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fuck yeah, i'm willing to donate a couple quid (bucks for you yanks) to help cover any costs related to the downtime or to support anything dtoid wants to do to take this even further.
my field is IT and this is important to me, i just don't have the time or resources to do anything meaningful so it would be cool if dtoid (and maybe the other gaming blogs?) could pool together to get something big going.
haven't read all the comments yet (will do now) but if anyone else suggested or supports this idea then speak up!
my field is IT and this is important to me, i just don't have the time or resources to do anything meaningful so it would be cool if dtoid (and maybe the other gaming blogs?) could pool together to get something big going.
haven't read all the comments yet (will do now) but if anyone else suggested or supports this idea then speak up!
You mean you're not asking for donations during the Blackout like Wikipedia?
Good on ya! Die SOPA Die!
Good on ya! Die SOPA Die!
I support this in every way possible , but if any of the sites that are doing this want to make an impact on us and show how much SOPA will effect us then it needs to be longer then a day, Maybe a week at the least to see what a future with SOPA would look like .
Nice work guys. You've been really the trailblazers here as far as gaming websites go, and the other sites look like they're just totally clueless in comparison. I feel like gamers have an ally in Destructoid and you deserve our heartfelt thanks.
/clears throat
Thanks!
/clears throat
Thanks!
I'm wholeheartedly in support of this. It'll be a pain in the butt but that's worth it if it helps get the message to government.
Just gotta mark my Calendar for the 18th: "Internet blackout... gotta use imagination for fapping material"
Just gotta mark my Calendar for the 18th: "Internet blackout... gotta use imagination for fapping material"
I joined the Illinois for Internet Freedom branch here in the windy city to stop this bs and everyone should contact your local senator and urge them to vote this bill down. I wish it was like Mass Effect where u could go all renegade that would be awesome
Even though it's a bit of inconvenience to not be able to access Destructoid for whole day, I'm really proud of you guys making a stand against people who try to destroy the openness of the internet just so that they don't have to change their business tactics.
I also like Rabite's idea, but I see the faults with it as well.
A suggestion on compromise: create a new hashtag specifically for the posts containing news on companies that support SOPA.
Like #cunts or something
A suggestion on compromise: create a new hashtag specifically for the posts containing news on companies that support SOPA.
Like #cunts or something
Well, going out to the street would interest the politicians more, I doubt they visit destructoid regurarly.
Do you just lack the balls to go out and organize a demonstration? Or is it just a marketing gig?
Whatever. Keep up doing nothing against it. The Publisher that pay you appreciat that behaviour. :D
Do you just lack the balls to go out and organize a demonstration? Or is it just a marketing gig?
Whatever. Keep up doing nothing against it. The Publisher that pay you appreciat that behaviour. :D
the germans actually did demonstrate against there "Ban of violent games" bill.
http://www.google.ch/search?q=killerspiele+verbot+demonstration&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=de&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=nfkPT8HOObSM4gSbusHcAw&biw=1129&bih=698&sei=oPkPT7niAcP44QTJgrnCAw#q=killerspiele+verbot+demonstration&um=1&hl=de&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=963444d6c231e284&biw=1129&bih=698
By going out on the street and stuff. With flags and transparents etc. The Politicians did at least notice that protest.
Sending emails and blocking your own site.. really, americans don't know how to make a protest.
http://www.google.ch/search?q=killerspiele+verbot+demonstration&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=de&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=nfkPT8HOObSM4gSbusHcAw&biw=1129&bih=698&sei=oPkPT7niAcP44QTJgrnCAw#q=killerspiele+verbot+demonstration&um=1&hl=de&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=963444d6c231e284&biw=1129&bih=698
By going out on the street and stuff. With flags and transparents etc. The Politicians did at least notice that protest.
Sending emails and blocking your own site.. really, americans don't know how to make a protest.
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Bravo, Niero!
We can't expect the big guns like Google, Facebook and Youtube to do a blackout without the smaller sites doing their part.
Bravo, Niero!
We can't expect the big guns like Google, Facebook and Youtube to do a blackout without the smaller sites doing their part.
@ Konnery
The truth must hurt. :D
Grow some balls and go demonstrate or stop crying over SOPA. No one cares about Nerdrage on the internet. And sure as hell not Politicians who gets a lot of money if they vote what they're told to.
Or would you vote against a Bill because you got 100 emails from internet trolls? Or because Destructoid, a site you never heard of, was down 1 day?
The truth must hurt. :D
Grow some balls and go demonstrate or stop crying over SOPA. No one cares about Nerdrage on the internet. And sure as hell not Politicians who gets a lot of money if they vote what they're told to.
Or would you vote against a Bill because you got 100 emails from internet trolls? Or because Destructoid, a site you never heard of, was down 1 day?
Wouldn't it be more effective to have the blackout BEFORE the legislation begind debating it? It won't do alot of good if the lawmakers return to their offices and find a email box full of protest that piled up while they were busy passing the legislation.
