Paradox pulls workshop mod down for altering human phenotypes

[Litewraith]

When attempt to conceive logical argument fails just call people lazy. "Dem lazy kidz, in my days we were building computers from solid blocks of silicon!"

Its not the job of a company to advertise for its competitors. Its the competitor's job to show why going to them is the better option.

 

[REDDQ]

Is it really too much to ask that someone google "stellaris mods", find a website and download a file to put in a folder

This shouldn't be too much for someone who can play a strategy game.

It has nothing to do with the whole issue and calling people "lazy" just because they want to use platform they like is offensive.

 

[Opus]

Just because it's not the only way doesn't mean we automatically lose the right to complain about bullshit decisions, especially when they force us to use steam

In what way are you forced to use Steam for mods?

Spoiler

You arn't

 

[Gadamlu]

however it would appear that the comments surrounding the mod, rather than the mod itself, were the biggest problem.

So they removed it because of 3rd party COMMENTS?

 

[Zakks]

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sonfn8



Well, this covers it. Time to go home.

Really? Deleting mods because of comments? If youtube did this there wouldnt be a youtube to go in
Hell you can probably comment bomb mods out of steam now too

Thanks for that REDDQ, I'm going home too. This closes the question

 

[Pen Name]

It has nothing to do with the whole issue and calling people "lazy" just because they want to use platform they like is offensive.

I thought you were all about supporting the right of offensive speech, it seems strange to discard his comment because of the offense it entails.

 

[kmaj]

Predictably, after three hours, this thread has gone past the exciting "exploration phase" and is now entering a quite boring "midgame".

It's clear no one here has even seen the mod, and Eurogamer did a great job sensationalising it and pushing bad facts, but the mod linked to a youtube page that talked alot about saving the European (specifically those of German heritage) race from Muslims. Plus the fact he's pushing a mod with characters dressed up as Nazi's, it's pretty clear the guy had a racist agenda.

And what portrait is it that chiefly represents Muslims in Stellaris?

 

[Thorbjorn42gbf]

Perhaps, but if someone has significant power, then they should not be able to use that power to push their own viewpoint by silencing those who they do not agree with. At very least, they should be expected to provide an explanation for their decision, and not hide behind rules that say "we can do whatever we like".

But they are not silencing people they decide how people are allowed to facilitate information through a platform they own. This is here I do not follow people if you had a white board set up so people could write each other messages would you allow people to put strongly offensive messages up on it?

 

[Balthazaar1410]

ohh please, don't pretend this surprises you. /pol/ went crazy with that mod in the last days. if they didn't removed it, we would have the stellaris workshop full of nazis

Nazis, too, have a right to exist. Just thought I'd point that out. It's like saying, "I'm sure glad we got rid of those socialist mods, we don't need socialists here. They don't belong," or "Good, before long we might have had Jews flooding the modding community." That doesn't sound too good to me, honestly. See the problem?

 

[chassepatrick]

We've got a a reply from Paradox saying it wasn't the mod it was the comments around it... So there... It broke the rules... End of story, need to find something else to get enraged about now...

 

[Opus]

It has nothing to do with the whole issue and calling people "lazy" just because they want to use platform they like is offensive.

You can use the plattform you like. You may not use it for whatever you want.

 

[Hess99]

Predictably, after three hours, this thread has gone past the exciting "exploration phase" and is now entering a quite boring "midgame".

And what portrait is it that chiefly represents Muslims in Stellaris?

human_female_body_01.dds
human_male_body_01.dds

Just add burqa/head-scarf and you're good to go.

 

[Pen Name]

Nazis, too, have a right to exist. Just thought I'd point that out. It's like saying, "I'm sure glad we got rid of those socialist mods, we don't need socialists here. They don't belong," or "Good, before long we might have had Jews flooding the modding community." That doesn't sound too good to me, honestly. See the problem?

Nobody is questioning their right to exist, what is in question is whether or not a company has an obligation to support them and give them a platform.

 

[CplKatie]

To be fair, the mod creator was asking for this action. I love how there are plenty of people jumping on the censorship bandwagon but if you actually looked at the mods patch notes and description you could see he was clearly racist.

 

[blallo]

Nazis, too, have a right to exist. Just thought I'd point that out. It's like saying, "I'm sure glad we got rid of those socialist mods, we don't need socialists here. They don't belong," or "Good, before long we might have had Jews flooding the modding community." That doesn't sound too good to me, honestly. See the problem?

no i was saying that the /pol/ nazis would have flooded steam. turn out there was a paradox tweet that said the same

 

[chassepatrick]

Good luck policing millions of comments and punishing content creators for them, harpy.

you could say that about all policing actions... "good luck policing so many guns in America," yet you still will get arrested if you go and shoot someone and get caught...

 

[-Marauder-]

I was reading about this in Reddit and apparently there are other mods that change the human race in similar ways.

Just for example:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688751838
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688760542
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688760738
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=685620784

If paradox really goes this way, they certainly have a lot of mods to purge. It seems to be fairly popular to mod the humans to suit your needs.

That's the thing, either they purge all these mods or non. Right now it looks as if they're looking for arbitary reasons to purge a selected few, which seems odd.

 

[Wolf089]

Yes because it is not PC to roll over for Muslims. For you I'm purging every preborn Arab in the empire. I might make a guide how to purge for stellaris. Finding it very enjoyable.

 

[Gadamlu]

To be fair, the mod creator was asking for this action. I love how there are plenty of people jumping on the censorship bandwagon but if you actually looked at the mods patch notes and description you could see he was clearly racist.

"I detest what you have to say, but will fight to the death to protect your right to say it"

 

[Mike1984]

Fairly sure the mod owner has the power to delete comments. If the owner was making an attempt to clear such comments out, I suspect Paradox would not ban the mod, and if the mod was not kind-of dubious in itself, they also probably wouldn't.

 

[Hess99]

you could say that about all policing actions... "good luck policing so many guns in America," yet you still will get arrested if you go and shoot someone and get caught...

True, but people don't shoot each-other in the hundreds of thousands every day, and I doubt Steam has hundreds of thousands of moderators to find said racist/problematic comments or hell, even look for them.