react.

Exactly, quoted this for truth. If you constantly harass the gaming industry demanding justice, you will get and deserve the exact opposite. A crusade needs to happen.

Jesus tap dancing Christ. Do you people even think before you type this stuff?

A crusade needs to happen?

Settle the fuck down, Pope Leo.


I didn't realize we were all unthinking beasts who had no control over our actions, and therefore can't be held accountable for them.

Don't you understand?! Games don't make us violent and we will CRUCIFY anyone who says otherwise!

Seriously, all these recent threads with controversy over feminism and social justice in games makes me see that most gamers are just as much reactionary crazies as the people they complain about.

This is a petty playground argument of a bunch of over-dramatic nutjobs who think they're at war.

 

[SweetShark]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

 

[Zontar]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

Why should they? We and they have paid money for this service, what right do they have to ask us to not be able to use the service we have paid for because of their beliefs which most of us do not hold?

If anything, the backlash from this would probably dwarf the actual problem at had (if it where real and not already shown to have been faked), and to be honest I'd hold absolutely nothing against the people doing it.

 

[Atmos Duality]

This is runaway trolling...

How ironic.
The oft-repeated mantra "Check your privilege" now best applies to the social justice fanatics supporting this petition.
And for once, it actually fits without pretense.

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

Yes.
Because if Steam blacked out for an hour, it means a major commercial entity and MILLIONS of people who aren't involved in the slightest would be harassed (irony) because of purely political reasons.

When outside political entities are being granted real power to DIRECTLY INTERFERE with otherwise private business operations, that isn't peaceful protest, that's duress.

 

[Agayek]

I didn't realize we were all unthinking beasts who had no control over our actions, and therefore can't be held accountable for them.

Eh. It's hard to blame someone for punching a ************ when said ************ demands to be punched and won't take no for an answer. I mean yes, it's their fault they didn't have the self control to not punch them, but it's just as much the fault of the person asking for it.

If taking 10 seconds to think about the possible consequences of an action would reveal an obvious and negative result, and someone does it anyway, they forfeit their right to claim they're being victimized. It doesn't make the result any less negative or wrong, but there's no victim in the matter. There's only the jackass who provoked it and the jackass who obliged them.

 

[GalanDun]

Considering that Anita Sarkesian is one of the kind of people that seem to be a massive problem on the internet I'm going to have to say that combating harassment of her is a bad idea.

 

[Halla Burrica]

The hell? They want Valve to cut their profits and take responsibility for a few members of a community at the cost of the rest? This is a pretty deep level of stupidity. When there exists a community around a type of product, it should not be the distributors problem if a part of that community act like complete morons, it's the community's problem! And it's not Valve's duty or anything to act as some sort of parental figure and take responsibility for the actions of members of the gaming community, it's OUR responsibility to act when shitheads are being shitheads, as parts of the community those parasites leech onto.

 

[Scars Unseen]

Seriously, all these recent threads with controversy over feminism and social justice in games makes me see that most gamers are just as much reactionary crazies as the people they complain about.

Nah, it's the same vocal minority as always on all sides. Most gamers don't visit message boards with any regularity, don't know who Anita Sarkeesian is, and wouldn't give two fucks if someone told them. This isn't important, and shouldn't be treated as important, but it's occasionally amusing to dip in and watch people flip their lids over nothing.

 

[SweetShark]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

Why should they? We and they have paid money for this service, what right do they have to ask us to not be able to use the service we have paid for because of their beliefs which most of us do not hold?

If anything, the backlash from this would probably dwarf the actual problem at had (if it where real and not already shown to have been faked), and to be honest I'd hold absolutely nothing against the people doing it.

Umm...sorry, I wasn't clear at first:
I don't care why they want to do this. I only curious why 1 hour offline of Steam is so important for the users.
ONLY for the users. I don't care for the advertisement reasons of Valve to keep the Steam active all the time.

 

[Zontar]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

Why should they? We and they have paid money for this service, what right do they have to ask us to not be able to use the service we have paid for because of their beliefs which most of us do not hold?

If anything, the backlash from this would probably dwarf the actual problem at had (if it where real and not already shown to have been faked), and to be honest I'd hold absolutely nothing against the people doing it.

Umm...sorry, I wasn't clear at first:
I don't care why they want to do this. I only curious why 1 hour offline of Steam is so important for the users.
ONLY for the users. I don't care for the advertisement reasons of Valve to keep the Steam active all the time.

