All a company has to do is make headsets and not make social commentary.

I'm currently wearing an Arctis 3, have for the past couple of years, because they're the best headsets I've tried (and I've tried several). I really really REALLY don't want them to go full SJW...

Also, that IS damn scary to think that intelligence agencies are basing military action on social media...

And again, to answer Tim's question in today's video, I absolutely disagree with trump on attacking Syria. As mentioned before, the reasoning he's using seems like facebook repost bullshit. Assad deserves the opportunity to make a case about incidents that occur in his country. Statements such as Trump's, calling him a 'Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it' - (Trump's Twitter 2018) is a reckless emotional call to action, and commits SO MANY SJW-esque infractions on common sense.

i'm not sure if that "we have analyzed photos on twitter"-proof is better or worse than just making sh*t up.

It's worse.

You can't legitimately claim that foreign countries can influence people using Social media and then use social media as a bastion of truth when it matters

I mean, would you rather we go to war on our politician's terms, or on the terms of Isis, and other Islamists? that's the question I see.

It makes FAR MORE sense for the gas attacks to be caused by rebel forces

And without proof being provided that this was the fault of the Assad regime, I have a hard time believing that Assad would utilize a weapon he's been forbidden to use by the national stage, on his own people, in the midst of a war that he's winning.

Considering investigations into past uses have pointed towards rebel parties using them

Yeah.

there have been multiple gas attacks since the entire thing started though, not just the one recently. most where blamed on the regime.. tho from the evidence ive seen they just assume its them as they are the only people in the area that they concieve of that can make this shit

there has been no evidence i have seen that places the blame definitevly at the feet of anyone

its also pretty dificult, as you can make mustard gas with stuff you buy at the supermarket

obviously not recommending you do that, im just saying its pretty simple to do

ergo, even if you found a fully intact mustard gas cannister that has not gone of yet, if you have god like luck

the parts are probably going to have come from china, unles they make some retard mistake by forgetting to anon-ize it, you wont be able to trace it to anyone

proof would require a discovery of where the stuff is made, and then figure out who it is that works there

which seems unlikely, as there is a war going on atm

you can send investigators, but all they can tell you is what happened, not by who

and they are probably not setting off nerve gas cannisters where they are making the stuff

Topic Bullyhunters: SteelSeries just issued a statement.

"BullyHunters pitched us with a simple idea - let’s work together to fight online harassment. And because we believe that’s a noble cause, we supported it.

It’s now clear that we didn’t do a good job in understanding exactly what we were supporting. And we’re sorry for that.

The way BullyHunters represented the gaming community was wrong and disingenuous. Most gamers don’t experience harassment, and more importantly, 99%+ of gamers don’t do the harassing. We’re well aware of the many faults with BullyHunters. We hear you guys, and we agree.

To clear a few things up: BullyHunters was not a viral campaign stage-managed by us. We did not hire a marketing agency to create it. We didn’t have anything to do with its execution, content or messaging. And more importantly, we would never take advantage of an issue like bullying to sell hardware. They asked us to supply some headsets, support the call for positive change, and we did.

Although we still believe in a world where harassment isn’t tolerated, it’s clear to us that BullyHunters is hurting, not helping, that cause. On Friday, we ended our support and partnership with the organization.
We apologize to those who support our brand and expect more due diligence in vetting out campaigns and partnerships we associate ourselves with." - Steelseries official Facebook.

hmm

not surprised

if you want to start a campaign about something you can prolly get in touch with steelseries to make some custom headsets for you np, all they have to do is change the plastic a bit

this does leave open something though

who is the mastermind behind it all?

follow the money?

A Whois lookup certainly wasn't helpful

Dunno what I expected, there.

Apparently , Vertagear, a company that makes racing-style chairs, issued a statement on their affiliation with Bully Hunters.

"Last month, we were approached with a campaign to bring visibility to the seriousness of cyberbullying: Bully Hunters. At the time, we felt it was a worthy cause for us to engage with as we believe the issue is a pertinent one that runs alongside the expanse of technology, online gaming, and the study of mental health.

While we understand that much of what is construed as “bullying” by many is rather just playful banter not unlike that of what you may see in competitive environments in the offline world, what we perceive to be online bullying manifests itself in a much more direct, vitriolic, threatening and harmful manner. Although online games are equipped with tools to shield gamers from dialogue, the damage is often done before these tools are used for the most mentally vulnerable, whether they are male or female. It was our hope to shed more light on this matter, and to work towards an environment that would cater to our fellow gamers in distraught.

When we were approached with the background and goals of Bully Hunters, we put our faith in the cause and the organizers. However, the information that we received before the start of the campaign not only contradicted the execution of it, but we discovered after the fact that it was sorely lacking. Our biggest mistake was not thoroughly vetting the details of the campaign to ensure that the execution would be up to the proper standards expected, and we apologize for that and the horrendous results of this event.

We have always prided ourselves in understanding the needs of the gaming community from all walks of life. We engage with non-profit and charitable entities such as Anxiety Gaming and Stack-Up.org to try and spread the love of our passion to those who yearn for it. It has never been our intention to sow discord or undermine the efforts of those who earnestly dedicate their lives trying to stem the tides of the many issues our community faces. It is disheartening to us that our name has been attached to a campaign that contradicts our principles, and to that end we would like to announce the end of our relationship with Bully Hunters.

Although our engagement with this particular campaign ends here, we would like to express that our commitment to furthering causes that support those in need will not. However, we will ensure that proper due diligence is exercised from this point forward so that the Vertagear name is not attached to anything that may undermine the community and our brand ever again. We hope that the community will not see this occurrence as a means to undercut the prevalence of cyberbullying, but rather, take from it that it does exist, and that it may come from anyone, and happen to anyone.

With a heavy heart,
The Vertagear Team " - Vertagear Facebook Account

(I haven't read this yet. Reading it in Discord)

"SteelSeries consider the campaign to have been so damaging to their brand they are currently in discussions about what action they take next as they believe the marketers "misrepresented" the level of SteelSeries involvement." - As per Richard Lewis on twitter.

Sounds like they might actually legally bully the Bully Hunters.

@>Cytos, de lieve goede synth http://archive.is/ZnVnM Interesting...

Apparently Bully Hunters, according to a tertiary source (Richard Lewis) citing a Secondary (Steel Series), was created by FCB Chicago, a marketing firm.

this seems like a fad with how quick it went from 0-100 back to 0.