The Stop Killing Games campaign has continued building momentum in recent weeks, even popping up during at least one publisher shareholder meeting. With over 1.4 million signatures in support, the EU petition “Stop Destroying Videogames” now has a real shot at forcing the issue with regulators there, though one of the campaign’s biggest promoters now claims someone is trying to derail the effort with false allegations against the petition. “Someone was gunning for us,” YouTuber Ross “Accursed Farms” Scott says in a new video. “This is a shot across the bow.”
He details a complaint sent to the EU Commission from an unknown user alleging the “Stop Destroying Videogames” EU petition violates disclosure rules. The complaint argues that while the petition states there are no sources of funding behind it, Scott’s ongoing promotion of the petition essentially amounts to professional contributions from a foreign entity.
“The 500 disclosure threshold is exceeded by approximately 125-295 times through Scott’s undisclosed professional time contribution, representing potentially the largest single source of campaign support,” the complaint alleges. “The concealment prevents informed citizen participation by misrepresenting the initiative as having no financial backing while substantially depending on foreign professional contributions.”
The entire argument rests on trying to ballpark the value of Scott’s time at between $55 and $85 an hour and the amount of time at up to almost 2,000...
Stop Killing Games has blown up in popularity over the past month or so. It's a movement dedicated to stopping video game publishers from shutting down their titles and making them inaccessible to...