Posted By: BrownEyedTigre
A Message from Wael @ Frogwares - Updated 3/21 - 03/03/22 11:12 PM
March 21 Update: Day 26. This night russia bombed a residential area where more than 10 people from Frogwares lived. Nobody from the team got hurt, but 8 people from the neighborhood died.
We will never forget, never forgive.
Slava Ukraini!
March 12 Update: Day 17. The hometown of ten of our colleagues — Mykolaiv — suffered from rocket artillery strikes. As always, the goal was civilian infrastructure. Rockets hit the Mykolaiv regional oncological clinic.
All the same, we're still standing strong.
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Message From Wael CEO@Frogwares - Any company that has a game as a service or platform to spread news through their launchers or games dynamically should join the information drive. Put out messages to Russian players about the facts of the war in Ukraine. There is no need for propaganda, just plain facts that their army is bombing civilians and killing them. That they are not welcome here by the population.
It’s time to take a stand up and use their marketing talents for something more than ROI.
And I’m not the first one here to say so. Wargaming should do this immediately given the fact they have so many ties between Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Epic and Fortnite can do it. Pubg Corporation can do it. Embracer can do it. Sony can do it. Microsoft can do it. Steam can do it. I want to add here that they have no business to lose since most payment systems are already blocked in Russia.
In doing so, these companies could ramp up resistance back in Russia or even prevent more 18 or 20 years old Russian conscript boys blindly going to their deaths to burn alive in their APCs.
These companies can, in fact, save lives. Just use the truth.
Check out his interview here.
Thank you for being respectful and not turning this into a political debate or discussion. I know many were concerned about our developers, members and loved ones in Russia and Ukraine. They are all hurting right now and Wael spoke well on the situation.
We will never forget, never forgive.
Slava Ukraini!
March 12 Update: Day 17. The hometown of ten of our colleagues — Mykolaiv — suffered from rocket artillery strikes. As always, the goal was civilian infrastructure. Rockets hit the Mykolaiv regional oncological clinic.
All the same, we're still standing strong.
*********
Message From Wael CEO@Frogwares - Any company that has a game as a service or platform to spread news through their launchers or games dynamically should join the information drive. Put out messages to Russian players about the facts of the war in Ukraine. There is no need for propaganda, just plain facts that their army is bombing civilians and killing them. That they are not welcome here by the population.
It’s time to take a stand up and use their marketing talents for something more than ROI.
And I’m not the first one here to say so. Wargaming should do this immediately given the fact they have so many ties between Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Epic and Fortnite can do it. Pubg Corporation can do it. Embracer can do it. Sony can do it. Microsoft can do it. Steam can do it. I want to add here that they have no business to lose since most payment systems are already blocked in Russia.
In doing so, these companies could ramp up resistance back in Russia or even prevent more 18 or 20 years old Russian conscript boys blindly going to their deaths to burn alive in their APCs.
These companies can, in fact, save lives. Just use the truth.
Check out his interview here.
Thank you for being respectful and not turning this into a political debate or discussion. I know many were concerned about our developers, members and loved ones in Russia and Ukraine. They are all hurting right now and Wael spoke well on the situation.
