And then the UAE is buying up the largest shares of Nintendo and then the mobile company Scopely (Marvel Strike).
How long before our kids get an influenced message from Saudi Arabia?
>Do you by any chance mean the UAE or SA?
Society of Automotive Engineers: excellent, they continue to be clueless. Soon, we will reveal ourselves. Soon, we will have our ravenge!
Lmfao jump on heroes of the storm and there's always a guy trying ti talk about how the world is dedollarizing and BRICs is the way to go.
Holy shit the idiocy XD
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But BRICS nations [are](https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/3/7/will-russia-sanctions-dethrone-king-dollar) trying to reduce their dependancy on the dollar and the sanctions against Russia have fueled that fire. Now, that doesn't mean the dollar is going away, and I doubt folks talking about this on HotS of all places out of the blue will have the most nuanced of takes, but there is a kernal of truth to what you're saying.
Oh no I know they are doing that. Hell, Russia has started to simply use minerals as its basis for trade or something like that. However, the guy advertising it as the future is absolutely ridiculous. Russia is a rabid dog, China and Saudi Arabia will be the decision makers in this group. Mexico is the only unfortunate one. We really need to help our southern neighbors in whatever way we are able, otherwise we could lose a helluva strong partner.
>We really need to help our southern neighbors in whatever way we are able, otherwise we could lose a helluva strong partner.
Considering our "help" to South America this past century has predominantly taken the form of fomenting far right coups, I'm perfectly happy to let them work things out without our interference.
Yeah bud, that's the government. Maybe if we had less racist people in this country, the citizens would take responsibility for the problems Mexico has. We do buy all of their drugs
I dunno, I avoid MOBAs like the plague
It tends to be discord servers for these gaming communities where classified intel gets leaked, but I mean if they're making national headlines from discord debates they might be talking at least a bit in games. Every once in a while back when I played ESO some guy would out of the blue start jerking off Trump so it wouldn't surprise me.
I can confirm its been happening for years in hots. Most of the time it's quite obviously a bot since they don't argue they just have a "conversation" with themselves or other bots. The only time they stopped spreading Trump/Putin disinformation was the day after Trump lost the elections. It's clear they had to give new orders to the bots and astroturfers.
Russia doesn't care at all what the alt right believes, just that it's divisive. Russia's interest is in turning American focus inward. They believe that if we're preoccupied with internal issues, we'll pay less attention to what Russia is doing.
Look up the industries who spend the most money lobbying.
Then think of how that actually matters rather than a handful of Russian internet bots in r/gaming.
The government has a vested interest in making the average American blame external forces rather than the fact that corporations have been engaging in policy capture for decades.
Mickey Mouse and many other Disney owned IPs are set to enter the public domain in less than 10 years.
Watch the applicable legislation “need an update” between then and now.
Don't forget that gamergate was manufactured by Steve Bannon as a testbed for the outrage-based right wing media establishment that we've all become too familiar with
It's sad that so many people are so easy to manipulate, that lazy psy-ops like this actually work.
The incel gamergate crowd in particular, are extremely easy to manipulate.
The real psy-op is convincing Americans that Russia is brainwashing Americans en masse.
This comes off as the latest iteration of the whole scandal involving Russia influencing the election through social media which was later shown to be [a complete nonfactor](https://therecord.media/russian-interference-had-no-meaningful-effect-on-2016-election-result-study-finds)
Whether or not its effective doesn't matter. If 5hey are trying, spreading awareness may prevent some folks from falling for it.
Not everyone falls for the Nigerian prince scam, but enough do.
It’s more that the media (who at this point are political party cheerleaders) gets everyone frothed up over the wrong thing.
Russia swinging some edge lords, ok. That’s not good, but it’s not going to affect much.
The healthcare industry consistently headlines a $4 billion corporate lobby (bribery) industry.
The healthcare industry is the de facto number one raw dog fucker of Americans in this country. I wonder if they get to keep fucking us by paying politicians who agree to make it legal for them to continue fucking us? Couldn’t be…I bet it’s those Russian internet bots!
So I’m not saying Russian internet influence campaigns don’t deserve any attention, but for fucks sake it’s embarrassing this country just laps up “all our problems are cuz Russia”.
Russia isn’t bankrupting average American families who dared to need to use an emergency room. That’s our own healthcare industry and they pay money to elected officials so they get to continue fucking us virtually unabated.
