As they should. Banana republic USA is not a safe place.
MotherFunker1734 on
Coming up next: The FIFA world cup has been a failure because people didn’t want to visit the NAZI USA.
GildedDreams25 on
it’s absurd to me that the US didn’t realize that turning into nazi germany is going to make less people want to be here. it’s so simple i figured even the idiots currently in charge would figure that out
Soggy-Software on
Absolutely the right thing to do. Once a country starts executing its citizens it’s time to exclude them from civilised cultures
Laughing_Zero on
Countries should start appealing to all these types of groups/conferences and offering to host as a superior alternative to the US.
rock25011 on
I would not come to the US.
Separate-Park8184 on
Funny how ice was supposed to protect everyone but turn out to be the terrorists.
MurongYuan on
The US is gonna stop being the host of a lot of international events very soon. You guys can come to Canada.
Atlanta_Mane on
NOW DO FIFA
Challengeaccepted3 on
Usually countries have two ways to measure power, soft power and hard power.
Hard power is your military and (some would argue) your economic leverage. The US has a massive amount of hard power. Our military is extremely advanced and sophisticated, and we can crash any economy on earth aside from like, North Korea.
Soft power is your ability to host events and your cultural power. When GDC 2026 decides not to operate in the US, it’s a sign that your soft power is rapidly deteriorating. Sure it’s a video game event now, but what about a huge sporting event like the Olympics? What about a huge industry conference?
boblond on
Please move it to Vancouver or Montreal next year, no one wants to visit the US right now.
Ultimafatum on
Move it to Canada. Montreal and Vancouver are huge hubs for the gaming industry, and cheaper than San Francisco anyway.
PervyTurtle0 on
Understandable
Ehloanna on
I was at GDC last year and the concerns were the same. A number of people decided it wasn’t safe to come.
Unfortunately I would say GDC feels like it has been on a decline overall. It’s expensive and SF is even more expensive. Young game devs can’t really afford to go unless their company sends them. Yeah there’s the option to volunteer, but often that role is something students have the time to do, not people going on behalf of their small company.
I probably won’t get to go again because I changed industries, but I’m curious to see if it’ll be able to survive this for the next few years.
No_Construction2407 on
There was a story of a tourist in Canada who didn’t know the area, accidentally ended up at the Canada/US border and was kidnapped and held at one of ICE’s black sites for 2.5 months.
eating_your_syrup on
People would travel to Putin’s Russia to see Olympic games etc. Enough will most likely travel to USA too to fill the stadiums so that it doesn’t look that bad.
Unfortunately.
Personally I’m equally uninterested in travelling to either until leadership changes.
AssociateAvailable16 on
I’m in the US, do not come here
kiyomoris on
Same thing should be done with the World Cup.
illucio on
I’ll tell anyone from another country to not visit the US, it’s just not safe here right now and for the unforeseeable future.
hackingdreams on
Honestly this should go for any conference in the United States.
DEFCON should be relocated to Europe this year – Germany’s got some event spaces that could handle it.
-The_Blazer- on
Where I work we’re currently having talks about whether attending corporate events in the USA is worth the risk of a huge fuckup involving our brand. I don’t think MAGA types realize how fucked their country’s reputation has become.
BernyMoon on
Why would people want to go to the US?
TheValorous on
Considering ICE has been confirmed to not only be, abducting legal citizens, abducting immigrants in good standing, physically and psychologically abuse anyone who tries to get in the way or question their “athoritah”, murdering people, and a ton of other stuff I can’t recall at the moment, yeah I’m not surprised.
Dry_Pen_126 on
Boycott USA
Ebolabomber on
WHO in their right mind would visit the ice shithole ?
ApolloRubySky on
That’s right, as an American, I beg the world to boycott us, please
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As they should. Banana republic USA is not a safe place.
Coming up next: The FIFA world cup has been a failure because people didn’t want to visit the NAZI USA.
it’s absurd to me that the US didn’t realize that turning into nazi germany is going to make less people want to be here. it’s so simple i figured even the idiots currently in charge would figure that out
Absolutely the right thing to do. Once a country starts executing its citizens it’s time to exclude them from civilised cultures
Countries should start appealing to all these types of groups/conferences and offering to host as a superior alternative to the US.
I would not come to the US.
Funny how ice was supposed to protect everyone but turn out to be the terrorists.
The US is gonna stop being the host of a lot of international events very soon. You guys can come to Canada.
NOW DO FIFA
Usually countries have two ways to measure power, soft power and hard power.
Hard power is your military and (some would argue) your economic leverage. The US has a massive amount of hard power. Our military is extremely advanced and sophisticated, and we can crash any economy on earth aside from like, North Korea.
Soft power is your ability to host events and your cultural power. When GDC 2026 decides not to operate in the US, it’s a sign that your soft power is rapidly deteriorating. Sure it’s a video game event now, but what about a huge sporting event like the Olympics? What about a huge industry conference?
Please move it to Vancouver or Montreal next year, no one wants to visit the US right now.
Move it to Canada. Montreal and Vancouver are huge hubs for the gaming industry, and cheaper than San Francisco anyway.
Understandable
I was at GDC last year and the concerns were the same. A number of people decided it wasn’t safe to come.
Unfortunately I would say GDC feels like it has been on a decline overall. It’s expensive and SF is even more expensive. Young game devs can’t really afford to go unless their company sends them. Yeah there’s the option to volunteer, but often that role is something students have the time to do, not people going on behalf of their small company.
I probably won’t get to go again because I changed industries, but I’m curious to see if it’ll be able to survive this for the next few years.
There was a story of a tourist in Canada who didn’t know the area, accidentally ended up at the Canada/US border and was kidnapped and held at one of ICE’s black sites for 2.5 months.
People would travel to Putin’s Russia to see Olympic games etc. Enough will most likely travel to USA too to fill the stadiums so that it doesn’t look that bad.
Unfortunately.
Personally I’m equally uninterested in travelling to either until leadership changes.
I’m in the US, do not come here
Same thing should be done with the World Cup.
I’ll tell anyone from another country to not visit the US, it’s just not safe here right now and for the unforeseeable future.
Honestly this should go for any conference in the United States.
DEFCON should be relocated to Europe this year – Germany’s got some event spaces that could handle it.
Where I work we’re currently having talks about whether attending corporate events in the USA is worth the risk of a huge fuckup involving our brand. I don’t think MAGA types realize how fucked their country’s reputation has become.
Why would people want to go to the US?
Considering ICE has been confirmed to not only be, abducting legal citizens, abducting immigrants in good standing, physically and psychologically abuse anyone who tries to get in the way or question their “athoritah”, murdering people, and a ton of other stuff I can’t recall at the moment, yeah I’m not surprised.
Boycott USA
WHO in their right mind would visit the ice shithole ?
That’s right, as an American, I beg the world to boycott us, please
You couldn’t pay me to go to the USA