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she/they 🏳️‍🌈 22 ✰ Splatoon and Marvel Rivals TO ✰ LAN enjoyer ✰ ✡️ for 🇵🇸 ✰ 📍UK
I'm not calling for his head as much as I'd just like this acknowledged, maybe an apology, if this does go deeper then I would be upset if ArenaNet continued to support him but I also really don't think these beliefs should go unchallenged or swept under the rug. And I didn't know about Ike Amade :(
October 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
don't share much more disturbing beliefs offline. And at that point, you have to start thinking about the work culture this creates. If you have someone anti-abortion at a company that's shown strong support for women's rights, how does it make your employees feel?
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is just on the public side - there are definitely some things we can be sure of (covid conspiracist, turning point supporter, that weird visa comment on linkedin) but I've rarely ever seen an example where people who engage with and share content on this level +
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We can also be sure he's a covid conspiracist thanks to the video he shared unfortunately, and I'm also really not too confident that the LinkedIn visa comment was really meant as a joke.
October 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I disagree with his assassination but I think it's extremely disrespectful to those he spent his whole life attaching and demeaning to pretend his life's work was anything but pure bigotry. Especially to the children who died from the culture of gun violence that he perpetuated vigorously.
October 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some of this is definitely less concrete than others, but I think it's safe to assume he is anti-choice, and given that the only political pages he follows lean this way it's hard not to assume the worst. I also really don't take kindly to his multiple shows of support for Charlie Kirk -
October 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm not necessarily going after his job - I think people can change, and there's hope in making people confront their beliefs that hurt people, but I do think Something needs to happen here. I know we're heading towards a world where these beliefs are normalised but I still want to fight back
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I found all this out completely by accident when looking up why Maclaine Diemer has been writing less and less for the game lately and wanting to know more about who's taken over but.. man, this is such a blow to my love for the game in its current state unfortunately. Music means so much to me.
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I agree, but it will deeply affect how I engage with the game. The music of GW2 has always been one of the most important parts to me and I've been deeply in love with it for years, and I'm gutted that I know I won't be able to enjoy the new soundtracks anymore, especially with him now in the lead.
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bryan Atkinson is:
-Anti-choice
-Pro-controlling women
-A COVID denier
-Anti-immigration
-Extremely likely to be transphobic, xenophobic, racist, homophobic given the large amount of pages with these views that he follows on various platforms and has even endorsed
Please, we can't stand for this.
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Unfortunately, I could go on for days with these screenshots. It's extremely obvious what kind of person GW2's lead composer is, and if Anet are as principled as they claim then it's shocking he's been given a promotion despite this. These beliefs are appalling and cannot belong in our community!!
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Given all this, you have to really be doing mental gymnastics to assume this LinkedIn post was just a joke. @guildwars2.com Does this represent your company??
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
And the same thing over on his Instagram
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
More disgusting transphobia unfortunately
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Some of these pages have been inactive for a while too. He's always been like this, and yet ArenaNet welcomed him back with open arms expansion after expansion, eventually promoting him. Disgusting
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
More of the kind of pages he follows. Truly disturbing, far-right stuff that has no excuse
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
@jebrounity.bsky.social @kroof.bsky.social @aurorapeachy.bsky.social @indigolinde.bsky.social @bobbystein.bsky.social @rubi514.bsky.social @thyweepingwillow.bsky.social Bringing this to your attention (see thread for more). It's deeply threatening to the integrity and openness of our community!!!
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is all very much contrary to ArenaNet putting out a statement in support of Roe vs Wade 3 years ago, which I hope they still stand by. I'm going to tag some community figured who expressed support for this in the hope they can maybe help to do something:
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I have an answer to this that's about 2 discord messages long if you're still up to DM
August 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I'd argue it's worth trying regardless. I don't think there's a realistic worse case scenario that's worse than anything that's already happened/will happen if we continue with the status quo. I just don't see how else we break the cycle we're currently in
August 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Ohhhh, I see. I think I don't necessarily think of the French community as smaller is the thing, but that's a thing from going to a disproportionate amount of LANs and realising I don't know most of the teams (it's honestly less of a subsect of the international community and more of its own thing)
August 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I think my main problem is I keep saying "do it like the CDC" and no one yet seems to even address that, it feels frustrating to present a solution that no one seems to want to acknowledge. The people who know how to make this work are right there
August 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
...Didn't realise people got so riled up over numbers, fair enough. Would be an interesting case study to use in developing something that comes next, but I still think the SSC name has too much trouble attached for it to be effective
August 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
building and promo outside of when it was getting flamed I guess? I feel like connecting general TO communication with community safety would do a lot of good
August 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM