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General discussionBoycotting DRM and Game Censorship on GOG, 2021-2022(5216 posts) (5216 posts) 
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Posted March 04, 2022
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Carstein: I live in Ukraine. I was supporting GoG for years, preferring to buy here over Steam. But now I won't give a single cent to GoG. I cannot support the company that engages in hatemongering and bullying. Besides, Ukrainians were dying in a conflict for years. Yet CDProject decided to "support" us only when they thought it will bring them good PR. What a disgusting and disingenuous move.
I'm from Spain and think the same as you, they never did anything like this against US users at invasion of Syria or Afghanistan, they just choose the NATO side and spam us with their propaganda.
I hope the war ends soon with the negotiations.
Already asked for my GOG account to be removed, i just hate them now and will never recommend this shop to anyone.
Posted March 04, 2022
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ValentB: I'm supporting GOG much more and gonna buy games I previously didn't want to (cause have them on Steam).
K

By the by, I assume you'll be showing everyone proof of said purchases later on (to show that you're not just saying such for virtue points/etc)?

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wintermute.: How braindead you must be to punish random people for their location?
And how "not so smart" some must be, to think banning gamers in one area from buying games somehow helps anything(or that such a purchase ban somehow isn't discriminatory.....cuz it is).
Post edited March 04, 2022 by GamezRanker
Posted March 04, 2022
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Yeah, it is hard.

Interesting.
Post edited March 04, 2022 by oscar886
Posted March 04, 2022
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I'm done with GOG and CDPR permanently seeing this most recent move. After years of grievances regarding their treatment of players, banning a whole slough of OG Witcher fans just because they happen to be born in the wrong country is the final straw. I don't think you need to take up arms and go overthrow the government to be able to play video games and anyone who thinks that is a deluded freak.

In my mind I've tried to separate CDPR the company and the shit they've pulled from GOG itself, which was founded on principles I strongly support. However, I really am done. If this is the path they want to take, then Gaben can have my money and his cut, and I'll live with the DRM.

I don't blame anyone that has their entire library on here and will keep using it, but as far as I my own thoughts go: fuck this company and fuck their store. I solemnly swear never to buy anything even related to CDPR ever again. Peace.
Posted March 04, 2022
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Atrithau: I'm done with GOG and CDPR permanently seeing this most recent move. After years of grievances regarding their treatment of players, banning a whole slough of OG Witcher fans just because they happen to be born in the wrong country is the final straw. I don't think you need to take up arms and go overthrow the government to be able to play video games and anyone who thinks that is a deluded freak.

In my mind I've tried to separate CDPR the company and the shit they've pulled from GOG itself, which was founded on principles I strongly support. However, I really am done. If this is the path they want to take, then Gaben can have my money and his cut, and I'll live with the DRM.

I don't blame anyone that has their entire library on here and will keep using it, but as far as I my own thoughts go: fuck this company and fuck their store. I solemnly swear never to buy anything even related to CDPR ever again. Peace.
I assume, when I check tomorrow, your acc gonna be wiped out.

NOBODY'S BANNING ANYONE

They have their accounts, they can play their games.

They'll lose it only if putin cuts russia from worldwide internet.

russians need to stockpile food and search for new jobs ASAP, not whine that they can't buy new games. How would they buy them anyway with all international payment blocked?

russia/belarus can't buy anything on Steam/Epic either but nobody's trashing them.
Post edited March 04, 2022 by ValentB
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ValentB: russia/belarus can't buy anything on Steam/Epic either but nobody's trashing them.
1) Not all banks are turned off SWIFT or under sanctions. You can use wallet in any case.

2) It's "because of sanctions". I can understand the block because of sanctions, it's fine. But blocking all people just because they were born in wrong country - it's strait up racism.

3) Helping Ukranian is a hype theme right now. Yes, it's a good thing, but when belarusian people were dying during their uprise, they didn't give a fuck about that. They just ignored us. It's a hypocricy.
Post edited March 04, 2022 by Mercurionio
Posted March 04, 2022
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From now on I am boycotting GOG. You may try to return to the market, but you are not trustworthy anymore. I will not forget and I will not forgive. But I know that there are individuals in CD PROJEKT Group who have nothing to do with the ban, so I am giving you a chance. I will return to GOG when the upper management of CD PROJEKT Group is changed or when the owner of GOG is changed.

As for now, I am changing my preferred and recommended store to another, the one that work right now as usual and is not rejecting my money. Wishlist here is emptied.
Posted March 04, 2022
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GreasyDogMeat: I mean, its kind of hard to not drag politics into the thread when GOG has taken a political stance on the home page and more people are boycotting DIRECTLY due to said political stance...
No, it isn't hard! This is exactly what I was referring to with my last comment, which promptly got buried under more of this political signaling garbage on all sides.

Here are two examples:

1. "I am boycotting GOG because GOG is blocking Russian/Belorussian purchases."

2. "I am boycotting GOG because GOG is blocking Russian/Belorussian purchases, now please listen to my thesis statement/doctorate about what I think of Putin, various countries, who is at fault right now, and what I learned in history class."

See the difference? The second example is obviously not what we need here while the first is okay (and could probably even add a very brief, concise explanation within the same sentence, stopping there).
Posted March 04, 2022
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Hey everyone, there have been a lot of posts in the thread over the past 48 hours or so. I haven't had time to read them all, but I get the jist.

I just want to state that this particular boycott thread is for the specific issues listed in the first post, which broadly relate to DRM and censorship. Whether you agree with GOG's recent moves to stop selling in Russia or not, that isn't what this boycott is focused on and it's possible that people who have already signed up to this one might fall on opposite sides of that fence.

If you want to boycott GOG over the recent decisions, that is fair enough, but I think it would be best if someone made a separate thread and list for that. Again, this thread and boycott were set up for specific reasons, which over 100 people have already signed up for. It is not a general "I'm pissed off at GOG and I want to boycott" thread and I'm not going to do a 'bait and switch' by suddenly adding new reasons to the list without at least consulting with those who have already signed. I have been consistent with this approach to proposed additional boycott reasons in the past.

Thanks and regards,

T4T
Post edited March 04, 2022 by Time4Tea
Posted March 04, 2022
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Always thought you Winnie were exaggerating and being frankly edgy. Boycotting is conflictual and I'm still NOT in this, as it's about losing without giving, it's by definition not constructive. But now that there's the "Russian ban" (a symbolic act of activism and prod to russian people, but through exclusion of the same ones it's aimed to!) I at least understand "the Boycott" as a last form of warning/protest. A hostile climate is building here, and that's bad and sad for each and everyone. Gaming, even wargaming, even e-sports (Olympics..ahem..) should be about challenge, not competition. That is: we are sharing a passion, not stomping one another.
Post edited March 04, 2022 by marcob
Posted March 04, 2022
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Lin545: Several titles I wishlisted are on sale now.
I have the money.
But I don't feel buying anything here sadly, following the blind uneducated barbaric racism against my nationality and country.
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Ruvika: Sorry to hear that, I know many users can't understand that Russian people is not responsable for all what is happening and just are victims too. Hope that all this hatred end up soon, yet GOG has nothing to do with and is doing all what they can to stop that harassment in the forum, just a few a hours ago they deleted a thread full of hatred and many comments attacking innocent people. Let's concentrate in the games that is what we enjoy the most.
LoL, we are not victims. What can you say about EU/NATO and Syria, Libya, and other counties which were bombed by european countries? Maybe we should boycott all american and european games?)
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Plumb: Well, looks like I'm on the boycott train now.

Pretty stupid to involve yourself in the war, GOG. Pretty stupid indeed
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Syphon72: You must be boycotting a lot of companies. I do not agree with what GOG doing but knowing Poland and Russia's history I'm not surprised they're doing it.

Edit: I thought steam ban Russia from something as well? I see Reddit making multiple topics saying ban Russia.
we can't use any payment types except PayPal and Steam Wallet
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Skarborr: Blaming all Russians for that war makes as much sense as blaming every Pole for supporting 1945-1989 communist regime.
Maybe you should blame yourself for Yugoslavia, Syria, Lybia and so on?
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darthspudius: Why is Russia bad but China is good?
Nope) Why is Russia bad but USA, EU and NATO is good?
Post edited March 04, 2022 by SangreMuertos
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darthspudius: Why is Russia bad but China is good?
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pazZzurro: Putin declared open season on western Europe, in broad daylight, and Poland has high chances of being the next target (either us or Finland, Moldova, or any of the Baltic countries (like Lithuania). China, while still generally bad, still wears its white gloves and doesn't do thing in the open as much.

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fronzelneekburm: Actions like this aren't going to wake up anyone. If anything, this will make ordinary people hate the West even more.
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pazZzurro: Perhaps. The sanctions are needed though, as ultimately all buisness with the Russians will end up funding their war machine, which is a very real threat as we can now witness. And they lost a lot more than their ability to buy video games during the last couple of days.

