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lurkerwithout) wrote2008-05-03 01:43 pm
lurkerwithout) wrote2008-05-03 01:43 pm
You're fucking kidding me, right?
Your bunch of stupid, stupid nerds for the day.
ETA: They've apparantly taken down the original post, after first deleting all comments to hide from all us "mean" people...
Butzhinxy screencapped it here. Plus the first two parts of the FAQ:
ETA2: And And look, one of the game players jumps to the defense. Remember, we're only angry and offended because we're EXTREMISTS. Where's my fucking shovel?
ETA: They've apparantly taken down the original post, after first deleting all comments to hide from all us "mean" people...
But
zhinxy screencapped it here. Plus the first two parts of the FAQ:This name sounds familiar. What does Kristallnacht mean?
Kristallnacht, aka Crystal Night, or the Night of the Broken Glass, is a historical reference to World War II. Kristallnacht marked the beginning of the systematic eradication of the Jewish people, as more than 30,000 Jewish men were rounded up and taken to concentration camps, more than 1,000 Synagogues were destroyed, and tens of thousands of Jewish businesses and homes were ransacked and destroyed. On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Grindelwald rounded up hundreds of Muggles to kill them in front of the Ministry of Magic, and Muggleborns were forced to leave London, marking the beginning of a dark era in Grindelwald's reign.
Is this really the best choice of names for your game?
We realize some people might look at the name and think, "Do they realize they just named their game after a horrific event in World War II?" And yes, we do, and were well aware of it when we named the game. We were drawing parallels between Grindelwald's actions and those in World War II. As you may notice, a few of the important events in our history even occur on the same dates as the historical events, and this was not by accident. Don't worry, we did our research, and we didn't just think, "Man, that sounds like a cool name, and I do like broken glass!" We do realize that the name might be offensive to people, but we did pick the name for a reason and not simply because we wanted to start trouble. We are attempting to take what JKR said and move it forward into a different world. There is no telling what would have happened if Grindelwald took over within canon fiction, so we are running with what was already planted within the books. If you have a problem with that, we are sorry. But we do like our name and we, as a group, decided upon it.
ETA2: And And look, one of the game players jumps to the defense. Remember, we're only angry and offended because we're EXTREMISTS. Where's my fucking shovel?
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That...
But...
o.O
Fuck it. As the saying goes, There Are No Words. That smarmy little douchebag needs to be beaten.
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http://www.journalfen.net/community/unfunnybusiness/10047.html
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WAY TO BE CLASSY GUYZ!
>:O
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(Anonymous) 2008-05-04 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
Zhinxy got the page and all the comments before they deleted it, changed the name and pretended it never happened :\ (unfortunately they had editted their FAQ to be less moronic by this point)
feel free to post it or something if you want to so ppl can at least see the comments and stuff that now NEVARRR HAPPPENNEED xD
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Also from the ETA2 link:
I'm not saying that they have to agree but the sheer anger is uncalled for
Yus... anger is always uncalled for when dealing with OFFENSIVE CRAP LIKE THAT!
Srsly what did they expect if not anger?
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