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The highly anticipated Harry Potter game "Hogwarts Legacy" debuted this week, and it's attracted largely postive reviews. However, some fans and gamers are boycotting the game in protest of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novel series who has a history of making comments offensive to the transgender community and stands to earn royalties from game sales (though she was not involved in the game’s creation). Some popular game review sites like Kotaku, Polygon and Eurogamer have not yet reviewed Hogwarts Legacy despite the review embargo lifting Monday, while others have denounced J.K. Rowling’s comments and voiced support for transgender people in their reviews. Additionally, a number of notable online celebrities are boycotting the streaming site Twitch which is known for its video game-related content for hosting ads for Hogwarts Legacy, urging streamers to join in halting use of the platform until the ad campaign is suspended. What are your thoughts, GBS? Will you be boycotting the game? Do you think it's reasonable to give up a form of entertainment in solidarity of the harm JK Rowling continues to enact?
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Feb 11, 2023 01:10
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Wizard Master posted:The highly anticipated Harry Potter game "Hogwarts Legacy" debuted this week, and it's attracted largely postive reviews. However, some fans and gamers are boycotting the game in protest of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novel series who has a history of making comments offensive to the transgender community and stands to earn royalties from game sales (though she was not involved in the game’s creation). Who loving cares? It's a Harry Potter game
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Feb 11, 2023 01:14
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is it 2011 already
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Feb 11, 2023 01:15
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Wizard Master
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Feb 11, 2023 01:16
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someone post that screenshot of the steam group "gamers boycotting COD" where like half the group are in the game
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Feb 11, 2023 01:17
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i thought prisoner of azkaban was cool when i was in 4th grade but this game doesnt look interesting and i read online that it has a bunch of antisemitic stuff in it related to goblins
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Feb 11, 2023 01:18
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Wizard Master posted:The highly anticipated Harry Potter game "Hogwarts Legacy" debuted this week, and it's attracted largely postive reviews. However, some fans and gamers are boycotting the game in protest of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novel series who has a history of making comments offensive to the transgender community and stands to earn royalties from game sales (though she was not involved in the game’s creation). 
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Feb 11, 2023 01:20
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Whizz ard master bator
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Feb 11, 2023 01:21
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i refuse to play this game in solidarity with trans people
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Feb 11, 2023 01:26
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gently caress u wizard mastr
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Feb 11, 2023 01:30
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Scared, Potter?
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Feb 11, 2023 01:32
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Stfu
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Feb 11, 2023 01:34
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:Who loving cares? It's a Harry Potter game This plus it's an easy way for people to stay in their pajamas, shout on twitter and feel good about being an ally despite never doing anything else to support trans people.
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Feb 11, 2023 01:34
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suck my wizard dick
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Feb 11, 2023 01:36
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Buce posted:suck my wizard dick stop it ron, stop it
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Feb 11, 2023 01:38
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Just Chamber posted:This plus it's an easy way for people to stay in their pajamas, shout on twitter and feel good about being an ally despite never doing anything else to support trans people. I think you might be a dumbass
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Feb 11, 2023 01:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWtO0cfgewY
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Feb 11, 2023 01:46
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I think you might be a dumbass
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Feb 11, 2023 01:47
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You're a wizard, Harry!
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Feb 11, 2023 01:49
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The game looks like poo poo, the team that made it is headed by an avowed white supremacist, and jk Rowling is a terf It's bad op, and I don't think I'll play it
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Feb 11, 2023 01:50
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gently caress you
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Feb 11, 2023 01:52
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gimli would never fight side by side with an elf, or a friend.
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Feb 11, 2023 01:54
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Like most people I have given the new harry potter game lots of thought and have developed some very strong opinions.
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Feb 11, 2023 01:56
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I would like to share my thoughts with you OP, but this is the 1st time I'm hearing of a Harry Potter game.
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Feb 11, 2023 01:56
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Squashing Machine posted:Wizard Master
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Feb 11, 2023 01:56
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well obviously if you play this game you are literally hitler or worse
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Feb 11, 2023 01:57
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KitConstantine posted:The game looks like poo poo, the team that made it is headed by an avowed white supremacist, and jk Rowling is a terf
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Feb 11, 2023 01:58
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I think you might be a dumbass
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Feb 11, 2023 01:58
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KitConstantine posted:The game looks like poo poo, the team that made it is headed by an avowed white supremacist, and jk Rowling is a terf
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Feb 11, 2023 01:59
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QUITE CONTROVERSIAL
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Feb 11, 2023 02:00
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Hairy Blotter and the Cat's Acid Trip
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Feb 11, 2023 02:03
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Hardly Stutter and the Speech Therapist's Success
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Feb 11, 2023 02:03
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C a m e r o n I s g o d
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Feb 11, 2023 02:10
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Squashing Machine posted:Wizard Master
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Feb 11, 2023 02:11
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Hardly Smugworth and the Day the Forums Were Good
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Feb 11, 2023 02:11
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Don't care, playing something good
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Feb 11, 2023 02:12
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:Hardly Smugworth and the Day the Forums Were Good Henry Hairytaint and The Final Fantasy Catboy
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Feb 11, 2023 02:12
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What are YOUR thoughts OP
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Feb 11, 2023 02:17
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I won’t be buying the game because Harry Potter is lame as poo poo
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Feb 11, 2023 02:21
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the only hog warts i care about are of the malignant kind, as per my pigs testicles.
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