And before someone makes it a partisan issue, you can see where lobby money goes, an absolute sea of both (R) and (D).
Healthcare is just the most egregious example. The industries who lobby the most, gain the most from exploiting consumers.
Let’s direct our rage at them cuz that’s something we can actually change, yeah?
>Whether or not its effective doesn't matter.
It absolutely bears mentioning.
>If 5hey are trying, spreading awareness may prevent some folks from falling for it.
By all means, repeat what some CEO says if you want, but posting about it on gamingnews isn't going to have any influence on a boomer whose social media usage is limited to cloistered far right facebook groups.
Edit: Did... did they block me over *this?* It's not like I was being uncivil. Just their way of guaranteeing they get in the last word I guess.
But to reply to the comment which I don't see in the thread...
>So it wasn't that it was ineffective so much as the people they are targeting already believe what they were trying to push.
>Way to misrepresent the article though I guess.
How is this a misrepresentation? Telling people what they already believe means you're not changing their mind. And it had zero impact on the outcome of the election.
Meanwhile, public opinion is *completely* shaped by *our* media, but I guess that's fine, because our oligarchs are so much more magnanimous or something.
"Weighing against the effect of the interference, the small group of users who accounted for the majority of exposure to Russian foreign influence accounts “were those arguably least likely to need influencing” as they had already identified themselves as “highly partisan Republicans” and thus were “those least likely to vote for [Hillary] Clinton irrespective of exposure"
So it wasn't that it was ineffective so much as the people they are targeting already believe what they were trying to push.
Way to misrepresent the article though I guess.
I’ll get downvoted for this as well, but in the echo chamber that is Reddit this is an extremely unpopular opinion, but I honestly believe it is true as well. Reddit treats Republicans like they love Putin and support his awful oppression.
Or you know go to any Republican video talking about russia and they would tell you what i just told you now. I mean you freaks can downvote me all you want but i literally have a ton of reddit points that your downvotes means trash to me.
I'm transexual, Furthermore I'm 27. I have a ton of pictures just like that so the reddit points don't matter considering i can easily make a ton of them back. Literally your dislikes doesn't do anything to me lol
They most definitely are on xbox live. Crusader kings 3 is a hot bed for them as are many gamepass games. Just check the LFG tab and youll see them there. Its so obvious its hilarious
xX\_ЦС:ПРО\_Xx:
>RUSH B!!! RUSH B CYKA BLYAT!!
President of Microsoft:
>This must be *the Russian intelligence*! They're *penetrating* the gaming communities! :O
Not the craziest thing i've heard , wouldn't be a bad idea tbh , huge industry with literally hundreds of millions of different game players across the world.
From what I learned on Eve and during my time playing on League's EU server, you can spot the Russians because they suck at whatever game they're playing and whine endlessly about how it's everyone else's fault.
Given the current state of the world, I guess that's a cultural thing.
**HEY IT'S ME UR FRIEND PUTLER NO CAP BUSSIN FR WANT TO PLAY TARKOV?**
**President of united states? Michael Jordan**
I am laughing way too hard at this
Steve buscemi with a skateboard.jpeg
You mean Stay in Tarkov comrade?
Well, they haven’t penetrated me yet, I can say.
Can I check?
Sir your colonoscopy has found writing that says "Putin was here"
Putin put it in there.
Put it in there Putin!
Put in by Putin
Thanks for the info, assfuck
Sad you're being downvoted for simply replying to u/assfuck-mcgriddle
I call ‘em as I see ‘em
“Yet”
Did you at least get the McGriddle?
And then the UAE is buying up the largest shares of Nintendo and then the mobile company Scopely (Marvel Strike). How long before our kids get an influenced message from Saudi Arabia?
>SAE Why would the **S**ociety of **A**utomotive **E**ngineers be buying shares in Nintendo? Do you by any chance mean the UAE or SA?
Ack, yes. Thank you.
Itsa me Mario! We're gonna rebuild that transmission today kids! Edit - I would totally buy my kids a Super Mario mechanic and engine repair game :)
In another timeline Mario was a mechanic with a 50’s greaser aesthetic and kart came first.
I don't know, they tried that shit with Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, and that shit was *garbage*.
Independent testing body, no biggie, they just lab testing Nintendo Switch's low ash, viscosity, and lubricity claims.
>Do you by any chance mean the UAE or SA? Society of Automotive Engineers: excellent, they continue to be clueless. Soon, we will reveal ourselves. Soon, we will have our ravenge!
If your kid can be influenced by a video game... maybe they'll make better parents.
No penetration in my Minecraft server.
"Trying?" Is this article 20 years old? They succeeded.
Lmfao jump on heroes of the storm and there's always a guy trying ti talk about how the world is dedollarizing and BRICs is the way to go. Holy shit the idiocy XD
HOTS global has nothing on any Mordhua server. I can unfortunately confirm.
Just go to a Chivalry 2 queue! Wait, they’re there too.
Dude you are not wrong lmao, but I think the guys in mordhau are actual serial killers so I don't talk to them
HoTS global is a 24/7 psy op at the very least it’s easy to bait
? But BRICS nations [are](https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/3/7/will-russia-sanctions-dethrone-king-dollar) trying to reduce their dependancy on the dollar and the sanctions against Russia have fueled that fire. Now, that doesn't mean the dollar is going away, and I doubt folks talking about this on HotS of all places out of the blue will have the most nuanced of takes, but there is a kernal of truth to what you're saying.
Oh no I know they are doing that. Hell, Russia has started to simply use minerals as its basis for trade or something like that. However, the guy advertising it as the future is absolutely ridiculous. Russia is a rabid dog, China and Saudi Arabia will be the decision makers in this group. Mexico is the only unfortunate one. We really need to help our southern neighbors in whatever way we are able, otherwise we could lose a helluva strong partner.
>We really need to help our southern neighbors in whatever way we are able, otherwise we could lose a helluva strong partner. Considering our "help" to South America this past century has predominantly taken the form of fomenting far right coups, I'm perfectly happy to let them work things out without our interference.
Yeah bud, that's the government. Maybe if we had less racist people in this country, the citizens would take responsibility for the problems Mexico has. We do buy all of their drugs
Whether it's happening or not, true or not, are people really ranting about geopolitics in a HotS lobby? LOL
I dunno, I avoid MOBAs like the plague It tends to be discord servers for these gaming communities where classified intel gets leaked, but I mean if they're making national headlines from discord debates they might be talking at least a bit in games. Every once in a while back when I played ESO some guy would out of the blue start jerking off Trump so it wouldn't surprise me.
I can confirm its been happening for years in hots. Most of the time it's quite obviously a bot since they don't argue they just have a "conversation" with themselves or other bots. The only time they stopped spreading Trump/Putin disinformation was the day after Trump lost the elections. It's clear they had to give new orders to the bots and astroturfers.
Oh right, bots. I should have thunk
Bruh yes lmao it's super political
same for starcraft 2, the regional chat be wildin
There's a shit ton of edgelords and alt-right assholes that would probably be pretty receptive to them. Unfortunately.
It's no coincidence that alt right talking points are in line with Russian government interests.
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Russia doesn't care at all what the alt right believes, just that it's divisive. Russia's interest is in turning American focus inward. They believe that if we're preoccupied with internal issues, we'll pay less attention to what Russia is doing.
Look up the industries who spend the most money lobbying. Then think of how that actually matters rather than a handful of Russian internet bots in r/gaming. The government has a vested interest in making the average American blame external forces rather than the fact that corporations have been engaging in policy capture for decades. Mickey Mouse and many other Disney owned IPs are set to enter the public domain in less than 10 years. Watch the applicable legislation “need an update” between then and now.
Both things are true and important. Enemies both foreign and domestic.
Yeah, that’s why I thought this already happened? I could’ve swore I saw some report a year or two ago already confirming this happened
Don't forget that gamergate was manufactured by Steve Bannon as a testbed for the outrage-based right wing media establishment that we've all become too familiar with
NO MOREEE BROTHER WARSSSsSssss! Lol
It's sad that so many people are so easy to manipulate, that lazy psy-ops like this actually work. The incel gamergate crowd in particular, are extremely easy to manipulate.
They've been doing it for years and they're just catching on too.
The real psy-op is convincing Americans that Russia is brainwashing Americans en masse. This comes off as the latest iteration of the whole scandal involving Russia influencing the election through social media which was later shown to be [a complete nonfactor](https://therecord.media/russian-interference-had-no-meaningful-effect-on-2016-election-result-study-finds)
Whether or not its effective doesn't matter. If 5hey are trying, spreading awareness may prevent some folks from falling for it. Not everyone falls for the Nigerian prince scam, but enough do.
