u/Mincerafter6969

If any GD players here are connected with the wider gaming scene, you might have heard about the "Stop Killing Games" movement, who have for years campaigned for more democratic control of games, such as being able to play online games and host private servers even after official support stops. They have particularly persisted in the last few years, enduring increased pressure from governments and corporations who have pushed for essentially surveillance policies under the guise of "child protection."

The linked video reveals potentially the latest and most drastic measure of anti-democratic crackdown in the video game scene. While we all know Geometry Dash is much more than what would normally be considered a video game, these leaked records reveal (as typical with politics being completely out of touch) absolutely baffling and borderline delusional wording potentially labelling any online "service" where users congregate (no jumpscare, sorry) and media is shared as a "video game" in their book, and therefore subject to the act's absolutely ridiculous surveillance policies. This is especially problematic as all of Geometry Dash's servers are located in Sweden, an EU country; thus, despite people all around the world contributing to the rich landscape of GD, our modern economic reality enables half-coherent rambling uttered by people who've never engaged in the video gaming scene in their lives to potentially compromise the entire thing.

However, just like the guy in the video being hesitant to jump to action, I believe more information and context about this situation is needed before any action can be taken to address this on our part. We must establish a more solid information base before it would be consequential to do something like contact RobTop directly. In the meantime, I implore the community to stay on alert.

I feel like as a community dedicated towards the ecological systems that define the Cascadian bioregion, this news should serve as a warning that something needs to be done FAST.

By this point it is blatantly obvious that the current vampires in power care nothing about these habitats other than their ability to make money from them. It doesn't take much more than basic ecological knowledge to know that merely protecting animal species while allowing their habitats to be fragmented and degraded is pointless. I sense this ruling is deliberately marketed to those who know nothing about ecological systems and are assured by "well, at least the animals are protected" NO THEY ARE DOOMED TOO, THEIR HABITATS ARE LIVING SYSTEMS THEMSELVES.

There aren't enough words in the english language to describe how much I want to feed those in charge of this decision to the rivers and forests they continually abuse. I have recently started learning a lot more about the importance of ecological corridors and how they connect distinct ecological areas into cohesive bioregions. Cascadia is practically defined by these corridors, which include the Columbia River, the Cascade Range, the Pacific Coast, and its extensive network of forests. Corridors like rivers and forests are also incrediblt fragile, and decisions like these can potentially allow bioregion-scale ecological disruption. I am so fucking tired of this.