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He’s actually in Foshan! Accommodation is cheaper there apparently.

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Im a migrant to Australia. It’s true Australia has loads of issues involving racism. That said I DO have the right to protest, and vote towards a better future. And I can, and do, get involved with my community to do what I can regarding those topics. Importantly though I can live in the country and not face racism daily nor often get treated differently because of the way I look.

Regardless I’m obviously going to take the word of the actual Chinese migrants I know of, and the people I know living in China, over strangers on the internet. You’re allowed to have your own opinions on it, I just don’t think it’s a great idea to hand wave the racism issues in China, particularly for people who are black or brown.

Yeah I suppose you’re right, I’ve only heard about this regarding Guangdong and the likes. That said the cost of living is still significantly less than most Western countries. I suppose I just meant that it’s easier to adapt and avoid the social issues if you have money but that applies anywhere.

Well other than growing around a large community of Han Chinese immigrants who all have different views on it sure. They are all generally aware of the racism issues in China particularly against black people. I’m assuming you have a much broader experience in China yourself and have seen otherwise outside of forums? If so I’d be more than happy to be wrong. But if first hand accounts from people who love China tell me that the country has a major issue with rampant racism, and have even told me that I wouldn’t be a good fit for the country due to not being light skinned, I’m obviously taking that to heart.

It’s possible to be critical of a country’s issues without implying that I’m accusing the entire population of being racist 🤷‍♂️

Its worth noting I mean as an immigrant who is not ethnically Chinese. It’s a tough place to adapt to if you aren’t financially stable. Do note that my knowledge comes from the experience of people from Australia.

Exactly. If you are financially stable and can fit within what is considered socially acceptable then it’s a great place to live.

One of my closest friends has been living in China for several years now. He’s white, and his wife’s Chinese parents said to his face, “at least you aren’t black”. People there casually refer to black people by the slur. I know there’s many racists in the west too, but in Australia I can make progress as a minority, in China it’s institutional, and in your face. Hard to feel part of the community if you are from a race that is discriminated.

That said, I was told it’s less due to straight up hate and more from ignorance.

If you want to be able to buy the game physically then sure it would be nice. But as someone who works in the games industry, I can say that you’d be alienating a gigantic chunk of the games industry especially the indie scene. Physical game distribution is really expensive, ethically dubious, and actually acts more as a marketing tool than a means to make sales.

I work for a pretty big studio where I am and we can’t afford to do conventional physical distribution. The last studio I worked at only could do it because our publisher had connections.

But that doesn’t have to be the nail in the coffin. You have access to the internet. You can make your own physical media by purchasing drm free games and storing it in something quality. if you can’t for a specific game then you should vote with your wallet. It’ll eventually come to gog or something.

China is very much not low racism. You will encounter quite a lot of racism especially if you are black. Everyone is different but the racists are far more public about being racist.

Concord basically got boycotted out of existence

Blu-Ray is very proprietary and DVD-Video requires licensing. Some games also have on disc DRM which imo is still akin to making it a proprietary medium.

You can own software without needing to use dated distribution methods. Look at GOG. You can download and keep your games in any way you want forever. And you don’t have to deal with annoying formats or media that’s hard to back up.

The bedrock UI is far more controller friendly. And it has aim snapping features and so on.

Perhaps it wasn’t the best example, but the point I’m trying to get across is that almost any game you’ve played recently is likely profiting a bigot in some way or another.

Shareholders will always exist. Funding sources. Executives. Just because they didn’t write the code doesn’t mean they weren’t involved with the development. And they certainly make money off the success.

Of course always vote with your wallet. Just saying it’s a complex topic and it’s one thing to boycott it because Rowling profits off it, but you’re also excluding the hundreds of hard working game developers who put years of their life towards a legitimately good game.

Unfortunately, because of the existence of shareholders, pretty much anything non indie is going to be profiting off exploitative rich people with generally loads of prejudice against marginalised groups. Even indie games you’re kinda stuck, look at factorio for example. Or you’re supporting the storefront. There may be ways to consume games ethically maybe but there’s always a catch somewhere. Informing consumers of these choices is important, but judging them for it is reductive considering the only winning move is not to play.

The last AAA game you played is almost guaranteed to have been worked on by at least one racist, trans phobic, radical extremist of some kind. Just something to consider.

https://youtu.be/Xo_9yZPs_iM

It’s a clip from a burger Andy stream

I use modrinth on the deck and it’s been pretty good so far no real issues. I wish though that Java Minecraft was up to parity with bedrock regarding controller support

$130aud 1000/50 mbps 😭 Australia moment

Kfc goes hard

But also a lot of vegan food slaps. Even those burgers. I’m a big fan of mushroom based burgers they are crazy good.