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Worlds gone mad, makes you wonder whats next in PC land
More of a console gamer than PC myself.
Wrong PC or was it a cunning pun
Thats ok, I try not to be a total stick in the mud, but these things have a tendency to spiral if not careful.
The article never mentions precisely what was in the video that may be controversial. It dances around the topic. So, what was so offending? Other model making videos are fine along with other videos that actually contain imagery likes swastikas etc. There must have been something particular in the video that caused it to get flagged. What was it?
I don’t think YouTube offered an explanation, but rather cited hate speech as the reason, removed the video and that was that.
But from the blog, I suspect that it had content like this:
And the Tube thought it was promoting some sort of political dissent, rather than a game of pretend.
This Footsore Bank Manager? – (There is a Bertie and Butler – but they don’t look right to me)
And the Drones Club members for help?
Not sure what to do about Jeeves though.
Maybe Jeeves has all the ammunition somewhere safe?
(Oops – aimed at Hafen, not a commentary on anarcho socialists!)
Not to be political (and Mike, feel free to censor this if you like), but I am an anarcho-socialist who lives in a multi-generational black feminist collective with 13 arrests for anti-nuke civil disobedience on my CV. My life is chock full of hippies, pinkos, commies, and LGBTQXSH folks of all sorts and never — NOT ONCE — have any of them expressed displeasure with my hobby, in 36 years of being this way.
Most people who know me are charmed by the fact that I paint toy soldiers. The chicks dig it, too (unfortunately most of them are under eight and think it is great I play with dollies).
So if there is politics involved in this, I can say from long and drawn out experience it is not from the radical left. In fact, my trotskyite comrade John is positively enthused by the idea of AVBCW.
That was very political, why say you are not being political then say all that?
This is why we can’t have nice things.
YouTube banning a gaming video for Hate Speech is one thing, quite related to gaming.
Someone telling us about their arrest record, their own personal political affiliations and so on is not really to do with gaming, YouTubes policy or in keeping with the vibe here at TWW.No-one has come here to learn more about peoples personal political leanings.
This is not the platform for that.I think as Rhoderic touched upon earlier, the topic title is maybe misleading?
No-one was accused by YouTube of being a criminal, and IF, IF they were it seems it would have been due to the political nature of the video and not the fact it is about a wargame, as thousands of such videos are still on YouTube.
Well – to be fair the entire thread – the original post itself- is essentially political.
I did debate locking it early doors, but instead have been following it. The images of miniatures gave me hope.
Always thought the idea of AVBCW was a bit uncomfortable.
The central conceit of the non-abdication of the King seems irrelevant today (?) but the rest of it has too many current resonances for comfort.
The figures are great, but discussion of them on a thread about banning a wargame video is pretty tangential – however welcome that thread hijack may be.
I wouldn’t ban the video or discussion of how to game it though.
I believe I’d want to convert some well-dressed young gentleman figures into bun-throwers, giving them some sort of “public humiliation” ability.
But perhaps I’m not treating the subject with the seriousness it deserves.
Edit: Speaking of public humiliation, thanks all for not mentioning my faux pas with the “shotguns” comment — I didn’t bother expanding the Drones pic on my phone. Oops!
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