"When your kids say "Where were you when the government made the internet lame?" you'll hopefully respond with unflinching certainty: "raising hell.""
oooo...One *entire* day! You brave souls.
A blackout day will be just as lame as those power conservation days where people are supposed to light a candle on their porch.
oooo...One *entire* day! You brave souls.
A blackout day will be just as lame as those power conservation days where people are supposed to light a candle on their porch.
Now since everyone has January 18th wide open, its the perfect day to get out and register to vote for Ron Paul in whatever polls or caucuses apply to you.
His opposition to SOPA, PIPA, NDAA, Patriot Act, and pretty much every other government expansion/intervention bill in existence should be enough to convince you.
His opposition to SOPA, PIPA, NDAA, Patriot Act, and pretty much every other government expansion/intervention bill in existence should be enough to convince you.
@Cudgeon
there's no truth in it though
media outlets don't cover it for some reason in the US so this really is almost all that can be done. This isn't an "Occupy" movement, but by all means criticize something you really have no knowledge of from the safety of being ignorant and judgmental.
there's no truth in it though
media outlets don't cover it for some reason in the US so this really is almost all that can be done. This isn't an "Occupy" movement, but by all means criticize something you really have no knowledge of from the safety of being ignorant and judgmental.
@Konnery
Cudgeon is absolutely correct - Destructoid isn't exactly the WSJ or Facebook. No one is going to notice if Destructoid or Reddit disappears except the people that read it (which thanks to this blog post already know to not try and come here on the 18th...so the shock value is gone). Without the backing of the "big guys" that are read by soccer moms, students, etc. who stand to lose LOTS and LOTS of revenue by going offline for a day...it's a fool's effort.
It's not like hypothetical Sen. Jones (D) or Sen. Murphy (R) are going to be trying to read game reviews on Destructoid before chambers or troll reddit and go "WTFBBQ?!?! I can't read Jim Sterling's review?!?!...This SOPA thing really *is* bad news".
Just like online petitions, it's the standard, minimalist, and extremely apathetic response from the newer generation(s). What can be done is actually leaving the house and becoming active to get your cause noticed. That would require people to put down their controllers and actually *doing* something, so therefore it won't happen.
Cudgeon is absolutely correct - Destructoid isn't exactly the WSJ or Facebook. No one is going to notice if Destructoid or Reddit disappears except the people that read it (which thanks to this blog post already know to not try and come here on the 18th...so the shock value is gone). Without the backing of the "big guys" that are read by soccer moms, students, etc. who stand to lose LOTS and LOTS of revenue by going offline for a day...it's a fool's effort.
It's not like hypothetical Sen. Jones (D) or Sen. Murphy (R) are going to be trying to read game reviews on Destructoid before chambers or troll reddit and go "WTFBBQ?!?! I can't read Jim Sterling's review?!?!...This SOPA thing really *is* bad news".
Just like online petitions, it's the standard, minimalist, and extremely apathetic response from the newer generation(s). What can be done is actually leaving the house and becoming active to get your cause noticed. That would require people to put down their controllers and actually *doing* something, so therefore it won't happen.
I'd like to agree with Cudgeon and JamnOn. This is a silly thing to do. I'd be willing to bet money that sites SOPA has been designed to combat won't be shutting down in protest. They're too busy trying to make money from someone elses work.
I support this 100%, I'm with you guys.
Only thing I've always wondered is how doing something like this shows anything more then giving them exactly what they want. If a site like this isn't going to exist then there's no reason for them to need to care if their stuff is getting pirated/seen in a way they don't want it to. For a day, or forever. Thats really my only concern.
I'll be looking into helping in other ways too, so thanks for that link Niero.
Only thing I've always wondered is how doing something like this shows anything more then giving them exactly what they want. If a site like this isn't going to exist then there's no reason for them to need to care if their stuff is getting pirated/seen in a way they don't want it to. For a day, or forever. Thats really my only concern.
I'll be looking into helping in other ways too, so thanks for that link Niero.
I read an interesting prediction for the future involving Ron Paul:
Currently he is running as a republican, but before long he will bail on that and begin running as libertarian, thus splitting the vote and getting Obama re-elected.
Currently he is running as a republican, but before long he will bail on that and begin running as libertarian, thus splitting the vote and getting Obama re-elected.
After hearing the news that big boys like Facebook and Wikipedia are going black, I'm delighted to hear that my favorite videogame-websites is joining in too. This madness, it must be stopped!
A-fucking-men! Goddamn i love Destructoid! This is the reason why this is the only site i go to for gaming news and information, reviews, previews and everything else under the gaming sun. Fucking love you guys (no homo) and gals.
This was a great and fun article to read. I have enjoyed this and I agree with you so much. We need to stop this.
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So happy pipa and sopa never made it throught. But I know there will be a new piece of legislation, until they get something they want through. They have the money to just keep putting this stuff up. Social media better keep up. I always download the briefs the House puts out on this.
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