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Stop Killing Games is one of my favorite things that have happened in gaming this millennium. It's incredible. I hope they succeed.
Imagine you're a WoW player. You've bought expansions, transmogs, mounts, pets, the works. Say you've spent about $1,000 over twenty years on the game. Now Blizzard shuts down the servers and says "Buy Wow II now!” I want a world where people could get their money back or self-host servers to keep playing with the stuff they bought.
I'm rooting for #SKG.
The POG Act has passed at the CA State Assembly!
>Yesterday, the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921) has passed on the California State Assembly floor with a 43–16 vote! Now it heads to the California State Senate, and this is where it needs your help! > >If you live in California, or know someone who does: > >Find your State Senator here [https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/], then go to their ‘Contact Me’ page and submit your support for AB 1921 - the Protect Our Games Act. Please include a short explanation as to why you support games preservation. > >If you live in another state, or know someone who does: > >Send your support to the Chair of the Senate Privacy Committee here [https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=SD03&inframe=N]. > >Everyone around the world can also help! > >Help exposure by reposting / sharing one of these links in your circles: > >- Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1tqfrvm/stop_killing_games_just_passed_a_floor_vote_in/] >- X / Twitter [https://x.com/Moritz_Katzner/status/2060102034506776855] >- YouTube - Broadcast Yourself [https://www.youtu.be/tw1UhbaqBwA] >- Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5bsbzpJ4N/] >- Tik Tok [https://www.tiktok.com/@stopkillinggamesofficial/video/7645067549964602647] > >You can e-mail the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Agency at [email protected] [[email protected]] and express your interest and support for this bill internationally. > >French volunteer needed in Paris… > >SKG is in urgent need of a French gamer that can meet us in Paris on June 8th. This is for a brief television interview - for a story that is being prepared. Beyond the SKG representative, they also wish to interview a local / French gamer and film some seconds of gaming. If you fit the profile and availability, please contact us urgently! You can open an ‘inquiries’ ticket [https://discord.com/channels/1402817637376851999/1403560123967733811] on the unofficial community server at: (https://discord.gg/TCE6uXwsBe [https://discord.gg/TCE6uXwsBe]). > >Supplementary… > >We would like to thank our supporters from all over the world for their continued efforts. It is with you that we have together paved the way for a tomorrow where we have a choice to keep the things we buy and play the games we love when we want to play them. Please remember that your strength is our strength and now we need it more than ever. This is your movement. We are here to give you - the gamer, the consumer - a voice that can be heard by those who we have elected globally to make a difference. Let us call on them together and make sure that the industry with whom we are petitioning against will stop killing games once and for all. > >SKG Forever!!! Update from the SKG Discord
Stop Destroying Videogames ECI : European Parliament plenary session (English audio)
EESC debate about Stop Destroying Videogames ECI
Stop Killing Games makes it’s way through the EUs legislative process. Today it was the topic of a EESC debate. > The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a consultative body of the European Union (EU) established in 1958. It is an advisory assembly composed of representatives from employers’ associations, workers’ unions (trade unions) and civil society organisations. > > The European Economic and Social Committee was established […] in order to unite different economic interest groups to establish a Single Market. The creation of this committee gave them an institution to allow their voices to be heard by the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament. The EESC declares itself to be “a bridge between Europe and organised civil society”. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_Committee [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_Committee]
Stop Killing Games Just Won BIG!
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 11-2 to advance AB 1921, the Protect Our Games Act, to the Assembly floor. The ESA’s campaign to kill the bill in committee didn’t work. Here’s what happened, what the bill actually requires, and what comes next. AB 1921, backed by Stop Killing Games and authored by Assemblymember Chris Ward, would require companies selling server-connected games to give 60 days notice before shutting down, then either make the game playable without their servers or issue a full refund. It covers games sold on or after January 1, 2027. The Appropriations Committee, the financial gatekeeper in California’s legislative process, heard the ESA’s cost arguments and voted to advance the bill anyway. This is a follow-up to our earlier full breakdown.
California State Assembly Appropriations Committee voted yes to move the StopKillingGames bill forward to the Assembly floor.
Video of the bill moving forward here. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtEQXypwmLU] Message from SKG team member Moritz Katzner: > 10 minutes ago, the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee voted yes to move the bill forward to the Assembly floor. > >This is a huge success. The gaslighting attempts by the ESA failed. > >A massive thank you to Assemblymember Chris Ward and his team. > >Back shortly before Christmas, when I flew to the U.S. to help set up SKG-US, I didn’t expect us to get this far this quickly. It has been an honor to take part in drafting this bill on behalf of the SKG community: gamers, developers, and publishers alike. > >Next up is the floor vote, where every member of the California Assembly will have the chance to vote on it. We will need all of you once more for that. More on this shortly. > >On behalf of the SKG team: > >Thank you. > >Moritz Katzner
[Video] The Industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games (California Edition)
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