My point still stands: we paid for what we have from the service, why should we be denied access to it because of something most of us don't agree with?

 

[SweetShark]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

Why should they? We and they have paid money for this service, what right do they have to ask us to not be able to use the service we have paid for because of their beliefs which most of us do not hold?

If anything, the backlash from this would probably dwarf the actual problem at had (if it where real and not already shown to have been faked), and to be honest I'd hold absolutely nothing against the people doing it.

Umm...sorry, I wasn't clear at first:
I don't care why they want to do this. I only curious why 1 hour offline of Steam is so important for the users.
ONLY for the users. I don't care for the advertisement reasons of Valve to keep the Steam active all the time.

My point still stands: we paid for what we have from the service, why should we be denied access to it because of something most of us don't agree with?

But again, lets say for example something terrible happen at Steam and it must be offline for 1 hour. Can't the users handle this?
We must immediately go badsh*t crazy about it?

 

[Zontar]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

Why should they? We and they have paid money for this service, what right do they have to ask us to not be able to use the service we have paid for because of their beliefs which most of us do not hold?

If anything, the backlash from this would probably dwarf the actual problem at had (if it where real and not already shown to have been faked), and to be honest I'd hold absolutely nothing against the people doing it.

Umm...sorry, I wasn't clear at first:
I don't care why they want to do this. I only curious why 1 hour offline of Steam is so important for the users.
ONLY for the users. I don't care for the advertisement reasons of Valve to keep the Steam active all the time.

My point still stands: we paid for what we have from the service, why should we be denied access to it because of something most of us don't agree with?

But again, lets say for example something terrible happen at Steam and it must be offline for 1 hour. Can't the users handle this?
We must immediately go badsh*t crazy about it?

That's different, that's a technical problem which makes it inaccessible. This issue, on the other hand, is about the fact that this group wants it to be taken down intentionally when there is no reason to.

 

[SUPA FRANKY]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

They could, but why should they have to? What if they don't like tv shows or books? What if they wanted the time to play?

 

[LordVylen]

Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe somebody else has pointed this out, but wouldn't you still be able to play your games, if Steam did shutdown, in offline mode? My internet connection sometimes cuts out on me, and I can still play my Steam games, just not the ones that require a constant connection.

 

[prpshrt]

I wonder if they genuinely think that would do anything to help the threats... Just kinda make it worse IMO. Is this sarkeesian lady even a gamer? If not, she should just quit the feminism in gaming bull crap for her own sake :/

 

[Riotguards]

can we have a blackout for the abuse men receive as well?

i mean in dynasty warriors men are objectified by other men and women by becoming senseless targets for personal ego and statistical pleasure (killing 2000 is amusing)

we must put a stop to male abuse!

 

[SweetShark]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

They could, but why should they have to? What if they don't like tv shows or books? What if they wanted the time to play?

Ok, ok, I get it. Many people can't live without Steam. I accept my defeat.
Now I will go read Mogworld. Bye.

 

[SUPA FRANKY]

Again, I ask:
It is SO important if Steam is offline for only 1 hour?

I don't really play games much anymore ( back in College, not to mention I gave my Gaming PC away to my brother.) So it wouldn't affect me much.

But think of this. There are people with Job's that have shifts that are many hours long. There are people with Kids, who at times require constant care. There are people with wives, people with husbands, people with grandparents that require care, people with yard work to be done, people with annoying bosses calling you to work other peoples shifts, etc. There are people with a combination of these things.

Not enough time for themselves, your thinking right? Well, something happens? Someone decided to cover your shift? Your kids are out somewhere? Now it's time to play games and get the Me time you were neglecting.

Only to find that STeam is offline because of some SJW bullshit.

There are people who don't have much time for games. I'm sure if I was in their position, I would be so pissed, and prob ably be put off from helping Anita and their cause forever.


That's how I look at it.

Oh my, you remind me somehow TotalBiscuit a lot. He said something similar.
I understand this feeling as well. Work a lot, many games, little time.
But.........I have Gog, Desura, Physical copies of games,Console games,Book,Comics,Movies,Music.....you get the idea.
Can they just pick something else for 1 hour?

They could, but why should they have to? What if they don't like tv shows or books? What if they wanted the time to play?

Ok, ok, I get it. Many people can't live without Steam. I accept my defeat.
Now I will go read Mogworld. Bye.

They could live without Steam, but why should they be inconvenienced for something they don't care about? That's how to get people against you lol.