The day before yesterday, an important threshold of 1.4 million signatures was reached for the Stop Killing Games movement. This means that the European Commission will almost certainly have to deal with this matter. However, it seems like someone isn't too happy about this success, as the organizer of the event has encountered another obstacle, which Ross Scott talked about in his latest video.
Anonymous complaint
The YouTuber announced that the "Stop Destroying Games" initiative has been accused by an anonymous source of violating European Union regulations. The organizers are being accused of making a "false statement about lack of funding" and "systematically hiding" significant contributions to the campaign.
According to EU regulations, any contribution from sponsors exceeding 500 euros must be reported. If the movement's founders actually concealed such payments, it could have serious consequences. However, the complaint drew attention to something completely different - Scott's "too much involvement" in promoting the campaign.
- The developers' June interview with PC Gamer was recalled, where he admitted that he had been working on the campaign for many weeks, even 12-14 hours a day.
- In the complaint, it was acknowledged that such a workload "significantly exceeds the reasonable threshold of volunteering."This would be equivalent to a "63-147 thousand euros" input if Scott was getting a market rate of 50-57 euros per hour.
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