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Plumb: It seems Poland is blocking travel of black Ukranians to their country - people who are trying to escape the dangers of war - literally they are being blocked/pushed off trains in Ukraine, allowing only white people on.
Racist indeed.
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pazZzurro: Where did you obtain such information? Cause this is a blatant lie, propagated by russian hackers. Such news (and similar) already spread over the internet yesterday and were quickly verified to be disinformation aimed at the Ukrainian refugees to scare them from coming to Poland in fear of persecution.
I would think that a person from USA would understand what those russian hackers are capable of after the things that happened during the presidental elections...
Да кому вы нафиг сдались? Лол
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Plumb: Many are reporting on it. I'm reading multiple articles from The Independent as we speak.
This isn't some crack pot story, like the "Ghost of Kiev".

You're going to have to try and fool someone else, man. I'm well aware now what's been going on out there for the last 8 years.
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pazZzurro: Since you didn't quote your sources i had to google it myself.
From what I read - if this is indeed true, the problems were on Ukraine side, not Polish. You said Polish people were blocking black Ukrainians, which so far no one can really confirm.

On a side note, there were talks from residents of polish border cities of black citizens of Ukraine stealing from and raping women in trains and on the stations. Is this true? No, probably not at least. There was a video of a dark skinned man mugging a polish shop and attacking the owners with a knife. Again - a completely dif video taken out of context in hopes of promoting false information and playing on people's fears. But I don't propegate such stuff, as this is probably only gonna make things worse, and doubtfully true anyway.

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wodemao: That's not what he said, and you should be more careful with the words you use. "Genocide" has a very specific meaning and you can't use it to bolster your weak arguments.
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pazZzurro: If its not genocide today, it will be in a week or two, so I stand by my opinion.
As far as I'm concerned he did say "Putin has EVERY right" to do what he is doing there, and you are wrong - he does not. It's not his country. Shooting at kindergardens and hospitals? Using a thermobaric bomb?
(also is this really your 1st post since 2015... russian bot!?)

Enough... I'm leaving this topic. It got disgustingly political (which I srsly don't want to get into) and whitewashy in favor of Putins actions.

I will leave you with this thought though:
If we are all so highly in favor of the freedom for everyone and similar values, you have to take both the bad with the good (as with almost anything in this world). As such you need to accept that a free company in a democracy has every right, if it so desires, to withdraw from any market it chooses, for any reason it might possibly have. GOG used that right. Simple.
your polish government use chemical weapon to refugees from other countries, such as Syria. and it's a fact
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wodemao: You are correct, unfortunately you are the one defending neo-nazists.
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LiefLayer: Too bad that putin is invading Ukraine like hitler and that the Ukrainian president is Jewish.
How you believe what you wrote is a mystery.
Hitler was Jewish, Do you know that?)
Post edited March 04, 2022 by SangreMuertos
Posted March 04, 2022
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Я предлагаю братьям славянам забить на английский язык и общаться здесь исключительно на русском языке. А если эти прихлебалы и просто дурачье хотят понимать что мы пишем, ну пусть используют переводчик.

Скажу так, те, кто в принципе более менее увлекаются политикой и геополитикой, тем понятно, что рано или поздно все равно это произошло бы. Не зря говорят "Если в начале пьесы на стене висит ружье, то (к концу пьесы) оно должно выстрелить". Учитывая сколько оружия завезли с Европы и США на Украину, было понятно, что если не мы первые вступим, то Украина начнет бомбить по полной, и один фиг мы бы вмешались, но жертв было бы гораздо больше. + грязная ядерная бомба это не пропаганда. это увы, факт.

А вот те, кто был все это время далек от политики, для тех да, Россия напала и бла-бла-бла.

а всем иностранным игрокам хотелось бы сказать "В глазу чужом - соринку видим, в своём - бревна не разглядим"
Вы посмотрите сколько разных стран ваши страны бомбили. Совесть не замучала? Я уж не говорю про США
Знаете мне что больше всего интересно. Ну к зиме, а то может и к осени, вся эта дебильная санкционная риторика в любом случае спадет, т.к санкциями они стреляют нам в ноги, и одновременно себе в голову. Как будет переобуваться тот же Steam, тот же ГОГ, и т.д. и т.п.)
Post edited March 04, 2022 by SangreMuertos
Posted March 04, 2022
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If you decide to vote then this will be visible on the main page (Community Wishlist):
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/please_dont_block_russia
Post edited March 05, 2022 by Skarborr
Posted March 04, 2022
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As long as Russian can't buy games here, I won't spend any penny here.
GOG think they can ban any people? Fine, I can ban GOG.
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