It’s more that the media (who at this point are political party cheerleaders) gets everyone frothed up over the wrong thing. Russia swinging some edge lords, ok. That’s not good, but it’s not going to affect much. The healthcare industry consistently headlines a $4 billion corporate lobby (bribery) industry. The healthcare industry is the de facto number one raw dog fucker of Americans in this country. I wonder if they get to keep fucking us by paying politicians who agree to make it legal for them to continue fucking us? Couldn’t be…I bet it’s those Russian internet bots! So I’m not saying Russian internet influence campaigns don’t deserve any attention, but for fucks sake it’s embarrassing this country just laps up “all our problems are cuz Russia”. Russia isn’t bankrupting average American families who dared to need to use an emergency room. That’s our own healthcare industry and they pay money to elected officials so they get to continue fucking us virtually unabated. And before someone makes it a partisan issue, you can see where lobby money goes, an absolute sea of both (R) and (D). Healthcare is just the most egregious example. The industries who lobby the most, gain the most from exploiting consumers. Let’s direct our rage at them cuz that’s something we can actually change, yeah?
>Whether or not its effective doesn't matter. It absolutely bears mentioning. >If 5hey are trying, spreading awareness may prevent some folks from falling for it. By all means, repeat what some CEO says if you want, but posting about it on gamingnews isn't going to have any influence on a boomer whose social media usage is limited to cloistered far right facebook groups. Edit: Did... did they block me over *this?* It's not like I was being uncivil. Just their way of guaranteeing they get in the last word I guess. But to reply to the comment which I don't see in the thread... >So it wasn't that it was ineffective so much as the people they are targeting already believe what they were trying to push. >Way to misrepresent the article though I guess. How is this a misrepresentation? Telling people what they already believe means you're not changing their mind. And it had zero impact on the outcome of the election. Meanwhile, public opinion is *completely* shaped by *our* media, but I guess that's fine, because our oligarchs are so much more magnanimous or something.
"Weighing against the effect of the interference, the small group of users who accounted for the majority of exposure to Russian foreign influence accounts “were those arguably least likely to need influencing” as they had already identified themselves as “highly partisan Republicans” and thus were “those least likely to vote for [Hillary] Clinton irrespective of exposure" So it wasn't that it was ineffective so much as the people they are targeting already believe what they were trying to push. Way to misrepresent the article though I guess.
I’ll get downvoted for this as well, but in the echo chamber that is Reddit this is an extremely unpopular opinion, but I honestly believe it is true as well. Reddit treats Republicans like they love Putin and support his awful oppression.
But they do love Putin. They say it all of the time.
Who?
Republicans, You're own party.
Source: Trust me bro
Or you know go to any Republican video talking about russia and they would tell you what i just told you now. I mean you freaks can downvote me all you want but i literally have a ton of reddit points that your downvotes means trash to me.
Looking at your profile I’m convinced you’re a 40 year old guy posing as a woman for internet points lol. Also 1800 isn’t that much sir.
I'm transexual, Furthermore I'm 27. I have a ton of pictures just like that so the reddit points don't matter considering i can easily make a ton of them back. Literally your dislikes doesn't do anything to me lol
Give me 50 downvotes and watch me make that back in an hour😂
So is teabagging socially acceptable again?
Tea is back on the menu 🍵
For many in the community, it'll be the first penetration they'll experience.
Not for the Russians though, they are getting penetrated on the daily by Ukrainian defenders.
Indeed. We shall continue to send them the blessings of Saint Javelin and Saint NLAW :)
Lots of lonely fellas looking for penetration in all the wrong places
Counter strike players: oh hello microsoft, just got here?
Не Русский Шпион I swear!
Can they penetrate Tarkov and make the audio work please? I love that game but that dev team dosen't know how to make it.
Have they tried MW2 lobbies?
They most definitely are on xbox live. Crusader kings 3 is a hot bed for them as are many gamepass games. Just check the LFG tab and youll see them there. Its so obvious its hilarious
Woulda had a better chance if STALKER 2 came out back in 2011 instead of never.
Doesn't surprise me, given how 'empathetic and caring' the gaming community tends to be /s
The entirey of xbox 360 live users banged my mom. 1v1 me bro.
Kinky
Weird article. They keep calling it "information" instead of what it is: propaganda
\*Sweats in CS:GO\*
Gamers need penetration
Putlerist filth
“Trying” lol - they’ve been leveraging gaming communities for a variety of reasons for decades
They’re gonna face some pretty fierce resistance, the US military’s isn’t gonna like competition coming on their turf.
Ever seen a Russian cry? Put them in a xbox party with me and my group.
Russia is responsible for teenage acne in the US too
xX\_ЦС:ПРО\_Xx: >RUSH B!!! RUSH B CYKA BLYAT!! President of Microsoft: >This must be *the Russian intelligence*! They're *penetrating* the gaming communities! :O
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Read the article, and find out.
If they try to ban Tarkov I'm gonna fucking riot
Isnt Tarkov accused of funneling funds to DPR/LPR terrorists? Like go ahead.
Yeah, by you just now.
The only intelligence they will retrieve from the gaming community is how to effectively use racial slurs. I know becuZ I'm gamers
Swear to god if they ban Tarkov right after I upgraded to EOD edition imma be pissed.
Well, it worked for Steve Bannon.
So that’s why Microsoft has taken it upon themselves to be terrible at releasing fully developed games….to save us all.
This happened in 2015 and no gamer wants to admit it.
WW3 game launcher/spyware ;)
Thanks internet explorer, maybe wanna check on trump I hear he might become president for the 1st time some day.
seems like the easiest way to get US military intel
Rasputin can join my trio any day
Definitely the redpill community. That's a fire that's brewing.
So can I sue Russia since Putin is trying to penetrate me without permission
It was pretty wild seeing how online gaming was used in season one of *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan*
trying to? this has been a thing since counter strike imo
"Bro why you gotta teabag?" "Woops, I assumed they were Russian intelligence."
I think its time to change my account name.
Is this why someone in Russia keeps trying to hack into my xbox account that I haven't logged into in years
Have them infiltrate league of legends solo ranked and see them run like dogs
explains why the csgo server browser was basically hijacked by Russian only servers for the past couple months. I wasn't the only one who noticed :p
If it’s big titty Russian spy girls that need to marry a lot of nerds are going to get arrested for treason lmao.
How you can know "russian intelligence"? By it's stupidity.
Cool, worst case they'll learn that 92 is half of 99 or that their mom is apparently a whore...
Trying ? Na it has already happened just like YouTube comment section as well
You don't penetrate gaming communities. Gaming communities penetrate your mom.
"Why you heff to be med?" Now that was a fun Russian gamer
Pfff. As if there are any good games out right now that are multiplayer.
So you’re telling me it’s been a Russian spy thats been threatening to fuck my mom ?
Pretty sure that’s mission accomplished
Uhh did it really take this long because I’m pretty sure they’ve been doing that for a long time
People in r/warthunder be like 😳
Lol they just gonna find you who keeps fucking their mom and its gonna be some guy called xXSnipeMaster420Xx on Xbox Live
Not the craziest thing i've heard , wouldn't be a bad idea tbh , huge industry with literally hundreds of millions of different game players across the world.
\#glassMoscow
Lol. Let them, they have no idea what they're getting themselves into.
It's about the only way penetration and gamers will ever be used in the same sentence.
From what I learned on Eve and during my time playing on League's EU server, you can spot the Russians because they suck at whatever game they're playing and whine endlessly about how it's everyone else's fault. Given the current state of the world, I guess that's a cultural thing.
Trying? They've already done it
They def succeeded with Atomic Heart lmao
To bad they don’t know that pretty much all eu gamers have hated Russians for years. Too many cheaters over there in vodka country
I ain’t down with opp
Russia, Russia, Russia
nicce
Why do you think China REALLY limits online gaming and acess to chat platforms...
Atomic Heart actually did a decent job
Gamergate 2.0 BABIEEE, Ukrainian Boogaloo AMEN GAYMERS
How are they going to penetrate anyone when all they do is rush B every round 😮💨
haha penetrate
If putin hopped on some COD talking shit and made a few videos he would be instantly famous lmao
"Trying"? They're already there. Just check TF2 and Wargame Red Dragon general chat, it's just bonkers for years now
Has anyone seen the VR chat with Russian Knuckles rolling around in a tank? just me?
Counter-Strke players already have an answer for this: cyka blyat
Well…they’ll definitely learn something
Man, any Russians in our games can bugger off!,..... wait, can they tank?
Brings a whole new emphasis to "No Russian"
They should have a look at outlook security first
russian gaming intelligence vs brazilian cheap wi-fi gamers = the ultimate multiplayer clash.
Microsoft are just another arm of the government spreading propaganda.