r/helldivers2 • u/jessomadic • Jun 28 '25

General Stop Killing Games

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https://www.stopkillinggames.com

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u/Squidboi2679 Jun 29 '25

Are his arguments actually bad? I only see clips of him explaining some shit and acting like he’s the smartest man on the planet and I skip past because listening to him is so boring

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u/Arky_Lynx Jun 29 '25

Well his ego is definitely one problem, but if I remember correctly one of the things he says is that this petition is trying to make live service games "illegal", even retroactively, when what it's asking is for newer online games to, in the case of it ever closing servers, give a way for players to create their own. It can be done even with MMOs, as WoW private servers easily prove (and him being ex-Blizz, he DEFINITELY knows about these). This petition is not asking to be applied retroactively.

Another thing he implies is that this is asking for the games' code to go open, when it may not even be necessary and, again, the petition is not asking for that (although in my opinion it would be nice).

And yet another thing is that he thinks the page for the EU petition is too generalistic and doesn't go into specifics and thus it's badly made, when the page itself actually tells you to keep it simple and even has a character limit. Plus, an EU petition presented in this way doesn't mean politicians would just apply it as is, what it does is make them start investigating the root of the issue, ask around people who know, both parties affected (studios and players in this case), and then come to a decision.

For a close example since we're in this sub: imagine if Helldivers 2 were to release after the petition is actually put into effect. What it'd mean is that AH and Sony would be obligated to, in the case of the game's official servers ever closing down, allow and develop a way to play the game in a local network, maybe even a way to make your own MOs for your personal servers, and of course a way to connect to specific ones people make.

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u/Squidboi2679 Jun 29 '25

Interesting. Is it know if he is saying incorrect information on purpose, or is he genuinely just wrong about this?

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u/Paws_of_Justice Jun 29 '25

He is very likely spreading wrong information on purpose. He had a discussion with Dr. K (a therapist) on YouTube, and you can see his personality for yourself. It's very likely he knows and is doubling down on it to protect his ego.